Theres no set age but everytime I see a post like this it makes me wonder if the parents asking because they have some doubts if thier kids ready.If you do, then he isnt ready, plain and simple.

My oldest boy started hunting with me young, and hes just as facinated by it now at 16 as he was at 5 when he would just go along and sit in a duckblind with me or when he was 8 and shooting rabbitts with his pellet gun while I hunted pheasants.When he was 10 he would go deer hunting with me and finally at about 12. I started letting him sit by himself short distances away where he was in earshot but outta sight.He was 14 when he got to sit by himself completeley and he had to carry a phone at all times.

Ive taken a lotta kids out hunting though including my own and hes an exception to most of what I see these days.He was very safety concious after getting his own gun, to the point where he would correct adults including myself if he seen them doing anything questionable.His patience level even at a young age was pretty impressive, he could sit motionless and quietly for hours.He spent hours upon hours practicing shooting.I get called a lot when people have hard blood trails to follow around here, he would always tag along, ask questions and finally he could follow easy ones all by himself.Im not bragging, dont get me wrong, the boy just had a real aptitude for hunting about anything he put his mind to.I had no doubt when I cut him loose he could get into his stand, hunt safely, and follow up on anything he killed, and he knew his weapon and surroundings well enough to handle anything that went wrong.

My other kids dont share his desire to hunt, my 12 year olds just getting into it matter of fact and it will be a long time before shes ready to go alone.My 7 year olds shown no interest at all so far.

Ive taken many other kids between 10 and 14 and 99% of them I wouldnt trust out of sight at all, half of em you wanna keep close enough to touch, pretty scary thinking of some of them alone with a gun.One or 2 of em I would have no problem at all hunting near me unsupervised.