Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:3-3

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Hunting: means the possession of an instrument used to take wildlife in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where wildlife may be found. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
23:3-3. The division may, in its discretion, issue a youth hunting license to a citizen of the United States above 10 years and under 16 years of age, who has successfully completed a course in gun or bow and arrow safety, as the case may be, as required in accordance with this title. Persons above 10 years and under 14 years of age may obtain the license only with the permission of a parent or legal guardian. The license shall authorize a licensee above 10 years and under 14 years of age to hunt only when accompanied by a holder, above 21 years of age, of a regular resident’s or nonresident’s firearm or bow and arrow license, as the case may be. This license shall be void after December 31 of the year in which the licensee becomes 16 years of age.

Amended 1971, c.125, s.1;1971, c.381, s.1;1982, c.180, s.1;1991, c.286, s.3;1999, c.282, s.9.

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