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Youth Deer Hunting Days
Youth Bow Hunt, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008
Youth Firearm Hunt, Saturday, nov. 22, 2008
Take this great opportunity to introduce youth hunters to deer hunting!
Who can hunt: Hunters with a valid youth hunting license .
• The youth hunter MUST be under the direct
supervision of a person who is at least 21
years old and who has a valid firearm or bow
and arrow license corresponding to the season
hunted . Direct supervision is defined as both
the youth hunter and parent/guardian set
up together at the same location, hunting
as a unit, not hunting independently . The
adult CANNOT hunt or possess a firearm
or bow . The adult may grunt, call or rattle
for the youth . In addition to the youth, the
adult accompanying the youth should wear
the required hunter orange during the youth
firearm deer hunt .
Bag limits: Youth may hunt statewide for one deer
of either sex on each of the above dates .
• During the Youth Firearm Deer Hunt,
youths may hunt either with a shotgun or
muzzleloader .
• If the youth is hunting with a muzzleloader,
both the youth and the adult must possess a
valid rifle permit .
• Antler Point Restrictions do NOT apply on
these days for the youth hunter .
• These hunts are extensions of the Fall Bow and
Six-day Firearm seasons; no special season deer
permit is required . Youth hunters may still
harvest one antlered deer during the Fall Bow
Season, and two antlered deer during the Sixday
Firearm Season .
tagging RequiRement: The youth hunter must
tag their deer with a homemade transportation tag,
or cut out the deer transportation tag provided on
page 35 .
• The tag must include the youth hunting license
number or Conservation ID number, sex of
deer, number of antler points, date, zone,
county and township from which the deer was
taken, and must say “Taken during the Bow (or
Firearm) Youth Hunt .” No supplemental tags
are issued when Youth Hunt deer are checked .
It happend so fast. Tyler Mealy, 11, had no time to get nervous when
his dad, Glenn, grunted but barely slowed down a buck as it moved
through an open area in New Egypt’s Zone 17 on Youth Day. The next
loud grunt stopped the buck, now looking right at Tyler, who put into
action what dad taught him: a perfect double-lung shot at 55 yards
with a 20-gauge Remington 870 youth slug gun and Lightfield slugs.
This was Tyler’s first time hunting.
August 2008 For more information contact New Jersey New Jersey Fish & Wildlife Digest | 23
Division of Fish and Wildlife at (609)292-2965 2008 Hunting and Trapping Issue
Glenn Mealy