Mentored Youth Question
 

I thought I heard something about mentored youth hunters applying for their own antlerless tags. I looked at the digest and it still says the same as last year - I can transfer mine to him. Has that changed and not in the book or am I just crazy and imagining things? :D

Are you talking about PA where you live?

Hey BarnesX.308, I was wondering the same thing.

Yes, PA. I thought I heard they were going to go that way but I've not seen anything in the book about it.

However, last year we could transfer our tag to a mentored youth. That wasn't in the book because the rule changed before they book went to print.

I have no problem giving my kid my doe tag. But, I passed up so many deer last year in early archery because he wasn't with me. I haven't shot a deer with my bow since 2008. My kid just turned 10 and has more deer under his belt than I do over the last few year :D That's good, though. :happy0001:

As far as I know the rules have not changed. A youth can shoot an anterless deer provided the mentor has a valid anterless tag which he transfers to the youth. There is a bit more as to what you need to do about signing and stating it was transferred etc. I will have to read up on it in case my grandson gets luck enough to shoot one.

My 9 year old shot a doe with me last year. I took out my tag, we filled it out and tagged the deer. As I remember it, he was to fill out the tag. But, there wasn't really anything to fill out. I think it was date, time and maybe township and county. It wasn't much.

Thanks. I was proud as punch. This was his 2nd deer. It was a 160lb doe. In this picture are the deer, my son, my dad, my dad's buddy and me. My dad was really pumped to see his grandson getting a deer. My dad will be 83 when my son turns 12 so he wasn't sure he'd make it to see the day :D

I want to personally thank you for that. The whole MY thing has brought me my best hunting memories.