GLASGOW, Mont. (NMB) – Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks offers some tips on when to decide if a child is ready to be an Apprentice Hunter, and to make the experience safe and positive. A press release says that children as young as 10 have been allowed to hunt with a mentor for two seasons without completing Hunter Education since 2015.
Would-be apprentices need two things, physical and emotional maturity. FWP Outdoor Skills and Safety Supervisor Wayde Cooperider said, “Is that youngster emotionally ready for the experience of taking an animal’s life, and dealing with that whole experience – the blood, the field dressing, and that process…”
If you plan to have you child hunt as an apprentice, please get them registered as soon as possible.
Visit fwp.mt.gov for more information.
