I am 17 and wish i started when i was 10. I went hunting for the first time This year for yote and spring gobbler. My dad doesnt hunt doesnt even show any intrest to learn with me, so i am teaching myself, and from this forum. What i think is tha tif oyu hunt public land..wait till he is 10 to hunt, but if you hunt on private take your kid out for a season or two when he is 7 and 8, and let him watch you, and teach him while he is out there with you. Then when he is around 10 let him try for his first bird