I have a 10 and 13 yr old. Both boys play football, basketball and baseball and they both have bows but have yet to hunt archery because of sports. They have been in the woods for opening day of rifle though since age six. This year on the opener they both got bucks a 6 and 8 point. I started both boys out with a daisy BB gun at 3 yrs old, then 22s and then deer rifles. They both now shoot well, and can handle long sits in the deer woods, something that I always get good comments about from other members of my camp.