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Junior Big Game Hunting Bill Signed in to Law!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Special thanks to Harold Palmer of the New York State Conservation Council, Inc. for alerting us to this.

New York Governor David Paterson has signed the Junior Big Game Hunting / Trapper Mentor Bill in to law. The Junior Big Game Hunting / Trapper Mentor Bill will allow 14 and 15 year olds in New York to hunt big game with a firearm under the following conditions:
  • Youth must be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or youth mentor who is 21 or older and has three years of big game hunting experience.
  • Youth must be accompanied by parent, legal guardian, or youth mentor is licensed to hunt big game and is designated in writing by the parent or legal guardian.
  • Youth must always be within the site of parent, legal guardian, or youth mentor.
Small Game. In addition, the law will also allow youths who are 12 and 13 to hunt small game with and licensed person who is 21 years of age or older.

Trapping. Youths under 12 years old can also accompany an experienced and licensed trapper prior to completing the mandatory training required.

The bill is effective immediately and will apply to the 2008 hunting season.

You can read the full Grass Roots newsletter from Harold Palmer complete with all the fixins at the link below
Great News! Junior Big Game Hunting Bill Signed in to Law

EmpireHunting.com would like to thank Mr. Palmer for all his Organization's efforts in getting this bill passed and giving parent and child more quality time together.


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ricky penn yan - 9/25/2008 3:09:51 PM

does this mean that 14 to 15 year old can get gun liscences


 

Anonymous - 8/28/2008 6:58:17 PM
hell yea
Anonymous - 8/13/2008 8:48:16 PM
about time
Anonymous - 8/7/2008 6:10:00 PM
now what happens for 16 year olds. do they need to be supervisied at all times also or are they now on there own?
qdm4life delanson, ny - 8/2/2008 11:36:19 AM
a step in the wright direction...now lets start pushing for 12 years of age w/legal adult....look how long it took us to get this law passed.....lets get on the horn..we know how politics are in this state!
ken waverly ny - 8/1/2008 3:10:04 PM
pa has been doing this for a long time. but in pa they can hunt big game with there parents by there side at the age of 12. ny should also be at the age of 12! almost every town i know of in this area, thats tioga county, has taken everything away from our younger people. then they wonder why there is so much crime involving our young kids. hunting, fishing, and sports like that should be more geared toward our youngsters. after all they are our future! if you dont teach them while they are young and eager they go do other things!! go ny
keith wisconsin - 7/28/2008 7:20:09 PM
im glad to see this bill pass. it shows what us hunters can do when we stick together. good job !!!
randy salerno irvine ca. - 7/24/2008 7:01:37 PM
great news! all the northern new york hunters should be proud of this passage, which will keep the tradition alive and educate many young hunters. also, all the northern politician should be voted back in their respected district for voting this in. great job all around!
theemperor hemlock, ny - 7/24/2008 2:54:26 PM
yeah, you are right.  we did not do a very good job with that one.  our apologies. 
Anonymous - 7/24/2008 2:05:57 PM
junior big game hunting bill passed ......what is it?
theemperor hemlock, ny - 7/23/2008 4:53:40 PM
this is great news!  it was hard to imagine it would not pass.  it made so much sense.

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