same as that mate,my boys have been beating,fishing,ferreting,shooting AND my eldest(9yr old) has been out with me bolting foxes a couple of times.Gun wise,i take them out with a 410 shooting plastic bottles and targets they draw so they know the damage a gun can do but would never leave them to go it alone for a good few years but look forward to that day!
cant see my eldest following in my footsteps,hes more of a lover than a fighter so to speak but the other 2 have the thirst in them.