The little guy is only 11. He did not shoot the deer, my dad did, but he was along for the hunt and helped gut and do everything else. This will be his first year of hunting big game. He has hunted ducks and geese for the past couple years and tagging along with us. I can't wait for him to kill his first big game animal. the only problem is he thinks that it has to be a good four point or he is not going to kill it, I might have created a monster mule deer hunter at a young age.