I Started both my boys when they were 8 years old both baged gobblers and bucks there first year. My boys are now 19 and 21 years old. They still love hunting and both boys are 100% on gobblers and Deer since they started hunting in ohio. Those guys that complain about the age are the guys that don't have kids or are the ones that won't take the time to take there kids hunting or teach them anything. If you would have seen my boys faces when they first scored and how excited they were you would have knowed how proud I was of them.