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By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The priceless memories created from a hunting trip with dads or moms can stay with sons and daughters for a lifetime. Creating more of those opportunities has become even easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The onset of coronavirus and the historic<\/a><\/strong> firearm sales spurred by it increased America\u2019s gun owning population across all demographics<\/a><\/strong>. Simultaneously, that boost also reversed<\/a><\/strong> a trend that will have lasting effects for outdoorsmen and women and conservationists for generations. Americans in big numbers<\/a><\/strong> took to the fields and woods to hunt and that included kids discovering an outdoors lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Dakota Republican state Rep. Lynn Schneider supported a new measure to lower the age requirement on youth hunting in his state and recognizes<\/a><\/strong> why the boon matters. He explained that when younger hunters get \u201cinvolved in hunting and trapping at an early age\u2026we\u2019ve then got a hunter, a fisherman and a trapper for the next 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small Hunters. Big Game.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If there were any doubt small hunters could tag big game, the 2020-2021 hunting season put the notion to rest. Fourteen-year old Paslie Werth in Kansas went out one Sunday afternoon for a deer hunt with her dad and she came home happy. After nearly giving up on the day, Werth saw some movement and found not just her target, but a world record<\/strong><\/a> 42-point non-typical whitetail just before sundown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we walked up on him, I was kind of in shock. I couldn\u2019t believe that what had just happened had actually happened,\u201d Werth told<\/a><\/strong> local news. \u201cHe was way bigger than I thought, and I couldn\u2019t believe how heavy his rack was. My hands couldn\u2019t even go around his antlers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Clark County Wisconsin, a young hunter felled a black bear weighing more than 10 times her weight. Eleven-year old Naiya Iraci wanted to hunt bear with her grandfather on his property. Iraci lined up on a 720-pound black bear from about 30 yards away. It was the first she\u2019d seen. \u201cI was nervous, I was kind of shaking,\u201d Iraci said. Not shaking enough to miss though, and she harvested the state\u2019s\u00a0record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: How to Hunt Bears from Boats<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Morrisville, N.C., Bryan Alexander took his 13-year old daughter Emma on her first turkey hunt. She didn\u2019t go home empty-handed. After walking a field and reaching a place to set up, the two thought they heard a snake rustling through the brush. When Bryan threw a stick to scare it off, they saw three gobblers rush by. Emma aimed her shotgun and dropped<\/a><\/strong> a gobbler with a 10-inch beard and 1 \u00bc-inch spurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Alabama, nine-year-old Ella Clay dropped<\/a><\/strong> a 10-point buck while her 10-year old friend Dee Tully took home two greenhead mallards on a recent excursion. Stories like these were common during the recent hunting seasons and will undoubtedly stay with these kids, their families and friends for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

States Encourage Youth Hunting<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

South Dakota<\/a><\/strong> and New York<\/a><\/strong> recognized the opportunities created by more outdoor social distancing and encouraged youth hunting. South Dakota completely removed youth hunting age restrictions, costs or fees. The purpose is to get the lost funds from kid licenses back in the coming years through new hunting traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, an avid hunter herself<\/a>,<\/strong> praised the new guidelines. \u201c2020 was a tremendous year for youth hunting and fishing in South Dakota, and we\u2019re building on that for the future,\u201d she said. \u201cThe goal of this legislation is to get more young people involved in our outdoor way of life at an early age so they continue those experiences long into their adulthood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In New York, state legislators are proposing<\/a><\/strong> to drop the state minimum age for youth hunters by two years, from 14 to 12, bringing the Empire State more in line with the rest of the nation. New York Republican state Senator Dan Stec said the proposal was a way of taking advantage of the increased interest in hunting. \u201cThe sporting community saw a big boost this past year. Many more hunting licenses were sold and there was a dramatic increase in hunter education courses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s exactly what NSSF\u2019s\u00a0+Onesm<\/sup><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0encourages. +One challenges traditional hunters to bring one new hunter along on the next outing. The experience will last a lifetime and grow the traditions and perpetuate conservation. It might even help a young hunter take home a trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Keane <\/strong>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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