ORIGINAL: gopherfan

Many states, MN & MI for example, have special youth hunts. In Michigan it's the last weekend in September and in MN it's usually in late October. Some of them have restrictions to special areas (typically state parks and refuges). MN requires an early application and has a restriction on the number of permits alloted. I don't recall Michigan having as tight of restrictions but that is Michigan in general. You can't carry a weapon but at least you can spend time in the woods and get a kid exposed to hunting. Plus, you don't have to indoctrinate them into your hunting party.