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Originally Posted by fmacsin1
I believe in my state (Maine), you can hunt at the age of 10 after you've taken and passed the hunter safety course, and I'm not sure, but I think the 10 yrs olds have to hunt with an adult. My dad started me around the age of 8 to learn to shoot. I think the first 10 times I could only practice with the .22 (no live bullets). By age 10, I was shooting and that fall, my dad took me hunting for deer.
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Yes here in Maine it is 10 and you don't need a hunter safety course but have to be with an adult. At 16 your on your own but need a hunter safety course. I don't know of very many hunting accidents here that involve children that young on either end of it.
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Greg Lawson, spokesman for the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, said 30 states have no minimum hunting age, and 28 states — most recently Nevada — have created apprentice hunting licenses similar to Wisconsin's proposal.
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Am I the only who read it to under stand that 30 have no minimum age and another 28 have created apprentice licenses. Wouldn't that make 58 states. Maybe that is something I missed in the second or third grade.