here you need to get the hunters saftey course and after that "technicaly"you can hunt by yourself! really though i dont think there should be an age limit to hunt, but i would say 16 should probably be the age to hunt by yourself! like hunting girl said, experiance and knowlege is key, to turn someone loose with little or no experiance but calim it ok cause the kid is "mature", well to me thats stupid!