When was your FIRST Hunting Season?

[Rapier]

Ah, GOB
I did not mention my first hunting license because, I never had one until I was in HS and we had moved to NJ and a friend invited me to go phesant hunting on his uncle's farm in south Jersey. I was informed by his family that I would need a hunting license. Now that turned into a real goat roping as NJ required a state safety course which predated the multiple state recognized courses. So my friend put off his hunting so we could go together, such are the bonds and friendships generated by hunting together. By that time, I had a Savage Fox SxS 12ga and a 512 Rem. My first centerfire would come two years later in NH when I bought an Arisaki M-99 barreled action in 7.7 for $5. I put a Fajen stock on it and bent the bolt myself, still in HS.

Regards the 510, I have always regarded it as the premier training gun for youngsters. It is small, light and has the automatic safety on feature. Last year I finished, or so I thought, my mission of giving each of my grandchildren a 510 for Christmas after their 9th birthday. Well the son and his wife snuck another one in on me in April, so perhaps, God willing, we will be around in 9 years to deliver the next 510 to Noah Drew.
Ed