cnyguy....I agree with your statement 100%. The number of 4-6 year old kids that are checking deer around me are amazing. They're not hunting...just checking in dad's buck.
On the other end, when you go to a checking station and during the youth season there are a bunch of 18yr old kids standing around a buck with cigarettes hanging out of their mouths...swearing about the buck they killed or missed.....it's a shame. If you are 17 WHEN YOU BUY YOUR LICENSE in Ohio...you can hunt the youth season that year. So if a kid turns 18 in March, but has his license, he can hunt the youth season that fall.
It is a wonderful idea in theory, but it is not what it was intended to be.