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Title: Youth season question?
Post by: HornHoarder on April 07, 2013, 09:21:25 AM

Can the youth hunters take 2 birds during youth season? Of course two tags are needed. My son got one yesterday, and wants to hunt today. Couldn't find anything in the regs.

Title: Re: Youth season question?
Post by: Limhangerslayer on April 07, 2013, 09:45:49 AM

Same rules as us, they could  shoot two atonce if they wanted

Title: Re: Youth season question?
Post by: HornHoarder on April 07, 2013, 09:49:14 AM

Thanks, that's what I was thinking. I better get out the raingear. Going hunting.  :tung:

Title: Re: Youth season question?
Post by: Diehard0123 on April 07, 2013, 10:58:37 PM

I imagine the poor guy in his blind with his youth hunter with two longbeards coming in hard to his decoys and thinking can we bag on or two?  do I have cell reception so I can post on hunt wa to find out before my youth hunter has to pull the trigger :chuckle:

Title: Re: Youth season question?
Post by: ChadH on April 07, 2013, 11:18:21 PM

Quote from: HornHoarder on April 07, 2013, 09:21:25 AM

Can the youth hunters take 2 birds during youth season? Of course two tags are needed. My son got one yesterday, and wants to hunt today. Couldn't find anything in the regs.

I wondered the same. The kids can only shoot one back in Missouri, so that is what we are used to. Several people told us WA could only shoot one, but I couldn't find that any where in the regs, or under the WAC code... so I assume they can shoot two.

Title: Re: Youth season question?
Post by: wonder on April 08, 2013, 02:21:23 PM

Here's what I found in the regs:

A total of three (3) turkeys in the spring season with following
restrictions: Only two (2) turkeys may be taken in eastern Washington
and only one (1) of those may be taken in Chelan, Kittitas, and
Yakima counties (combined); only one (1) turkey may be taken in
western Washington per year outside of Klickitat County. Two (2)
turkeys may be taken in Klickitat County.

Title: Re: Youth season question?
Post by: wonder on April 08, 2013, 02:24:15 PM

Here is more info on subject:

A youth spring turkey season for hunters under 16 years of age
will be held on April 6-7, 2013.
The youth season is open in ALL GMUs.
Standard hunting methods (shotgun or bow and arrow only) and
all other turkey hunting regulations apply to the youth season