Yes youths can shoot a doe without a special tag. I have gotten a lot of Emails today regarding this and I will Email all of you tonight or tomorrow. Thank you for all the interest, I want to do what I can to spark the hunting bug in the young kids, ( my son is only a year and a half although he enjoys watching them out the window at this point) sorry to say that I don't think there is enough does to accomidate everyone. If this goes well, we will invite a few youths next year. Good luck to all of you this weekend