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