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The Basics, Starting Out
What age were your kids when they shot there first big game animal.
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<blockquote data-quote="longgun505" data-source="post: 2211278" data-attributes="member: 116648"><p>My oldest son was eight. Used a 308 win on a whitetail doe. My youngest was 9, 300 WM with thunderbeast suppressor. A close friend of mine had his 8 y/o daughter use my Mega 18.5" 308 with AAC Brakeout without issues. Each child is unique in their skills or lack of. It all depends on their capabilities. Each of my kids were required to keep three rounds in a 3" circle @ 100yds from prone and sitting. Each practiced LOTS of dry firing before live rounds, and recoil mitigation on the weapon is a really good idea. Depending on the game size you're going after kids do really well with 5.56/223 Rem. 75's, 77's, and TTSX's are lethal on whitetail, and even Muley's. Shot placement is key at any age, so serious practice is a must regardless of the weapon system used. They need to be better than acquainted with the weapon, they need to have a degree of certainty with the weapon when the adrenaline starts to flow<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="longgun505, post: 2211278, member: 116648"] My oldest son was eight. Used a 308 win on a whitetail doe. My youngest was 9, 300 WM with thunderbeast suppressor. A close friend of mine had his 8 y/o daughter use my Mega 18.5” 308 with AAC Brakeout without issues. Each child is unique in their skills or lack of. It all depends on their capabilities. Each of my kids were required to keep three rounds in a 3” circle @ 100yds from prone and sitting. Each practiced LOTS of dry firing before live rounds, and recoil mitigation on the weapon is a really good idea. Depending on the game size you’re going after kids do really well with 5.56/223 Rem. 75’s, 77’s, and TTSX’s are lethal on whitetail, and even Muley’s. Shot placement is key at any age, so serious practice is a must regardless of the weapon system used. They need to be better than acquainted with the weapon, they need to have a degree of certainty with the weapon when the adrenaline starts to flow😎 [/QUOTE]
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