At what age do you think people should be permitted to have a hunting's license?

[Liebling:-)))]

Proposal Reduces Age Restrictions For Hunting
http://kutv.com/local/local_story_328140050.html

State Minimum-Age Laws Get Crazier
http://webpages.charter.net/kurmudgeon/2005/12/state-minimum-age-laws-get-crazier.html


It´s scary to offer children to use "gun" :Ohno: Did you know that many children die in senseless gun accidents...

I support hunting legal age 18 as the same as alochol and driving liecsne.


Come and share your opinion with agree and disagree

 

[Heath]

I support the hunting license at either age 12 or 14.

 

[Liebling:-)))]

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mld4ds´s post
If you live and maintain your farm business, your opinion would be entirely different. Did you know that there are 4-H program that teach young people about farm culture. They already witness the born and death of livestocks. I am sure that they would give up their beloved cow, lamb, chicken, pig, or anothjer "for the big dinner."

Have some Fred the beef.....

RIP: Grandpa the Butcher

Liebling, do your kids know where the beef or poulry come from?

Yes, we have many farmes here in Germany but they don´t have gun. The farm/village where we live... We have hunter´s club around village where we live.

Here in Germany the gun is restricted for civil and hunters only. Rare people own guns.

Hunter age legal here in Germany at 18.

Yes, it´s great that you were taught to respect gun/rifle... It´s also great that your parent trust your maturity and treat you as responsible young adult, too.

It´s scare to see guns around my house... :Ohno: I would not want to have gun in my house.... what if the children shot accidently... you know the parents can keep to watch them for 24 hours...

Well, I must laugh after read your question over my children... Let me tell you...

I fed my children with meats since they were babies... They didn´t know where the meat comes from until they went their first school, that´s how they learn where the meats come from and then become vegetrians...

My eldest son on me for never told him in first place where the meat come from. I was like and told him that I never thought about that because he never asked me where the meat come from in first place. He taught his young brother where the meat come from... They both are upset and refuse eat meats.... *sigh* It took me ages to explain why the meats are important.... I´m patience with them until they understand why the meats are important and then eat meats at last few years ago... LAST... *phew* My both sons know now but they refuse to shot animal for their dinner but buy meats from butcher because they didn´t see and know how the butcher did with animals.

 

[Liebling:-)))]

I support the hunting license at either age 12 or 14.

Why?

 

[Banjo]

Like Heath said. Teaching a child starting at 12 would be perfectly fine and it's not a sick sport like some like to make it out to be.

Yes, hunting animals for sports isn't right, but it's different when it come to hunting for food. You'll be surprised to see how many deers actually starve to death which is a long term of suffering rather than a bullet wound to the head.

Deers tend to overpopulate when there are no predators to consume them. That's why we have certain seasons where we hunt and kill deers for meals.

It's not about violence at all. Big difference from drive-by shootings.

 

[Heath]

That is the way it always has been. Age 14 is considered a man's age. Kids as early as 12 can go with their fathers hunting then by age 14 he can go hunting by himself and bring home the deer meat.

 

[GalaxyAngel]

I like vote 21 reason... I'm afraid of under age or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 yrs old.. might be happend *snap their mind and rage-angry turns into kill someone* I'd rather not... Prefer 21 yrs old for carry responible part of it..

For hunting.. Always come with Father or Mother w/child(s) for enjoyment firearms hunting.. that would be fine but as long Parent are responbile taking the firearms away from child(s) when it's finished hunting.. and lock'em away!
Ontario law.. requires seprate the cabinet for firearms and seprate another cabinet for bullets and lock'em up too..

As for my family... :Ohno: ain't permit allow my children near firearms in my house peroid.. I'm kinda "hate any firearms". Even fake guns still counts ain't allowed in my house too.. Our Children are knows about my rules.. but they are happy.. feel peace-mind..
which it's good but one thing movie always there firearms "just movie" ain't real.. anyway.. Our children are totally understand issues seprate different real life and movie compares..

I'm hoping they could not near any firearms espically my hubby's father has firearms but never shown our children front of eyes... which good thing.. I'm glad.

 

[Cheri]

I vote the age of 21, It's all about mind control. I don't like the fact that kids walk around guns in their pocket, bringing to school when they know how to shoot at the younger age. I believe that guns should not be given to kids until they are 21 years of age to avoid lives of a lot of people. Hunting is not something for children to witness at a younger age. It's disgusted to me, having them watching their father hunt and cut up animals, That's violence in my eyes for children to watch this and learn. I never purchase fake toy guns for my boys because I don't want them getting an idea of thinking guns are cool, because they are not cool. Guns are dangerous weapons and should not be messed with.

 

[LakeTahoe]

AMEN!

I vote the age of 21, It's all about mind control. I don't like the fact that kids walk around guns in their pocket, bringing to school when they know how to shoot at the younger age. I believe that guns should not be given to kids until they are 21 years of age to avoid lives of a lot of people. Hunting is not something to children to witness at a younger age. It's disgusted to me, having them watching their father hunt and cut up animals, That's violence in my eyes for children to watch this and learn. I never purchase fake toy guns for my boys because I don't want them getting an idea of thinking guns are cool, because they are not cool. Guns are dangerous weapons and should not be messed with.

 

[Angel]

My ex husband grew up around his families that goes hunting, so he has alot of experiences when it comes to hunting, now that I have three boys who would love to go hunting more than anything, We allow our oldest son who was 12 at that time to go with his dad to serveral hunting trips, learn how to hunt, use a gun, etc....Believe me , I wasn't very happy about it at first, u know me being a mother sometimes I have this fear inside me and all the questions running in my mind as " What if ".....Instead of worry about them going hunting, or learning how to shoot, sometimes parents got to learn to let them go, we can't always have to protect them all the time, sometimes they need their spaces by trying things that they enjoy doing the most, even if it took me awhile to allow him to go, I made sure my ex husband stays with him all times not to let him go alone in the woods, or whenever they go hunting at....As a mother, I don't like guns, and sure don't like hunting, but my boys do, so I have to learn to live with it and let them have their fun....I also made sure my son leave his hunting gun at his dad's house not here....

My oldest son is now 15, he got his hunting license at the age of 14, hes a pretty good hunter, and he got his first deer 2 years ago....I can see the happiness in him when he first told me he got a deer, even through I don't like the idea of killing an innocent animal just for the fun of it, but I relized that they also can eat deer meats, ewww please don't tell me what it taste like....I tried it once, I almost threw up!!!....

The bottom line, sometimes we may be a bit overprotective as a parent to our children, but we have to draw a line somewhere, by stepping back, and let them live the life they enjoy doing...We may not like what they want to do out of this life, but sometimes we need to listen to our children and what they really love to do, cause our children's happiness is what important....My other two sons isn't ready to go since they're still young, but when they reach to the age of 12, I will allow them to go hunting....

So I agree with Heath, 12-14 for hunting license....btw Liebling I didn't vote cause I don't see anything above that says under the age of 16..

 

[RedFox]

I had deer meat in a stew and it was good. Another time, I had some and it wasn't good because the freezer we had it in was bad. If you don't want anybody to kill deer, would you let the excess population starve?
Maybe instead of a set age to get a hunting license, tests could be done. There could be a written one for some kinds of questions like when and where it's dangerous to use guns. And there would be tests on how well the person's hands could hold fake test guns designed to feel like the real things, and how well they could handle recoil with some kind of setup with a test gun mounted on some kind of machine to simulate recoil so they won't shoot their feet off. Then if all of those are passed, there could be test firings at firing ranges. A background check and a psychology test could be included so loons can't get licenses. Of course, really little kids would fail because they won't be able to handle the test guns, much less the real things well enough and not be able to do the written part of the test.

 

[Taylor]

A lot of good points in this thread. I have no problems with the younger ages getting licenses (even 12 to 14). It is a great bonding experience between family members and there is somewhat of a misnomer about children learning how to use guns. Those that know how to use them have less accidents then those that don't. When it comes to accidental shootings, it isn't generally the children who were raised around guns or those that hunt...its those kids that only see guns on TV and find one in mommy or daddy's dresser drawer unsecured that get killed in accidents.

I wish I had a copy of it, but after the columbine shootings there was a documentary that came out about this. There was an experiment where kids were placed in a large room with lots of toys in an indoor play area. Hidden in the play area were realistic looking guns. The kids that had never seen guns were picking them up and pointing them at each other and playing with them when they found them. When the kids that grew up in households where hunting and guns were common found the guns, they didn't touch them and left the playroom to get an adult. All of the kids in this experiment were all fairly young, and if I recall correctly they were anywhere from 7 to 10 years old..well below the hunting age.

 

[Dennis S.]

I agree with Taylor. It's all about teaching your children to RESPECT GUNS, not let Hollywood teach them that guns are glamorous and solve all the problems in the world.

Families should be teaching their children about guns from the get-go. I fully support younger licensing to make this possible.

 

[Reba]

I wanted to vote 12 years old but that is not an option in the poll, so I voted "other ages."

Of course, a 12-year-old should not go hunting without a grownup, although in past centuries young American kids went hunting alone to help feed the family.

Also, kids can learn how to shoot before "hunting license" age; they just can't hunt certain game until then. For example, you don't need a license for shooting squirrels.

That "age 21" option in the poll is interesting. Military members younger than 21 can use powerful weapons in war but some people would vote against them being able to get a hunting license!

 

[Banjo]

Also, kids can learn how to shoot before "hunting license" age; they just can't hunt certain game until then. For example, you don't need a license for shooting squirrels.

If a child kill a squirrel, will he eat it?

I doubt it.

He shouldn't be taught to kill animals only to not eat it. That would be wasting a life for nothing. You need a purpose when it come to killing an animal, and no... to gain a point in hunting skill is not a reason.

 

[Reba]

If a child kill a squirrel, will he eat it?

Some people do eat squirrels and use their fur.

Some people kill squirrels because they are pests. They can chew up things that they are not supposed to, and they urinate and leave feces in places they are not supposed to, contaminating and destroying property.

Squirrels are cute but they are also destructive rodents, like mice and rats.

 

[Banjo]

Some people do eat squirrels and use their fur.

Some people kill squirrels because they are pests. They can chew up things that they are not supposed to, and they urinate and leave feces in places they are not supposed to, contaminating and destroying property.

Squirrels are cute but they are also destructive rodents, like mice and rats.

Weird, we have a lot of squirrels here but they certainly aren't considered pests. It's rare for a squirrel to cause some problems here.

It's probably due to overpopulation and the lack of predators.

 

[Reba]

Weird, we have a lot of squirrels here but they certainly aren't considered pests. It's rare for a squirrel to cause some problems here.

It's probably due to overpopulation and the lack of predators.

I guess you've never had squirrels chew thru your house roof and build a nest in your attic.

It is common in our neighborhood. They have even chewed thru the vinyl siding. Their urine smell is awful!

Don't worry, we haven't shot any at our house.

 

[Banjo]

I guess you've never had squirrels chew thru your house roof and build a nest in your attic.

It is common in our neighborhood. They have even chewed thru the vinyl siding. Their urine smell is awful!

Don't worry, we haven't shot any at our house.

Hmm, we never had any of these problems that I can tell you. Nor have I heard any from people I know around here.

There are a lot of them here, most of them stay up in the trees. We have a lot of trees around here, they're always making nests out of leaves and grasses in the trees.

I really don't understand why squirrels would do that to some houses in your neighbourhood. It just doesn't make any sense when they have everything they need is right outside. Rats and mice, that's a different story.

We've had mice, though it wasn't that serious of a problem. Whiskey, my cat pretty much took care of the job. Thankfully, she didn't eat or bite them because these rodents are so filthy and carry diseases. It's amazing what a domestic housecat can do with her paws to make a kill.

 

[Angel]

If a child kill a squirrel, will he eat it?

My son did tried eating squirrel meat but he did not like it, he prefer deer meat, but he does go with his dad to squirrel hunting but not often, he usually goes deer hunting cause that what he likes the most, then just shooting a bunch of squirrels....

My ex said squirrel meat taste better than any other meat when it comes to making stew just like Reba said....but to me it isn't, it taste nasty!