A guy I worked with took in a boy of about 14 that was his son's friend. His parents were both dead and he lived with his older sister in an old mobile home. The older sister had her own things to do so the boy spent most of his time just hanging out.
He was a natural outdoorsman and spent time hunting and fishing to keep himself and his sister fed better than they would have been otherwise.
My friend has a fair sized piece of land and the few neighbors around him let the other neighbors hunt without giving it much thought.
The first year the boy stayed with him he hit the woods as soon as deer season came around. My friend came home from work and the boy told him that he had killed one and had it in the barn. My friend went to the barn with him expecting to spend the evening dressing a deer. But the boy had it skinned, gutted, and hanging already.
The boy stayed there until he graduated from high school then went on his way.
