Yes some states do have regulations for youth hunting. Here is a part of Michigan's program.
The Mentored Youth Hunting Program offers a great opportunity to teach children under 10 years old hunting skills and about the important role hunting plays in wildlife management. It is also a great way to pass along Michigan's rich outdoor traditions and conservation heritage. The program is designed to recruit youth into outdoor recreation at an earlier age.
Studies show if children do not have an interest in an activity before age 10, it is unlikely they will continue with that activity later in life.
The program is geared toward parents and other adult mentors who want to teach children under the age of 10 how to hunt, trap and fish. It eliminates the minimum hunting age in Michigan, and allows parents to decide if and when their child is ready to go hunting.
Mentored Youth Hunting Regulations:
1.The mentored youth hunting license package is available for $7.50 starting on March 1 of each year.
2.The package includes: one spring and one fall turkey license, one deer license, a base license, a fur harvester's license and an all-species fishing license.
3.A mentor must be at least 21 years old, have previous hunting experience and possess a current Michigan hunting license (other than an apprentice license).
4.A limit of two hunting devices (shotguns, rifles, bows, etc.) per mentor in the field. There is no limit to the amount of youth that can be mentored in the field.
5.The mentor is responsible for the youth hunter's actions in the field.
6.A youth hunter must be within arm's length of the mentor at all times when handling a hunting device and when in the act of hunting.
7.The mentor shall ensure the hunting device is properly fitted and appropriately suited for the youth hunter.
8.The youth may only firearm deer hunt on private or Commercial Forest land consistent with current state firearm law for youth hunters under 14 years old. Antler point restrictions do not apply to mentored youth hunters, but they may only take an antlerless deer during antlerless-only seasons.
9.Both the spring and fall turkey kill tags are valid for private or public land in any open turkey management unit. Only a bearded turkey may be harvested in spring.
10.Nonresident youth may only harvest furbearers without a bag limit. Resident youth must be at least 8 years old to obtain free kill tags for fisher, otter, marten and bobcat.
Way I feel is if the state has no regulations on youth hunting then it is up to the parent's and the youth to decided if they are ready.
Yup a 13 year old thread, lots of new members in 13 years too.
Al