Here in PA you have to take the Hunter safety course to get a License when you turn 12, legal hunting age. I took that when I was twelve. It was a great course and highly suggest anyone who bowhunts take it. Heck it only cost $18 so it is not expensive. I do know that Bob Foulkrod holds a weekend long Bowhunter education class on his farm in southwestern PA, I know it is much more extensive than the regular PA course, but it is much more money to participate. He is a national certified hunter education instructor.