Apprentice Hunting License
A person who does not have a hunter safety
certificate may purchase an apprentice hunting license. An appentice hunter may purchase this license
for two license years before he or she must sucessfully complete a hunter safety course. The apprentice hunting license is available to residents and non residents. The apprentice hunting license is available to residents
and nonresidents.
Apprentice hunters under age 17, when afield, must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or someone 21 or older designated by their parent or guardian. This individual must possess a valid, regular hunting license to hunt the same game as the apprentice hunter. "Accompanied by" requires the adult to be able to come to the immediate aid of the
other person and staying within a distance from the other person that permits uninterrupted, unaided visual and verbal contact.
Apprentice hunters 17 and older, when afield, must be accompanied by someone 21 or older, who possesses a valid, regular hunting license to hunt the same game as the apprentice hunter.
For hunting wild turkey, mentors of the apprentice need a valid turkey hunting license, but they do not need a permit for the same hunt unit/period as the apprentice.
A person may accompany no more than two apprentice hunters while hunting.