about 23 to get into it properly but waited till I was 25 to get my first lurcher, hunted aborad before when younger on a mates farm but didnt take it serious. Had my first taste of hunting when I was about 6 and went out with my grandad and his dog and my dog (both were mixed breed terriers) and he sent them in the bushes and they were smashing rabbits right left and centre lol.