PLease Read,

Now I would not set my child afield alone, because hunting is more a family thing to me and I think it is irresponsible to a point. If the child is not educated in fire arms training, or animal identification, of course he or she should have a person with them or not have the gun in their hands until they have the proper knowledge. But this seems to be written in the anti gun sentiment again

It's sort of a couble edge sword. Some kids might be perfectly able to hunt alone, and others not. Even if your child is ready to handle it, the risk is still there that another kid might not be , even if his or her parents think they are.
I'm not sure I would hunt alone or let Heather hunt alone at any age, just due the possibility of an accident.
Some on the stuff I've seen at indoor shooting ranges makes me nervous. Idiots walking around with a gun in their hand, and not pointed down range, and the one clown who had a failure to fire and turned the gun around to look in the barrel Those are the ones that hear it from me! I'm usually pretty easy going, but if somebody I don't know points a gun(loaded or not) at me, I get ugly.
I was taught from a young age how to safely handle firearms, and that is the only way.

But on the other hand there are too many firearms restrictions in place now, that I'm not a fan of creating any new ones. I'd rather see some of the current ones lifted.
NO CEZ's!!!

QUOTE(snowman @ Jul 22 2009, 10:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTESeven states - Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Vermont and Washington - set no minimum age for solo hunting.
In Texas, kids can hunt alone when they are 9.
In Alaska, Louisiana and Tennessee, the minimum age for unsupervised hunting is 10, in Missouri it's 11, and in nine other states it's 12.
That's a total of 21 states in which kids can hunt alone at age 12 or younger. And in 19 of them, young hunters afield by themselves may pursue any game - big or small - that is in season.

Absolutely not. Yer right that parents should know when their kids are ready. Have you seen these parents? Have you talked to these parents? How do we know the parents aren't white-trash country hillbillys with missing teeth and no education? Now I'm not saying they all are but who says the parents are bright enough to make that decision?

Yeah, but it's a crap-shoot, some of the lawmakers might not be much smarter