The remarkably disturbing drop in youth hunting license sales started before AR/HR.
There are many contributing factors.

Here's a few that come to mind:

Lack of the traditional upland game that many of of us grew up hunting

Those damned video/ computer games!

A drifting away by too many parents. I know way too many hunting parents who just dont interrupt their hunting time to take their kids (this is the worst of all, IMHO)

The unprecedented time demands on kids from other activities IE: organized sports, youth groups, band, school, scouts, etc etc etc

Heres my 12 year olds schedule during the fall....
Monday- Band. Tuesday- Football practice, Wednesday- alternates between bowling club and chess club, Thursday- Scouts, Saturday Morning- Football games

That left us Friday after school and Saturday afternoon for hunting. We need Sunday hunting NOW!

How about an extra youth doe license for that early season. Helps the doe kill when most needed and gets the kids out when the weather is more moderate. And, what the heck, let em shoot their buck if they see one then (after they shhot their doe)!



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