In Texas, October 29 and 30 - the last weekend of archery season - is also a youth RIFLE season for ages 16 and under. AND UNDER! No minimum age specified. Now, what bowhunter wouldn't love to be all decked out in camo with the woods full of inexperienced kids with rifles.[:-] I'm all for kids going hunting, but jeez!

Actually, Lone Star Bowhunters Assn got enough people to go to the game commission's public input meetings to raise enough hell to keep it limited to only the last weekend. They were originally going to make the youth rifle season EVERY weekend of our pitiful little one month bow season. We were lucky, I guess.

What irks me even more is the late youth season is carefully scheduled AFTER the close of general season, during the late muzzleloader season. Take the kids hunting, but only if it doesn't interfere with DAD's rifle hunting.[:@] It wouldn't bother me nearly as much if they would also cut 2 days out of general season for the kids.

We won't even mention those 3 year old hunters who are dragging a .300 mag while dad's dragging out a buck.

I hate politicians.