now he sleeps with his M-4 and is looking forward to hunting the Taliban's!

Very cool, I'll say a prayer that your son is kept safe, and tell him thank you for me.
My son tool hunters ed when he was 9, first deer hunt when he was 10, killed his first buck (6x6 muley) when he was 11, first elk (4x4 bull) when he was 12, and is pretty much my only hunting partner today at 15. He says that elk camp is his favorite trip of the year, so I think I did something right with him as well.