My son is 7yrs old and is carrying a rossi .410 this season and if he shoots and kills a deer himself, yes, i will drag it and clean it for him, and he has no problem helping me eat it. But he will defenitly get a lesson on cleaning. As far as gun saftey, he has a lil' bb gun probably like every kid does, and i make him treat it as if it was a shotgun and he knows what is and isnt right with his gun and how and where to shoot it and to look at his background when shooting. When he does get the oppurtunity to shoot at a deer, he will be shooting, not me.