[Bobmuley]

Seems there's a trend to make kids older before they can start. What age did you start?

I was 12 before I could legally big game hunt.

 

[indiana boy]

I started at 12 when I lived in Colorado. What a way to start out hunting mulies and elk. Never connected but was a great time:darkbeer:

 

[ELKhuntR]

started at 13

legally could have at 12 however I rifle hunted that year. That was my last year rifle hunting!

 

[celticgladiator]

37

 

[tradrick]

I guess that makes me a late starter.I did'nt come from a family that hunted.I got into small game hunting on my own as a teenager.But then when I was about 21 or 22 some buddies from work introduced me to deer hunting.I got lucky I guess,I shot my first deer on myfirst hunt on opening day with a shot gun.Been hooked ever since.Took up bow hunting the follwing year.And now I'd rather bow hunt then anything.

 

[standsitter]

I started at 18 no teachers for me, dad gun hunts only, Grandpa was an archer but gone buy then. I started my brothers at 17, and at 15. 15 year old scored on a 100" buck first year.

 

[undercover]

I was 10 when I started and thought I knew what I was doing.

 

[DBL4ARMSHIVVER]

i started hunting when i was 8 and killed my first deer with a bow when i was 12

 

[sawtoothscream]

well in ny legal bowhunting aged for any big game is 14 yrs and 16 for gun. but i have been smallgame hunting with a bow since i was 12.

 

[CLB]

I started bowhunting at 18 but began hunting with the rifle at 13.

CLB

 

[AndyH]

33 for me. 32 when I went on my first hunt. I hope to be able to get my boys started earlier than I did.

 

[werley102]

I started hunting when i was 24 with a rifle and 27 with a bow. This is my third season with a bow. I got my first bow when I was 12 took the hunters safety class that year but never made it into the woods. Family didn't hunt and I didn't have anyone to take me out so it wasn't until twelve years later that my boss talked me into getting a license. so if you know a kid that might be interested take them out. i know i would have appreciated it when I was a kid.

 

[QuickReflex]

I was 10 when I killed my 1st hog was the first thing I killed other than dove, shot him with an old bear recurve, I still own and shoot. some things you just shouldnt change.

 

[old Graybeard]

We could not do it legally untill we were 12 so I willl say 12.

 

[BigBucks125]

Was legally allowed to start bowhunting at age 14...killed my first buck that year.. This will be my 8th year bowhunting..starting tomorrow!!

 

[Punch_Free4L]

I was 26

 

[zhunter62]

my first hunting season was when i was 12, i went with my dad the year before just to watch, i cant wait till next year, my decade hunting season, i am hoping to do something special next year.

 

[One eye]

I could not hunt here in Michigan until 12 years old. It is now 10.
Dan

 

[RxBowhunter]

I was 12 when I started with the bow. Between doves, ducks, geese ,quail and pheasant hunting (and college :wink I didn't tag my first deer until I was 21. 1987 was the year I decided that I would get serious about getting one with a bow.

 

[tldga3]

I started when hunting period when I was 38.

My brothers and I owned bows when we were young but never hunted, we trapped though.