Show Age Limits for jr Hunting Ir L J I r n By Dy Peter Carney With the general adoption of ot the license system has como come the necessIty necessity sity uy of fixing a Do minimum age at which licenses may be issued The practice la is by by no means uniform but about half halt of the states have I of some sort These restrictions restrictions re re- re- re are of three general kinds 1 Exemption from the hunting bunting license requirement for children 2 Refusal to issue licenses to children and I 3 3 Requirement that children must have have havo the written consent of ot the parent or guardian to obtain a license nse Children under 12 are not required ed to have a 0 license in Idaho or I Utah under under 14 14 in Montana Nevada I Oklahoma or Oregon under 17 hunt huntIng hunting Ing small game In Michigan under 21 hunting small game in Minnesota ta ts Children under 13 In Now Hamp Hamp- n 1 JI R X R w w Ie R i shire and Nebraska and under 17 in Arizona do not require a license when hunting with a licensed adult New Jersey prohibits children under under un un- un- un der 10 from hunting with firearms but upon application of parent or guardian issues a 1 1 license to citizens citizens citi citi- citi- citi zens zone of ot the United States between the ages of ot 10 and 14 provided the they hunt in company with a licensed adult Pennsylvania also prohibits children chiU chil- Idren dren under 14 from hunting but issues is sues licenses to minors between the the- ages area of 14 and 16 IG i I I vu of parent or guardian Licenses are not issued to children under certain ages or only upon written consent of ot the I parent arent or guardian in the following states Not issued under certain ago age Age Now New Jersey 10 10 Pennsylvania 14 14 Wyoming for birds 14 14 S Wyoming ng big ig game 16 16 Rhode Rhoda Island iG 16 16 Wisconsin 15 IE Connecticut 16 16 New Brunswick big game 10 Written consent required requIre Indiana 14 1 14 t West Virginia 15 15 Pennsylvania 14 14 to 16 Ohio 16 1 G Vermont 16 16 British Columbia lumbia 16 16 Saskatchewan hewan 18 18 Iowa 18 18 New v Hampshire 18 18 |