This might be a good moment to reflect on how this all does point up cultural differences between us over here (and maybe that includes most other Europeans, I don't know) and you guys in the US.
You have the "frontier" history which necessitated a skill with firearms, knives etc and which skills have been celebrated and passed down from father to son (and daughter) and continued on in your recreational hunting activities. We don't have that tradition here: civilian use of weapons here is usually through the medium of gun-clubs and youth organisations such as the Cadet Corps, where instruction in proper use is given; our Dads didn't pass gun safety sense on to us.
We don't have this same widespread tradition of hunting (killed of most of our bigger critters in the past anyway) so shooting skills tend more to be focused on target shooting or gamebird shooting (a whole other subject and one which is a great tradition). We don't have the vast wild places anymore; I would guess that if stag shooting in the Highlands continues then it would be as a highly regulated sport for wealthy individuals.
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