Last year there was legislation to lower the age, but I haven't heard anything about it this year. My son will be able to bow hunt this year. I too think the age is too high and that we will lose future hunters because of it. By the time they are 14, they are into so many other things that it is hard to keep their interest in hunting. My son still has the interest, but as a family we are heavily involved in, but others may not have that.