Youth deer hunt questions please

[Grizz1219]

Can someone send me the link to the youth deer hunt???? Trying to take my buddies 12 year old this year... He will be a hunting machine... already shoots geese... Got him on a big turkey this year, he rolled him but the bird got up and ran... UG!!!! But he is hooked... Any help you guys can give me would be huge... Thanks in advance.. 

[jjb4900]

if you're looking to use a rifle or shotgun I believe they must be 14/15......

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/46245.html

Edited July 31, 2015 by jjb4900

[Grizz1219]

UG... seriously.... 12 to hunt with a bow but not a gun???? That seems like a dumb rule to me.... But it is what it is... 

 

 

[WingNut]

If you only have a single firearm between you take him out anyway.

[WingNut]

PS not on the Youth Day obviously!!!

[dbHunterNY]

UG... seriously.... 12 to hunt with a bow but not a gun???? That seems like a dumb rule to me.... But it is what it is... 

 

I think the idea is that a stray bullet can travel further than a stray arrow.  not all kids of a given age instill confidence for me to give them a gun or a bow.  sounds like he could be better around one or the other than some teens.

[WNYBuckHunter]

They are supposed to be out with an adult anyhow, I hate NYs rules on ages for kids to hunt. My daughter is fully capable of hunting under my supervision at 11, and she has been for a couple of years. At least she will be bow hunting next year.

[Grizz1219]

The kid is going to take the course so he can hunt... but still think it makes more sense "physically" to let the younger kids hunt with a rifle over forcing a bow on them... more mistakes can be made with a bow in terms of the shot I think... just my own history and what I hear from others... in other words.. more bad shots with a bow over a gun...