Should kids be allowed to hunt?

York Daily Record (PA) ^ | 11/27/05 | TERESA ANN BOECKEL

[L98Fiero]

"Should kids be allowed to hunt?"

In PA? Ask that down here in MS and you will be laughed out of the room.

[girlangler]

In Tennessee kids younger than 12 get to hunt without a license, as an incentive:)

[Red Badger]

Take your boy huntin' instead of huntin' for your boy..........

[Fierce Allegiance]

Should kids be allowed to hunt?

HELL YES!

[jmq]

Should kids be allowed to hunt?

HELL YES!

DITTO

[Dustbunny]

Yes, if they are 12 and have an adult with them at all times. All five of out grandchildren (1 boy - 4 girls) hunt and have hunted every year since they were 12.

No school today, first day of Buck season.

[xsrdx]

What the anti-hunting commies don't get, is that sport hunters fund 99% of wilderness and wildlife preservation efforts.

PETA and Earth First! don't fund sh*t other than their own sorry agendas.

[litehaus]

When very young, with an adult....after that...read Kill'em n Grill'em...then own their own!

[polymuser]

Every American boy should take a gun safety course, including shooting a pistol, rifle and shotgun, by age 14.

Every American girl should take a wild game dressing course, including dressing a fish, rabbit and pat, by age 14.

[BlueStateDepression]

Take your boy huntin' instead of huntin' for your boy..........

Well said.

[Roses0508]

Right. Early training for future careers. My best friend's son is now a sniper in the Marines. He used to pop up at us from the most unlikely places when we were out in the garden - the kid had learned to be nearly invisible.

I wish I had been taught to hunt - if nothing else for the outdoor training and the familiarity with guns.

[Kirkwood]

Some kids are just too fidgety to hunt. It isn't just how well they can shoot or knowing the safety rules.

[polymuser]

[flada]

In Tennessee kids younger than 12 get to hunt without a license, as an incentive.

That's how it was when I was growing up in Minnesota--not sure how it is now with the creeping liberalism up there.

[Senator_Blutarski]

My teenager shot his first duck at age 8. He fell in love with hunting and fishing and spends lots of time in the woods and on the water. Here is some of what he has learned:

(1) How to handle a firearm safely and properly.

(2) Appropriate hunting ethics. ("Character" has do to with what you do when no one is looking.)

(3) Where that McDonalds' hamburger comes from.

(4) What "death" really means, as opposed to the video games version of "death".

(5) Respect for the environment and the out-of-doors.

(6) Knowledge of hunting and animals including: reading sign, understanding wind direction, picking a stand location, placing decoys, calling, and picking your shot.

I'm sure there is more to say on this topic, but that's a good start.

[NRA2BFree]

Should kids be allowed to hunt?

Definitely! My friend teaches a hunter safety class for kids so they can get their license to hunt. He teaches them everything they need to know so they will be cautious, intelligent hunters. THAT is exactly how it should be. I go snake hunting and do a little plinking with his son. He just turned 13 and we've been doing it since he was 9, but he has been going with his dad for a few years before that.

[ctdonath2]

Allowed? Encouraged!

[coloradan]

Note the slant of the question: "Should kids be allowed to hunt?" (The default case being, they are otherwise prohibited.) Instead of, "Should kids be prohibited from hunting?" (Implying that that default case is that they would otherwise be free to do so.)

[ctdonath2]