Taz I don't know how you do it? You almost always say what I'm thinking first.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> My daughter isn't much into hunting and I'm not going to force her. She gets light headed when she sees blood
My son on the other hand wants to learn he is only 9 He has gone and sat with me in the woods, he gets bored and starts moving around alot, thats fine with me it's part of being a kid. He has never been with me when I've shot a deer, but he has helped me skin them and cut them up for the frez. I try to take him target shooting as much as possible. I also preach gun safety. Same as taz said he will carry a gun when it's legal, and only after he has taken a safety(hunting) coarse, and when I believe him to be as safe as possible. As far as the question goes I think each case is different just like cardeer pointed out. Just because a kid is 16 and has the strength to pull a truck backwards doesn't mean he has the smarts to go hunting.