our state is screw up when it comes to hunting laws. the mentor youth is a nice program for the kid but way to regulated. when it first started kids could only shoot squirrels, buck, and turkey. could never understand why kids couldn't shoot a doe, they are in the woods at the same time when everyone else could shoot does. as far as the license goes, it think every kid should have to have a mentor youth license but an adult should have to tag the animals the kids shoot.
It should be up to the parent what a kid can shoot, I agree with the kid not carrying a firearm until they are 12 years of age. there are a lot of opportunities being missed because of the laws. kids could hunt ducks, rabbits over a beagle, fox, coon, etc. parent could carry the gun until they are stationary then hand the gun over to the kid and let him shoot..