Ok so I'm new to the site but there certainly seems to be a plethora of valuable information here and I'm hoping to gain some more with my question. So I want to take my son out deer hunting this year it's his first time and he's been asking all year but I'm not sure where to start on what caliber rifle to get him he's only 10 so I obviously didn't want to put him behind a .308 or anything crazy but I was leaning towards a .243 maybe some of you fine folks could offer some insight and opinions on the matter? We are hunting on private land as well in case anyone was wondering about my wanting the .243.