I kept my boy in the shooting house with me alot when he was 5-6yrs old. He killed a couple at 6yrs old, I didnt pull the trigger, he did it all himself. He has had a love hate relationship with deer hunting. Like MBrock said, he got burnt out pretty quick. He enjoys seeing deer and loves to shoot one now and then but he gets bored with it pretty easy now that hes a little older. I dont know that I did him a service keeping him out there so much as a little boy, it might have been as much for me as for him. But were outdoorsy people and im sure hell come around later on when he can leave the house in his own truck and go hunting where he wants by himself.