Our kids have always hunted with us. The early years was in the truck and such. Then from when they could walk in the bush up to maybe age 6 they only came occassionally for short walks and such but from then on they want to go every chance they can. My hunts turned from wanting the biggest animal in the woods to them talking me into shooting any deer because they want to be involved in the harvest. I have a ton of buddies and know many forum guys that are so into the trophy hunt that they dont take the kids on most hunts because it may ruin the hunt. But id far rather shoot a 120" deer with my boys than a 200" by myself. Nothing beats it when them kids get that rush when an animal comes in or you harvest one!