The Apprentice Hunter Validation Program serves as a short-term, one-time-only, exclusion to the regulations related to the hunter education firearms safety training requirements. As such it gives a person that qulaifies an opportunity to sample hunting for one season before they are required to complete a hunter education firearms safety training course.
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Program started:
2007
Audience
Number of participants annually:
3000
Prerequisites for participation:
A resident born after December 31, 1979, who is age 12 or older and has not completed hunter education firearms safety training.
This validation allows the individual to hunt small game, wild turkey, and big game without having completed hunter education firearms safety training.
The validation is good for one license year.
Must be accompanied by a licensed adult hunter and hunt within unaided verbal and visual contact of the licensed adult.
Must purchase all applicable licenses and stamps.
