Comments on: Recommendations for Mentored Youth Hunting Program Presented at NRC http://www.mucc.org/2011/12/recommendations-for-mentored-youth-hunting-program-presented-at-nrc/ Defending the rights of Michigan's Hunters, Anglers and Trappers Fri, 17 May 2013 03:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Michigan United Conservation Clubs » MUCC Celebrates Approval of Mentored Youth Hunting Program http://www.mucc.org/2011/12/recommendations-for-mentored-youth-hunting-program-presented-at-nrc/#comment-317 Michigan United Conservation Clubs » MUCC Celebrates Approval of Mentored Youth Hunting Program Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:17:17 +0000 http://www.mucc.org/?p=878#comment-317 [...] that process complete, a workgroup was formed to iron out the details of the program before the package was sent to the NRC for [...]

]]> By: Fiferlarry http://www.mucc.org/2011/12/recommendations-for-mentored-youth-hunting-program-presented-at-nrc/#comment-294 Fiferlarry Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:08:00 +0000 http://www.mucc.org/?p=878#comment-294 This is a good deal. I have 3 grandkids that live in the city. I have no problem taking them to hunt, but one parent says that it’s not legal, and that ends it. Now I am getting to take two of them hunting with the two programs that the state has started.

One is 9, but will bet ten two weeks before opening day for turkey, she has a call and has been praticing of a year now, and looking forward to it. She does a good job with a crossbow, and if we can get the turkey to help us out, she will do well.

The other is 7, will be 8 for the season, shoots the crossbow better than I do, and has tried to convince me he will be ten by the start of the season. Now with the new law on Mentoring, he will just be eight, as should be.

Thank you Michigan

]]> By: Jason Hesselberg http://www.mucc.org/2011/12/recommendations-for-mentored-youth-hunting-program-presented-at-nrc/#comment-281 Jason Hesselberg Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.mucc.org/?p=878#comment-281 This is a great thing its about time that Michigan gets caught up what other states have been doing for years. I have 4 kids (all girls) and they all have been coming along with me hunting and fishing and learning about our great outdoors. But they have all wanted to be the shooter and not just going along. I have girls that just aren’t strong enough to pull back a bow of 40lbs and shoot accurately with it. So they had to wait until they were old enough to use a gun since Michigan laws would not allow them to hunt. Now my 17 and 15yr old have no interest in it. So I have taken my 13 yr old to another state to hunt since she was 10, and now she just can’t get enough of it. She has taken some great deer and I think she will hunt for the rest of her life. Since the laws have changed in Michigan I will be able to take my 8 yr old out hunting now and she can’t wait and is out practicing with a crossbow all the time. A kid that is into our great outdoors usually get into less trouble than kids that are not.Thanks Michigan for getting it right

]]> By: MichiganOutofDoors.com » Mentored Youth Hunting on the NRC Agenda http://www.mucc.org/2011/12/recommendations-for-mentored-youth-hunting-program-presented-at-nrc/#comment-273 MichiganOutofDoors.com » Mentored Youth Hunting on the NRC Agenda Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:39:46 +0000 http://www.mucc.org/?p=878#comment-273 [...] NRC is currently accepting public comments on the workgroup’s proposal to define the rules and regulations for “mentored youth”, that is, youth under 10 years [...]

]]> By: Michigan United Conservation Clubs » Mentored Youth Hunting on the NRC Agenda http://www.mucc.org/2011/12/recommendations-for-mentored-youth-hunting-program-presented-at-nrc/#comment-272 Michigan United Conservation Clubs » Mentored Youth Hunting on the NRC Agenda Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:33:03 +0000 http://www.mucc.org/?p=878#comment-272 [...] NRC is currently accepting public comments on the workgroup’s proposal to define the rules and regulations for “mentored youth”, that is, youth under 10 years [...]

]]> By: Curtstevens1 http://www.mucc.org/2011/12/recommendations-for-mentored-youth-hunting-program-presented-at-nrc/#comment-225 Curtstevens1 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.mucc.org/?p=878#comment-225 What is new about this? I’ll tell you, the new part is selling more licenses for things that parents used to do without special seasons and such. I taught my sons to hunt and fish by simply taking them along with me on such trips when they were even too small to take part in it, but then when they were old enough they initiated going to the next level which was getting their own license. We are killing off more deer than we should because of many factors, increased doe permits, a large increase in special hunting seasons and possibly more poaching (that part is only a guess). Listen, either parents are going to bring along the next generation or they aren’t. Hunting and fishing tradition has always been passed down from generation to generation in a family, it was a natural process. I don’t think this process has ended, I think that as we get further and further away from our agricultural roots, this will also naturally die out simply because of lack of interest. Just like outside drive ins had their heyday, but lost their appeal, like horse and buggy. The people who miss it the most are those who can’t do it because of physical handicap and those who profit in the business part of the activity. Lets not kill all the deer off because we are trying to keep something going that is simply, naturally, dying off. Like I said, I have passed this on to my children without any candy from the state, so do others who are as gung ho for this type of activity, there are simply fewer parents who are gung ho for it.

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