In 1956 most of us (I was 10) already had a .22 rifle and access to hunting guns. I often shot my grandfather's .410 and at 12 I received a J. C. Higgins 12 ga. SxS. We didn't have school instruction, it came with growing up. I never shot anyone's eye out and for some reason we only hunted in pairs, never more. The game was usually fox squirrels and rabbits. Grandma would fry those up for us.