RE: are we over regulated as bow hunter's?
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What it will prevent is 2 drunk guys on Friday saying " My brother's got a couple a bows let's head up north this weekend and kill stuff!" Without the Card or test or whatever= No license.
(oddly enough that's how I got started in Bowhunting though!LOL)
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Would it really stop them?? For rifle hunting here in Missouri, if you were born after a certain date (Jan.1,1967), you must complete a hunters safety course.
I have been hunting since I was 5 years old in some way or another. I was born in April of '67. As I stated in the other post,my father, grandfather, and uncles taught me the correct way to hunt and to be a sportsman.
Now, I had to take the test. But, it still is perfectly legal for my mother, who has never shot a weapon in her life, let alone even held a firearm, to go to the nearest Wal-Mart, buy a gun, ammo, and a license and head out into the timber. Will she ever do this? No. But even if she took the test, this still wouldn't make her qualified or experienced enough to go out in the timber and start blazin' away as far as you and I are concerned. But, it would be legal.
So, should there be a test for bowhnters? Maybe there should be, but voluntary only. Because making them mandatory, or setting them up for certain age limits, will not stop them from going out and doing stupid things. That is, and should be left up to the individual to be responsible for his/her actions.