12 Year old

[Ice Shack Baby]

My nephew turned 12 in August. What are the regulations for deer firearms season. He has not had his hunter safety training yet.

Thanks

[TooTallTom]

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/hunting/index.html

Thanks for being willing to introduce a new hunter! That's a really important thing for all of us.

[paceman]

Once he turned 12 he needs to get his Hunter Safety Certificate in order to hunt Big Game.

[mt1017]

now you don't have time to get it done but you can get an apprentice license for this year so he can go i just went thru this last week called the dnr in st paul and for the answer there is a fee for it I believe it was 3 or 5 buck at least my daughter can hunt and i'm not the worst dad ever cause that is how i was feeling when i realized that 12 was the magic age

[Powerstroke]

MT has it correct. A 12 yr old would require a firearms safety card to buy their own license and hunt. However there is the Hunter Apprentice card which allows people to hunt for a year (I think they just extended it to two yrs) on the apprentice card to see if they like hunting before they need to get their FAS card.

Then a 12yr old has to get a deer license and remain in direct contact with an adult during the hunt.

Congrats on introducing a child to hunting.