What are youth hunters allowed to harvest this weekend?
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I believe if its brown its down in Zone 3. But who can keep up
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glad I saw this thread.. I didn't know there was a youth hunt this weekend :smack:
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Caution......... if the youth has already killed one buck then 3 pts on one side is required. only first buck is a buck of choice.
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I think this harvest is limited to monster bucks that have already lost one side of their rack and pregnant does..........
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They can take whatever steps out, but only 1 buck if they already shot a buck. It's statewide bag limit minus horn restriction
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Really.....saw a real good buck the other day and He had both sides..........and people were killing pregnant Does back in November.....as a matter of fact my son was part of a study that has been ongoing for several years and back in October ,for the first time the majority of the Does they checked after the kill ( first Muzzleloader season) were pregnant. This was in Columbia county on a highly managed 2500 acres. They had college students doing Doe kills to manage and check them for conception. Usually it isn't nearly that many but for some reason this year they were.
So your correct they will still be killing pregnant Does (just like any bowhunter will from now until the end of February and the majority of the one's,at least in that little portion of Columbia county,that have been killed so far) and there is a slight chance of one that has lost an antler ......real slight.......
Enjoy Youth Hunters go get another for your families freezer........
Youths may harvest the modern gun limit of bucks and does for the zone they are hunting during the youth hunt. (NOTE: Antler-point restrictions for bucks do not apply to youth hunters any time during this hunt or the rest of deer season.)
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Good grief.......
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Here you go.
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I had the same thought a little earlier.......
That is incorrect. That rule was changed either last year or this year , cant remember for sure.
Thats the way to start him out right!:thumb:
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good grief x2
It's not always easy to correctly understand the regulations. We called AG&F and asked what youth in zone 7 could harvest this hunt. The lady told us bucks only....with no antler restrictions. We specifically asked abouts does, and she said no, they cannot harvest does.
We called the AG&F back the next day and a different lady told us that the youth in zone 7 can harvest a doe this weekend, but ONLY if they have not already harvested a doe during any of the previous seasons. However, she said if they had harvested a doe earlier this seasoning zone 7, that we could simply move over to one of our neighboring zones and harvest another doe this weekend. She said they could take bucks (up to for the year) without regard to antler size.
Since 2 calls yielded 2 different stories, we called a 3rd time. We got the same response as we did on the 2nd call.
We called the AG&F back the next day and a different lady told us that the youth in zone 7 can harvest a doe this weekend, but ONLY if they have not already harvested a doe during any of the previous seasons. However, she said if they had harvested a doe earlier this seasoning zone 7, that we could simply move over to one of our neighboring zones and harvest another doe this weekend. She said they could take bucks (up to for the year) without regard to antler size.
Since 2 calls yielded 2 different stories, we called a 3rd time. We got the same response as we did on the 2nd call.
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There's one thing for sure... AGFC employees are probably the least likely group of people to give you a straight answer.
What did the reg book say? It cant be that confusing.
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