I can't stay out of this thread as it really does bring up a point that I never gave much thought to. My sons grew up in a hunting household and they were with us on most trips that were not pack trips. By the time they were twelve they could go on those as well. My question is: At what age should a youngster be able to take the hunters test? It seems to me that it is like asking: At what age should a youngster be able to take a drivers test? At what age should a youngster
be able to vote? And what age should a youngster be able to stand in harms way for their country? I agree that kids are different in maturity, some younger than others. A lot of responsibilty comes with a centerfire rife. Its hard for me to believe that an eight year old has it all mentaly and physically to handle a rifle in the woods even if supervised. That dosen't mean that there aren't exceptions, but
there seems to me that you shouldn't be able to qualify until some minimum age, which seems to be none existent in WA state. I have made a poor assumption that kids had to be twelve to qualify as hunters. I just never knew
it differed from state to state. HMMMMMMMM
This is really an interesting topic. Anybody got more thoughts out there? Andy are you saying that in WA state a 5 year old could actually take the test if she/he were able to read and answer the questions?