re: Teaching kids to hunt

#1 Muzzle Control
#2 Encouragement and praise
#3 Teach them how to hunt *
#4 Be interactive and tell stories ***

** Obviously You teach them safety and muzzle control. You want to encourage them at every level of success in the woods. But I think and important component in ensuring the quality of their hunting experience is in # 3 & 4.

In my personal experience when I was 6-10 years old just getting started, I was thankfully exposed to the kind of hunters that know how to teach to hunt. How to walk, how to see the unseen, scouting, etc... This is very important to tell them what you are doing and how you are doing it and also why you are doing it.
Then you tell them to take the lead, I.E squirrel hunting... They learn through experience.

Also, expecially in my case, I was enamored with stories of big buck encounters, large number of deer encounters, and any other out of the ordinary story in the woods. I loved it. It captured my imagination, and I truly believe that was the catalyst for my hunting passion today.

If we are to keep the hunting tradition alive in this generation and the next, we need to pass along those things that kept us hunting all of these years