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"Jeff Bousquet, age 13 of Barnstead, shot this 184 lb., 9 pt. buck on the first day of the 2007 Youth Deer Hunt weekend. This was his first time hunting, made more special by the fact that he took the deer with his great-great grandfather's Winchester 30-30." --Staci Bousquet
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There is no minimum age for youth hunting
in New Hampshire
- Youth hunters can hunt all species during
the open season
- All youth hunters under age 16 must be
ACCOMPANIED by a licensed adult 18 years or older while
hunting.
"Accompanied" means within sight and hearing, excluding
electronic devices, when actual physical direction and control
can be effected, pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXX
- Accompanying adults may not carry a firearm
or bow during the special youth hunting weekends, but may during
the regular hunting seasons for those species
- All deer taken by
youth hunters must be tagged with either a home-made tag
or the back page of the N.H. Hunting Digest
- All deer, bear and
turkey must be registered according the to rules applying
to those species for adults
- Hunter education is not required for youth
hunters under age 16, but youth should try to complete the hunter
education course sometime between the age of 12 and their
16th birthday. Then they will have the required hunter education
certification when they apply for their first hunting license
after they turn 16.
- Both resident and nonresident youth may hunt during the special weekends, but nonresident youth are eligible for the youth deer hunt ONLY if their state of residence allows New Hampshire youth to participate in its youth deer hunt.
Youth hunters: Click to download a printable DEER or BEAR TAG! (PDF) If possible, please use this instead of the back cover of the NH Hunting Digest. Thanks.
New Hampshire offers special weekends
when ONLY youth may hunt. Click for more information on:
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