Youth deer hunt this weekend

The annual youth gun deer hunt runs this Saturday through Sunday in Wisconsin. Because of the mentored hunting laws passed this year, hunters as young as 10 years old can participate as long as they are accompanied by a mentor.

Adults accompanying youth hunters must be at least 18 years old and must be within visual and voice contact at all times. For hunters 10 or 11 years old, the mentor must be within arm’s reach at all times and only one gun may be possessed between the mentor and youth hunter.

The youth hunt is held in all deer management units statewide, except state park units, Ft. McCoy, Chambers Island, Menomonee and the Apostle Islands other than Madeline Island.

Qualified youth hunters may harvest one buck deer on their gun buck deer carcass tag and additional antlerless deer with the appropriate carcass tag. Earn-a-buck restrictions do not apply in EAB units during the youth hunt. All hunters and their mentors must observe blaze orange clothing requirements. All deer, bear and small game hunters, with the exception of waterfowl hunters, also are required to meet blaze orange requirements on these two days.

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