To scope or not to scope ?

[MikeBjerum]

I'd stay with open.  Either way he needs practice to be a good hunter, and in the long run there will be more interest and feeling of accomplishment if he learns with open first.  If he learns optics first it will be a tougher learning curve to go back to open.

My brains way of thinking and what I have seen in the youth I teach.  They all want the fancy stuff they see on TV, but really do very well with the basics.  I just tell them you can't handle what comes with the "extras" until you master the basics.

[kc285b]

Thanks much to everyone who replied. You've givin me a lot to think about. I've had the boy shooting a BB gun for about 2yrs. He's only got to shoot a .22 a couple of time but it was open sites. I have the time and access to a pellet gun with a little scope. I think i'm going to try him with that and see what he does. Wish us luck! KC