Hunting Age
07-17-2007, 10:57 AM
#21
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: East Texas
Posts: 367
RE: Hunting Age
You can get a youth license under 12 BUT you have to be hunting with a licensed adult. We took our nephew last year and he got his first deer -- but not with a bow. I don't think he could draw back 40 pounds and he doesn't have anyone at his house to teach him. I am thinking that we will outfit him with a bow and teach him when he turns 12. That way it will be a big year for him -- I'll sit with him during the hunter's ed course and hubby will work with him on the bow. (Actually, I may give him my bow -- which will be several years old by then -- and get a new one for me!!!)
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
No minimum legal age in Texas. But the catch is you have to have a hunter ed certificate to get a license and you aren't eligible for certification until you're 12.
No minimum legal age in Texas. But the catch is you have to have a hunter ed certificate to get a license and you aren't eligible for certification until you're 12.
07-17-2007, 11:02 AM
#22
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 6,764
RE: Hunting Age
In NC there is no age requirement but you have to pass the hunter's ed course and you also must pull back 35# on your bow.
They suggest age 12 as a guideline for unsupervised hunts.
I disagee with any state that will not allow kids to go on SUPERVISED hunts with properly licensed adults.
Some are mature enough to hunt at age 6.
My son got his first deer last year at the age of 6. He was supervised and had assistance with the rifle, but did all the aiming and pulling the trigger by himself.
They suggest age 12 as a guideline for unsupervised hunts.
I disagee with any state that will not allow kids to go on SUPERVISED hunts with properly licensed adults.
Some are mature enough to hunt at age 6.
My son got his first deer last year at the age of 6. He was supervised and had assistance with the rifle, but did all the aiming and pulling the trigger by himself.
07-17-2007, 02:47 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas and Arkansas
Posts: 1,496
RE: Hunting Age
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
No minimum legal age in Texas. But the catch is you have to have a hunter ed certificate to get a license and you aren't eligible for certification until you're 12.
No minimum legal age in Texas. But the catch is you have to have a hunter ed certificate to get a license and you aren't eligible for certification until you're 12.
07-17-2007, 03:18 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: North East Texas
Posts: 3,925
RE: Hunting Age
ORIGINAL: GRIZZLYMAN
On public permit hunts in Texas the minimum age is 8...no hunter ed certificate, you have to be under the immediate control of an adult (18 or older) with a hunting license. I don't believe a hunting license is required for someone under 16, but I may be mistaken.
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
No minimum legal age in Texas. But the catch is you have to have a hunter ed certificate to get a license and you aren't eligible for certification until you're 12.
No minimum legal age in Texas. But the catch is you have to have a hunter ed certificate to get a license and you aren't eligible for certification until you're 12.
you have to have a hunting license but you dont have to have duck stamps, bow stamp, ect. when you turn 16 you must purchus them and thats when it starts getting expensive
07-18-2007, 08:06 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas and Arkansas
Posts: 1,496
RE: Hunting Age
ORIGINAL: bigjim12
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you have to have a hunting license but you dont have to have duck stamps, bow stamp, ect. when you turn 16 you must purchus them and thats when it starts getting expensive
ORIGINAL: GRIZZLYMAN
On public permit hunts in Texas the minimum age is 8...no hunter ed certificate, you have to be under the immediate control of an adult (18 or older) with a hunting license. I don't believe a hunting license is required for someone under 16, but I may be mistaken.
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
No minimum legal age in Texas. But the catch is you have to have a hunter ed certificate to get a license and you aren't eligible for certification until you're 12.
No minimum legal age in Texas. But the catch is you have to have a hunter ed certificate to get a license and you aren't eligible for certification until you're 12.
you have to have a hunting license but you dont have to have duck stamps, bow stamp, ect. when you turn 16 you must purchus them and thats when it starts getting expensive
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/general/hunt_licenses/
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/youth_hunting/drawn_hunts/
I guess the confusing part for me is if the ages for youth hunts is 8-16, and the youth are required to have a license, how do you get it when the minimum age for hunter's ed is 12?
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