RE: Starting a kid hunting
First, congrats on a lovely little one.
I think its all in due time, relative to the kid. My youngest daughter is ready to hunt, or I should say go with me. She is more patient than my oldest, and will set for hours with no problem. My oldest might not ever be ready. She can not set still for a single min.. Much less for hours. My youngest is 9 and my oldest is 11. I also feel it is important to expose the kids to animals and cleaning them at as young of an age as you feel is appropriate for the individual. Agian, my youngest was helping me clean and process animals since she was little. My oldest was too weak stomached and to much of a busy body to help much in the processing of animal. As far as them shooting. They are only using 22s right now and very light bows. I think it will be another year or two before I can get them shooting some thing big enough to take down big game.Not sure when Ill be able to get themon a 243 or 30-30 .