A law needs to be passed....

How about a law that requires a youth to wear a fall harness while on any kind of elevated platform including those found at the top of playground slides? Face it, many more youth will find themselves on playgrounds than in the woods hunting.

The stakeholder's proposal addressed ground blinds without any data showing a need, but there is tons of data showing a need for FRD and this was ignored........got to wonder why?

FRD's are a common sense issue. No law can fix stupid. This should be treated the same as I feel seatbelts and motorcycle helmets should be. Let insurance companies deny coverage if an incident occurs and they were not in use.

I disagree.

Big Govt. already dictates too much of what what we should or shouldn't do. I see no need for anyone mandating "common sense" laws.

You can only "fix stupid" so far.....

But that means the lawmakers we elect would sit around doing nothing all day.

And your point is....? ;D

maddog

It's not a scientific law , but pretty much accepted as one in the scientific community - it's called "The Theory of Evolution" or sometimes simply referred to as "Survival of the Fittest" or "Darwinism"
It basically states individuals with traits better suited to the environment pass on these traits, and the lesser desirable traits are weeded out. In this case it would refer to brains as the way to circumvent the Law of Gravity. Those without this preferred trait have the potential to end up as candidate for the "Darwin Awards".
;D

Your probably right Decatur, Youth Hunters have to use a FR system (seems awfully confusing doesn't it).....But yet to get your PCR's passed, their is soo much confusion on what your allowed to use and what your not use,,,it not even worth the hassle. But yet nobody seemed to worried about all the new laws associated with it.

If this state is really wanting to get youths more involved into hunting they need to make more laws concerning their safety. Not all mentors are concerned with their safety. Just remember all the igornant azz hunters you see while your out in the field, does it ever make you wonder if they are teaching youths the proper way to hunt?

Just to take it a step further in my own experience, i don't use a FR system, didn't have them years ago, and never really even wanted to use one for various excuses....My son had to wear one last year on our HI Youth Hunt, i never made him wear one up to that point, but he won't hunt in any elevated stand without one again. I hope he teaches his kids to use them for their safety.

Some of the greatest memories of my childhood were of climbing trees with my friends. Those days included riding bicycles and skateboards without helmets. Thankfully, we never heard of parents being prosecuted when we fell out of trees and crashed out bikes. Had our parents been in trouble when we had accidents, then our parents probably would have made us stay indoors and play innocuous board games under their watchful eyes.