I'm 14 and my dad hardly has the time to take me out. I started hunting when I was 11. I started hunting by myself at 12. Last year i took a little buck all by myself. This year i took two does. I gut my own deer and carry/drag them back by myself. All my friends think I'm crazy that i hunt by myself. IMO I think I'm a whole lot more mature than the average 14 year old, mentally and physically. I am 6'1" and am physically able to hunt by myself. My parents are the most strict parents ever. But they don't have one problem with me hunting with friends that are older and responsible or me hunting by myself.