I was brought up with firearms. I shot my first firearm just before my fifth birthday. It was a 32 cal squirrel rifle that my uncle bought from Turner Kirkland (Dixie Gunworks). The family had a 640 AC horse ranch that we went to on the weekends. They only thing you shot at that you did not have to eat was ground squirrels, anything else you cooked and ate. So, needless to say, I have eaten some exotic animals.