The state Department of Natural Resources sold 10 hunting licenses to infants after Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill that eliminated the state's minimum hunting age.
Walker signed a Republican bill on Nov. 13 doing away with the 10-year-old minimum age to participate in a mentored hunt.
The DNR released data Tuesday that shows the agency had sold 1,814 mentored hunt licenses to children age nine or younger through Sunday. The vast majority -- 1,011 licenses -- went to nine-year-olds.
Fifty-two licenses went to children under age 5, with 10 going to a child under a year old.
A four-year-old was the youngest licensee to register a kill. Harvest data doesn't show who actually killed the deer, however.
EdricStorm on November 29th, 2017 at 18:42 UTC »
In Tennessee, there is a Lifetime Hunting License.
If you buy this, it is $2,000.
If you buy this for your child that is 3 and under, it is $200.
I'm not sure how it is in WI, but you can buy an infant a hunting license here in TN.
brosie12 on November 29th, 2017 at 15:48 UTC »
Just changed the law in WI stating that there is no age limit to go hunting.
AluminumMaiden on November 29th, 2017 at 15:40 UTC »
This is an obvious clerical error. They were supposed to be licenses to hunt infants.