As much as my 14 YO son will spend the time I love to mentor him and have since he was 3. He now is an excellent hunter, extremely good shot and knows most of the process of handloading nearly everything we shoot.

I however was not mentored by my father. He was not a great hunter and basically hunted for family food in his younger days and their mode was road hunting. He had no clue of handloading or technical gun info. My mentors included a gunshop owner whose shop was across the street from my house, a friend and his brothers in junior high school and some friends fathers.