public hunting

[kingfish58]

does anyone no how old you have to be to hunt on public land

[Tiny]

Youth under age 17 may hunt free with a permitted adult. 18 and above, you must have your Hunter's education.

[Beandaddy]

Persons born on or after September 2, 1971 must have successfully completed a hunter safety education course before they may hunt in Texas. Just got that off of T,P,&W site.
Beandaddy

[Reef Drifter]

thirteen and older with a completed hunter ed. course can hunt alone is what it was a few years ago

[WestEndAngler]

thirteen and older with a completed hunter ed. course can hunt alone is what it was a few years ago

Are you serious?! I always thought you had to hunt with someone 18 or over if you were under a certain age and had completed hunters education.

[Reef Drifter]

i thought the same the same thing, but the GW that is around Bastrop told me that when i asked him about it one day, im about to pick up the new book ill read and post up about it

[Reef Drifter]

Pg. 26 ages 9 through 16, you must successfully complete a Hunter Ed. couirse or be accompanied by a certified adult. age 17 and over must have completed a hunter ed. course, or purchase a Hunter Ed. Defferal. all of course only if you were born after Sept. 2 1971

[WestEndAngler]

That's how it's always been if your under 17 you must hunt with someone "older & wiser"

[Reef Drifter]

according to the book if you have hunter ed. you can hunt by yourself at age nine

[WestEndAngler]

according to the book if you have hunter ed. you can hunt by yourself at age nine

I don't think my parents let me cross the road without calling them once I got to my buddies house at that age... Who in there right mind would say here boy take my 12GA & good luck

Just wrong IMO. I think you should be at least over 16 before your allowed to hunt w/o an adult (over 18) in the blind (close proximity)

[Reef Drifter]

A law wouldnt bother me but i like the parents having the deicisoin, I was eleven when my dad gave me my 30-30 and let me in my stand alone, of course all years before had been spent with him teaching me and of course hunter ed. he would drop me off and i would wait for him to come pick me up

[Reef Drifter]

Although being eleven years old and your grandfather telling you every night about the sasquatch he saw or old man river that kidnaps little kids didnt help !!!

[SUPER SPOOK]

i would dove hunt alone in the field across the street when i was ten.

[Spots and Dots]

As long as they have Hunters Ed. its ok with me. I guided duck hunts as soon as I turned 16. My brother took me hunting when he was 16 and I was 10.

Anything to encourage youth to hunt and enjoy the outdoors. Too many of my nephews play too many video games