2019 Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Article 22. Fish and Wildlife
Chapter 11. Licenses and Permits; General Provisions
14-22-11-18. Free hunting days
Sec. 18. (a) The director may designate not more than four (4) days each year as free hunting days for youth hunters.
(b) During a free hunting day for youth hunters designated under subsection (a), a resident who is less than eighteen (18) years of age may:
(1) hunt using hunting methods that are designated by the director and that are legal for that hunting season; and
(2) exercise the same privileges that a resident is entitled to under IC 14-22-12-1(24).
A youth hunter is not required to pay a fee or possess a hunting license.
(c) A youth hunter who hunts during a free hunting day for youth hunters under this section must:
(1) comply with the conditions and rules adopted by the director; and
(2) be accompanied by an individual who:
(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) holds a valid hunting license under IC 14-22-12 or is not required to have a hunting license under this chapter.
(d) The individual under subsection (c)(2) who accompanies the youth hunter:
(1) must be in close enough proximity to monitor the youth hunter's activities and communicate with the youth hunter at all times; and
(2) may assist the youth hunter, including calling, but may not carry a firearm or bow and arrow.
As added by P.L.132-2006, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.18-2009, SEC.3.
