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Is there a specific age/ circumstance that a child has to be before they hunt alone

16 and have hunter ed course I think

That's what I was thinking.

I was 13/14 when I first went. Had. 12 gauge single shot and sat under a tree in the backyard. Shot a Bambi or two. Im sure there’s some kind of law out there now though. Hunter ed class is required now before you can buy a license. I’m sure they have an age requirement for that.

Nope. In AL there is no age. The ONLY time a youth must be accompanied by an adult is youth season or during a designated youth hunt on public lands. The rest of the season they can hunt alone without HE or a license. Yeah, makes no sense, but is what it is, unless they’ve changed the law. When they turn 16 they must have a license of course, but until then, they can hunt alone. I was hunting alone at age 11/12. Some kids are ready and some aren’t.

And if it’s different than what I just typed then it has changed since I was employed by the agency.

My son never took hunter ed - so they told me has to hav supervision - think it says on his license

Amd its because didnt take hunter safety class

just gonna depend on the kid , i just turned 65 been killing stuff for 60 years and the gun wasn't being up by a shooting vice . as for hunting by myself i was 8 or 9 .


i roamed these woods like a old cat . winter i hunted squirrels and rabbits with a 410 . rest of the time pellet gun . if i had ever got hurt they'd never found me .

Not in Alabama. It always irked me that a 10 year old or younger can legally hunt by themself with no Hunter's Ed, but they turn 16 they have to have the course under their belt.

C’mon man. You know ALdeer children and grands are hunting alone by age 2.

Make sure you get The King's Corn License if any bait is on the property. That one is required regardless of age or license.

I started deer hunting alone at the age of 11. I was squirrel hunting by myself somewhere around the age of 9. Not sure if it was legal or not but one thing I am sure of. I have a 10 year old son and I make sure he has his corn tariff receipt in the form of “ an hard card” and so does anyone hunting with us. The math says you can pay the tariff for around 30 years before it costs you more than one ticket.

i doubt it the price will keep going up on the corn permit

I can remember being like 7-8 and my dad putting me up in a tree and telling me not to climb down or move until he came back. Honestly I was terrified out of my mind the entire time he was gone

My dad put me at the base of a tree when I was 12.

You are correct Matt which is silly to me. I know a kid that will bow hunt by himself, then have to sit with his dad youth weekend of gun, then after that he will hunt by himself again. It’s comical.

When I was 9 my grandpaw gave me a 20 gauge and told me to climb that sweet gum to a board that was nailed on 2 limbs and 15’ high. He said he would be back after dark to get me. I thought it was never gonna get dark that day lol.

I didn’t sit in the same stand as someone until I was a senior in high school. If her dad only knew lol

My twins are more responsible that most grown men I know. They’ve hunted by themselves a couple years and have successfully killed deer. Our neighbors are having trouble with their neighbors so Mr Green Jeans is starting to hang around. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t messing up if I let them hunt alone

I was hunting alone at 11 or so

Mine has been hunting alone for 2 years. He will now drop me off and take the sxs to his spot!

As far as the law goes I don’t think there is a specific age but for me it depends of the child’s maturity level,common sense and how well he/she was taught gun safety and hunting safety/courtesy in general. My dad let me go by myself when I was probably 13ish. But my 14 year old daughter is NOT ready to be in a stand by herself and may never be.