My 3 year old son goes through spells. Sometimes he stays with me during the whole process and sometimes he doesn't. He and I killed a small buck together this year and he was really excited and 'helped' skin it and quarter it with me.

Sometimes he doesn't want anything to do with them. I believe the turning point is when they kill one. Either they love it or hate it.

My friend has a 13 year old son who killed his first one last year and was very excited when we were all there helping him clean it and quarter it. My friend told me that later his son was brought to tears about the kill and wasn't sure he wanted to hunt anymore. This year he is back in the woods hunting.

That first kill will be the turning point!