Well as of yet i dont have any really great stories of my 8 year old. But when i tell him that i am taking him hunting he always says "what am i going to bring daddy?" i tell him you can bring your b.b gun, and he says will that kill a deer? He cracks me up! I dont think he understands the power of what a real gun does versus a b.b.gun. He really likes pheasant hunting and rabbit, he might get his first bird this year, he is using his grandpa's 410! My dad died when i was his age that he is now, so this age is very important to me right now.