It is strange how different folks see things. My parents were married in 1917 and raised 8 kids during some real tough times. I was raised on wild game and fish. I started tagging along on hunting trips before I started school. I was the youngest of the family so "spoiled" according to my much older siblings. My first gun was a .410 shot gun at around 8 yrs. old then onward from there. When I was a kid there was no such thing as hunter safety classes but my Dad was a very strict disciplinarian and there were no mistakes allowed.
All of my kids went through the hunters safety courses but just the oldest, now 59, and the youngest, who is 52 and the father of our only Grand daughter ,were really interest in guns and hunting. My youngest son had the worst hunters safety teacher I've ever seen and,being a chip off the old block, he would speak up and correct the instructor every time he made a mistake. It was kind of embarrassing because the guy was my barber in his day job but he took it well.The son is now an instructor and works real hard at it. His whole family is really involved also but my 2nd son and my daughter have no interest at all.
