Perhaps if the mentor were at all outdoor knowledgeable he could show the youth just how easy it is to skin a cold squirrel or that it is even easier to carry a plastic bag and skin them in the field while they are still warm.
Perhaps a good mentor could also show the youth how to finish cleaning and then cooking the squirrel so that it is a fine tasting meal that the youth will want to eat more then once.

I know my mentor from way back almost five decades ago was able to teach me those things and much more about the joys of hunting, harvesting, caring for and eating many different species of game. I was able to teach those same things to my sons less then two decades ago. I doubt that today’s youth are less able to learn then the youth of the past if they really have a worthwhile mentor.

Of course I don’t ever remember my mentor complaining about having a rotten time while hunting even though there were many days nothing was harvested or darn little sighted.

Maybe having a worthwhile mentor that isn’t always complaining is the real difference between the past and today in young hunter satisfaction and retention?

R.S. Bodenhorn