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My oldest took, and passed his hunter safety course a couple weeks ago. He's only 11, so we have a bit of time as he can't hunt until he's 12, but we're starting to look into getting him his first hunting gun, possibly for Christmas.
The problem is that he wants to hunt EVERYTHING, so it's hard to decide between rifle and shotgun. As it stands, he will have access to a .22LR, a single shot 20ga (smooth bore, with only a bead on the barrel), and is lined up to temporarily permanently borrow a .410.
The other catch is that he's never shot anything with any recoil, so I'm really unsure of what direction to go with him. I DO want to take him out and see if he can handle the 20ga with some target load. I don't want to go too big, too soon on him and completely scare him away from shooting and hunting.
Any thoughts on a direction?
My oldest took, and passed his hunter safety course a couple weeks ago. He's only 11, so we have a bit of time as he can't hunt until he's 12, but we're starting to look into getting him his first hunting gun, possibly for Christmas.
The problem is that he wants to hunt EVERYTHING, so it's hard to decide between rifle and shotgun. As it stands, he will have access to a .22LR, a single shot 20ga (smooth bore, with only a bead on the barrel), and is lined up to temporarily permanently borrow a .410.
The other catch is that he's never shot anything with any recoil, so I'm really unsure of what direction to go with him. I DO want to take him out and see if he can handle the 20ga with some target load. I don't want to go too big, too soon on him and completely scare him away from shooting and hunting.
Any thoughts on a direction?
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