Jeff Bousquet of Barnstead, age 15, after his successful 2009 youth deer hunt, with his mom Staci. He made the 230+ yard shot with his father's 30-06. Jeff took his first deer during the 2007 youth weekend. Congrats to this outdoors family!
There is no minimum age for youth hunting
in New Hampshire
Youth hunters can hunt all species during
the open season
All youth hunters under age 16 must be
ACCOMPANIED by a licensed adult 18 years or older while
hunting.
"Accompanied" means within sight and hearing, excluding
electronic devices, when actual physical direction and control
can be effected, pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXX
Accompanying adults may not carry a firearm
or bow during the special youth hunting weekends, but may during
the regular hunting seasons for those species
All deer taken by
youth hunters must be tagged with either a home-made tag
or the back page of the N.H. Hunting Digest
All deer, bear and
turkey must be registered according the to rules applying
to those species for adults
Hunter education is not required for youth
hunters under age 16, but youth should try to complete the hunter
education course sometime between the age of 12 and their
16th birthday. Then they will have the required hunter education
certification when they apply for their first hunting license
after they turn 16.
Both resident and nonresident youth may hunt during the special weekends, but nonresident youth are eligible for the youth deer hunt ONLY if their state of residence allows New Hampshire youth to participate in its youth deer hunt.
