Parents should decide when a child can hunt
Friday, November 04, 2005
BY FRED J. AUN
For the Star-Ledger
Tomorrow is the Take a Kid Hunting program's Youth Pheasant Hunt in New Jersey. So now might be a good time to stop and think about kids and hunting in general.
The state Division of Fish and Wildlife does quite a bit to encourage young people to hunt. It offers special youth hunting days for deer, turkey, pheasants and waterfowl.
The state acknowledges hunting is on a decline and will continue to falter unless youngsters are enticed into giving the shooting sports a try. Nevertheless, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance contend most states -- including New Jersey -- are actually dissuading kids from going hunting. In their 14-page "Youth Hunting Report," the organizations assert there are too many unnecessary impediments in the name of safety. They contend too much control over youth hunting has been taken from parents and placed in the hands of hunter education instructors.
http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/113108556628520.xml&coll=1
Friday, November 04, 2005
BY FRED J. AUN
For the Star-Ledger
Tomorrow is the Take a Kid Hunting program's Youth Pheasant Hunt in New Jersey. So now might be a good time to stop and think about kids and hunting in general.
The state Division of Fish and Wildlife does quite a bit to encourage young people to hunt. It offers special youth hunting days for deer, turkey, pheasants and waterfowl.
The state acknowledges hunting is on a decline and will continue to falter unless youngsters are enticed into giving the shooting sports a try. Nevertheless, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance contend most states -- including New Jersey -- are actually dissuading kids from going hunting. In their 14-page "Youth Hunting Report," the organizations assert there are too many unnecessary impediments in the name of safety. They contend too much control over youth hunting has been taken from parents and placed in the hands of hunter education instructors.
http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/113108556628520.xml&coll=1