Not sure if you are jesting, (LOL) or serious. (to each their own) Started hunting bunnys and tree rats with a slingshot. Ten years old got my first .22 rifle and a 16 ga. shotgun when twelve, put many a meal on the table with them. I make no excuses for hunting, wife and I raised our kids the same way, and they our grandkids. Youngest daughter's first elk at 15 years old.
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A Saturday morning muzzleloader take in Wyoming, 1978.
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Granddaughter's first antelope at 13 years old.
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