My son got interested at age 7, interest lasted about 6 months. Now his is almost 23 and interest again crept up on him about a year ago.
I was in back yard shooting while he was working on his car. He walked over and asked if he could try a few shots. I agreed and handed him my longbow and an arrow.
He drew it about 15 inches and said "what the h*@#", the bow was 80#, I just laughed and said be right back.
Went in the house and strung up a 55# longbow. He's been shooting ever since!
Just called a few weeks ago to tell me he has hogs behind the house he just bought.
Wants me to come down when I get a chance to help him build a feeder. Said he can get them in as close as 30 yards from the back patio!