blakesburg
PMA Member
Just checking to see if I understand correctly, that a youth can fill their tag during early muzzy, shotgun, or late muzzy?
Can they use it for bow season also?
They can't use it for bow season and they are supposed to pick one season and that's it. It isn't intended to be an open ended hunt until you fill it tag.
Per a discussion with a DNR officer as we had the same question, he stated that the printed regulations were incorrect as there is an AND/OR mixup. He said, "a youth tag is good for youth season, early OR late muzzleloader, AND one of the shotgun seasons, where the regs would indicate youth season, early OR late muzzleloader, OR one of the two gun seasons." You do not have to pick just one gun season. You have 3 to choose from, including youth season.
Granted, this is just a he said/she said deal, but the officer I spoke with said that the regulations booklet is incorrect. I suggest calling your own DNR officer to confirm. We did not ask about archery. However, the regulations say that during youth season, they may use a bow, shotgun, or muzzleloader. However, there is no mention of archery season in the unfilled tag section below it, so I would imagine a youth tag is not good for the general archery season.
Wow. First of all, I am not questioning what you were told Shadow, it's just that one of the things that concerns/annoys me is that different CO's have radically different interpretations AND enforcement patterns on certain game laws. Now the printed regulation is wrong too???It's funny if it isn't sad.
No wonder the general population gets confused on these things. Laws really shouldn't be up to the interpretation of the law enforcement officers in my book...nor should the printed word on the matter be wrong.
I don't get why it's not good for archery season if it's good for all the other.
My buddy has a son who did not like gun hunting and only wanted to archery hunt. He hunted youth season with a bow and then the unfilled tag was no good for him. He would have hunted longer had the tag been good for archery season.
He's started college now and unfortunately doesn't hunt anymore. He never did kill a deer. You want the youths to get hooked on hunting you gotta give them plenty of chances to kill a deer.
Does the licensed adult have to have a tag for that season also?
The thing that floors me is, you're telling me it's more ethical to take a kid out driving during shotgun season, but not teaching them how to hunt during bow season. I've never understood this rule and never will I...