Ten infants have hunting licenses in Wisconsin

Since Wisconsin’s governor signed a bill Nov. 13 that eliminated the state’s minimum hunting age, 10 hunting licenses have been sold to children under a year old.

Previously, the minimum age to hunt with a mentor was 10. The Associated Press reports that Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources has sold 1,814 licenses to children age 9 or younger through Sunday.

More than 1,000 of those went to 9-year-old children. Children between 1 and 5 got 52 licenses; 10 went to infants.

The youngest to kill a deer this year was a 4-year-old. Seven deer were tagged by children who were 5. Among the first to tag a deer was a 6-year-old girl.

According to the Illinois DNR, apprentice hunting licenses may be assigned to anyone under the age of 18 who is supervised.

This story was originally published November 29, 2017 at 1:37 PM with the headline "Ten infants have hunting licenses in Wisconsin."