Youth deer season 2016-2017

[turkeyfeathers]

I was just made aware of the youth gun season is Columbus Day weekend. Is this correct ? Saturday,Sunday, Monday ? One deer/either sex over the 3 days ? And youth can apply for normal DMP"s ? Can my daughter also buy a ML tag and use my ML ? Looking forward to getting her out there when she can actually tote her gun.

Edited July 6, 2016 by turkeyfeathers

[Grizz1219]

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

[growalot]

I think you just need a ML tag to hunt the ML SEASON. Other than that ML can be used during regular fire arms. Now for the kids...I'm not positive what weapons are allowed....

Edited July 6, 2016 by growalot

[turkeyfeathers]

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

Thank you 

[WNYBuckHunter]

Yes. Been the same weekend since it was established a few years ago.

 

Youth Firearms Deer Hunt 14-15 Year Old Hunters can hunt Deer with a Firearm over the 3-day Columbus Day weekend

• The Youth Firearms Deer Hunt will occur Columbus Day weekend
• Resident and non-resident Hunting license holders aged 14 or 15 may take 1 deer with a firearm during the youth deer hunt.
• Junior hunters may use a Deer Management Permit (antlerless-only), Deer Management Assistance Program tag (antlerless-only), or a regular season tag. During the youth deer hunt, junior hunters may use the regular season tag for a deer of either-sex.
• The youth deer hunt will occur in both the Northern Zone and Southern Zone, except in bowhunting only areas and Suffolk County.
• During the youth deer hunt, mentors may not carry a firearm or bow to pursue deer.
• Rules for 14-15 year old junior hunters and their mentors outlined below, including blaze orange requirements, also apply during the youth deer hunt.
• The antlerless-only requirement for the October 1-15 portion of the early bowhunting season in several WMUs does not apply to junior hunters participating in the Youth Firearms Deer Hunt.

14 and 15 Year Old Hunters Can Hunt Deer and Bear with a Firearm

Here are the requirements for junior hunters to hunt big game with a firearm:

• Youth must have completed a course in Hunter Education and
• Youth must have a Hunting license.
• Adult mentor must be a parent, legal guardian, or a person who is 21 years or older and is designated in writing on the Mentored Youth Hunter and Trapper Permission Form (PDF) (24 KB).
• Adult mentor must be licensed to hunt big game and have 3 years of big game hunting experience.
• Adult mentor must maintain physical control over the junior hunter at all times while hunting. This means the mentor and junior hunter must be close enough to talk without the aid of a radio and must be able to see each other.
• Both the junior hunter and mentor must remain on the ground while hunting; you may not use a tree stand or hunt from an elevated platform.
• Both the junior hunter and mentor must wear hunter orange visible from all directions: shirt, jacket or vest with at least 250 square inches of solid or patterned orange (the pattern must be at least 50% orange) OR a hat with at least 50% orange.

[turkeyfeathers]

I think you just need a ML tag to hunt the ML SEASON. Other than that ML can be used during regular fire arms. Now for the kids...I'm not positive what weapons are allowed....

I hunt all gun season with my ML.   She'll be toting her youth 20 during gun. It would be nice to get her out with the smoke pole during ML season too.

[growalot]

Ahh...I read that as though you were talking just the youth weekend...gocha

[turkeyfeathers]

Just found she can hunt ML season providing she (me) buys a ML tag for her. Woohoo !!! Now I gotta get her shooting my ML this summer.