My dad started me shooting a BB gun when I was around eight.
He taught me how to handle the gun, mount, shoot, and even made me clean it. When I was nine he enrolled me in a local hunter safety course. (Where I learned a lot of valuable information). When I turned 10, he took me to my first turkey shoot and let me shoot a 20ga. I did not do very well and he realized that I had an eye dominance problem. I am right handed, but left eye dominant. So he changed me from shooting right handed to left handed and the next turkey shoot we went to I won and brought home a whole ham. The same year he took me deer hunting for the first time and let me shoot his 308 he had to stand behind me to keep it from knocking me down when it kicked, but it was great I'll never forget the rush from shooting that gun.
The best part I killed my first deer that day!
No bad for "daddy's little girl"!!
I continued to shoot as I got older, but when I got into high school, I started modeling and did not have time to shoot or hunt. Now my husband and I are avid sporting clay shooters and we love it. Thanks to my great father, I've always had a love of guns and knew the proper way to handle the gun safely. I think safety is the main issue with starting kids. If you have a hunters safety program in your area, it would be well worth the time to enroll your child into the program. In my area the local 4-H club had programs for kids that are interested in shooting and hunting.
Good luck with helping your kids.
He taught me how to handle the gun, mount, shoot, and even made me clean it. When I was nine he enrolled me in a local hunter safety course. (Where I learned a lot of valuable information). When I turned 10, he took me to my first turkey shoot and let me shoot a 20ga. I did not do very well and he realized that I had an eye dominance problem. I am right handed, but left eye dominant. So he changed me from shooting right handed to left handed and the next turkey shoot we went to I won and brought home a whole ham. The same year he took me deer hunting for the first time and let me shoot his 308 he had to stand behind me to keep it from knocking me down when it kicked, but it was great I'll never forget the rush from shooting that gun.
The best part I killed my first deer that day!
No bad for "daddy's little girl"!!
I continued to shoot as I got older, but when I got into high school, I started modeling and did not have time to shoot or hunt. Now my husband and I are avid sporting clay shooters and we love it. Thanks to my great father, I've always had a love of guns and knew the proper way to handle the gun safely. I think safety is the main issue with starting kids. If you have a hunters safety program in your area, it would be well worth the time to enroll your child into the program. In my area the local 4-H club had programs for kids that are interested in shooting and hunting.
Good luck with helping your kids.
