Well I've got a 10 yr old in his second year hunting, and he has killed his first, but I've taught him NOT to pull the trigger if he can't make a clean shot. Last year he had a crack at a big 9pt Whitetail but couldn't steady down, yet he got so frantic that the deer was getting away, and his " Shoot it, Daddy! Shoot It!" kept getting louder until the deer heard a little and started off. Soooo...daddy shot it, but it's still "his" buck...and now he's a lot calmer and the next big one probably WILL be his. He definitely gets first crack at anything we see hunting together.