I started w/ my dad and uncle when I was 9 or 10 but couldn't carry a gun until I was 12. I still rememeber the day that got me hooked when we broke up a flock of gobblers in the fall and my dad and uncle each killed longbeards. I still have that pic of us 3,me in the middle, holdin those gobblers hanging in my room... Hard to beleive that was 8 years ago!!