Comments on: Mentored Youth Hunting on the NRC Agenda

By: Fifes2

Fifes2 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:26:00 +0000

To allow a mentor to take an unlimited number of 10 year children with loaded guns is wrong. Also all these early seasons are driving the deer to be nocturnal by November fifteen. Our cameras prove this along with the poor harvest in recent years.

By: Michigan United Conservation Clubs » Bill Would Clarify that Foster Children are Allowed to Hunt

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:02:41 +0000

[...] the same time that the NRC is taking public comments on the Mentored Youth Hunting Program for children under 10 years old, a legislative tweak has been introduced in the Michigan House of [...]

By: Amy Trotter

Amy Trotter — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:36:00 +0000

That is correct. Children will not be required to have formal hunters safety until age 12 (they can hunt under the Mentored Youth program up to age 10, then up to 2 years as an apprentice), though we certainly encourage them to take a class as soon as they are able.

By: gene staelgraeve

gene staelgraeve — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:43:00 +0000

I see no mention of a Hunter Safety requirement

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:43:00 +0000

To say that all 10 year old kids are too young might say more about Mark and Bob than anything. My daughter, who will be 10 this week, has been shooting for a couple years now and I have NO DOUBT that she would be able to properly handle, carry and shoot while under my guidance.

Furthermore, since we are a little late to the party here in MI, we need only to look at the many other states who have lower minimum hunting ages to see that properly mentored young hunters are no more a danger than adult hunters. In fact, I have been with more than a few hunters over the years who have acted in such an unsafe manner as to make me suspect that THEY were not old enough to handle firearms.

By: Mark Fleishans

Mark Fleishans — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:14:00 +0000

I agree with bob 10 is to young. the kid was probably standing next to his old man in the refuge.

By: Bob_Jenson

Bob_Jenson — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:42:00 +0000

All this is is a MONEY THING! You’ve all ready had 1 fatality where a child shot and killed his Father in the Thumb Area.
Bob Jenson

By: Warnja

Warnja — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:15:00 +0000

I support young children hunting but we must make sure that they are monitured. Also I do think that they should be allowed to shoot the big bucks that they are doing. A big doe tastes just like deer.