A big plus, IMO, to starting a kid hunting bids with a .410 is the value of teaching them when a bird is in range. I taught Jackson that 20 yards was his outside range for a dove. He learned to know when a dove was within range because I was sitting by him and I'd tell him when it was and wasn't. A great benefit to that is that when they "graduate" to a bigger gun they are not nearly as likely to be sky busters, shooting at birds too far. Let a kid "accidentally" kill a dove with a 20 at 45 yards and he is ruined. It's a hard habit for a youngster to break and much better to teach 'me young how to sit still, wait and be patient. Most poor dove shooters I have known try to kill them too far.

SRH

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