I have encountered a number of mentoring sessions as a giver and receiver. My father was a .22 and shotgunner but never had a centrefire rifle. We were well versed in safety but he frowned on us acquiring any thing more than .22's and a shotgun. Once I obtained my .30-06, I was mentored by friends and the local Game warden. It was probably 1o years before I mentored my first student, and it was an experience that I did not wish to repeat. The second one was not much better so was it me or them. Most important is to have a student that follows direction and secondly, the process should not begin in the field but at the range. When I started hunting with my son, I knew he could shoot accurately and he listened. It is one thing to help someone along who is willing and quite another to coach another whose values are vastly different than yours. I would be quite comfortable mentoring someone I got to know through the range, than someone who happens to be a clingon. There are so many opportunities but I want only those that share my ethics. I want to mentor someone who is looking for the experience I have gained. After two bad experiences I now think I can pick the ones I want, and I will not volunteer until a relationship has been establish. Having heard bad experiences from others I don't think I have to accept the first one who just wants to go hunting but is committed to hunting.
Though I'm not sure I would have emphasized it as such (with the humongo letters) 
