No one I know of in my fmily has ever killed an animal, besides me. No grandparents.....no parent.....no older sibling. My folks got me a BB gun when I was young....then a .22.....then a .410 Shotgun.......and I went from there.

Strictly small game and upland birds until I got into duck hunting in the 90's. Loved the dog training aspect of that as much as the hunting.....having trained a master hunter.

Picked up a bow in '05....hunted almost 2 seasons with that.....and just bought a longbow, last week.