LAST EDITED ON Feb-03-09 AT 03:59PM (MST)[p]No can do.
A youngster can only get a bonus point in one of two ways each year, and both require he must be at least 9 to even consider it.
To even
APPLY for an actual hunt, he
MUST turn 10 before the hunt.
To apply for
just the bonus point, he
MUST be 10 before the
application deadline.
Here's the actual law:
From the 2008-2009 Hunting & Trapping Regulations booklet. In the elk/antelope regs, it says to refer to R12-4-104 for complete info. See the applicable sections in BOLD type:
R12-4-104
Application Procedures for Issuance of Hunt
Permit-tags by Drawing and Purchase of
Bonus Points
A. For the purposes of this Section, ?group? means all
applicants who have placed their names on a single
application form contained in a single envelope, or submitted
electronically over the Internet as part of the same
application. No more than four individuals may apply as
a group.
B. An individual is ELIGIBLE to APPLY:
1. For a hunt permit-tag if the individual:
a. Is at least ten years old at the start of the hunt
for which the individual applies;
b. Has completed a department-approved hunter
education course by the start date of the hunt
for which the individual applies, if the individual
is under the age of fourteen; and
c. Does not have his or her license or license privileges
to hunt in this state suspended or revoked
at the time the individual submits an application,
as a result of an action under either A.R.S.
?? 17-340 or 17-502.
2. For a bonus point if the individual:
a. Is at least ten years old by the DEADLINE TO APPLY;
and
b. Does not have his or her license or license privileges
to hunt in this state suspended or revoked
at the time the individual submits an application,
as a result of an action under either A.R.S.
?? 17-340 or 17-502.
TONY MANDILE
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