New York Laws
Title 9 - Hunting
11-0929 - Hunting by Minors.

(1) he or she is accompanied by his or her parent or a legal guardian,
or a youth mentor who is twenty-one years of age or older designated in
writing by the parent or legal guardian of the licensee on a form
prescribed by the department; and
(2) such parent, guardian or youth mentor has had at least three years
of experience in hunting big game; and
(3) such parent, guardian or youth mentor holds a hunting license; and
(4) such parent, guardian or youth mentor maintains physical control
over the minor he or she is accompanying at all times while hunting; and
(5) such parent, guardian or youth mentor and the minor he or she is
accompanying remain at ground level at all times while hunting; and
(6) such parent, guardian or youth mentor and the minor he or she is
accompanying shall each display either a minimum total of two hundred
fifty square inches of solid fluorescent orange or pink or patterned
fluorescent orange or pink consisting of no less than fifty percent
fluorescent orange or pink material worn above the waist and visible
from all directions, or a hat or cap with no less than fifty percent of
the exterior consisting of solid fluorescent orange or pink material and
visible from all directions. For purposes of this paragraph, "physical
control" shall mean that the physical proximity of the minor to the
parent, guardian or youth mentor is such that the parent, guardian or
youth mentor is reasonably able to issue verbal directions and
instructions, maintain constant visual contact, and otherwise provide
guidance and supervision to the minor.
3. A licensee who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and who has not
previously had a license which authorizes the holder to hunt big game
issued to him or her and engaged in hunting pursuant to it shall not
hunt deer or bear unless he or she is accompanied by his or her parent
or legal guardian, or by a person designated in writing by his or her
parent or legal guardian on a form prescribed by the department and who
is eighteen years of age or older and who has had at least one year's
experience in hunting deer or bear, and such accompanying parent,
guardian or person holds a hunting license.
4. A hunting licensee with a bowhunting privilege, who is fourteen or
fifteen years of age, shall not hunt deer or bear unless he or she is
accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian, or by a person
designated in writing by his or her parent or legal guardian on a form
prescribed by the department who is eighteen years of age or older and
who has had at least one year's experience in hunting deer or bear by
longbow, and such accompanying parent, guardian or person holds a
hunting license with a bowhunting privilege.
5. A hunting licensee with a bowhunting privilege, who is twelve or
thirteen years of age, shall not hunt deer or bear unless:
(a) he or she is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian,
or by a person designated in writing by his or her parent or legal
guardian on a form prescribed by the department who is twenty-one years
of age or older and
(b) such parent, guardian or person has had at least three year's
experience in hunting deer or bear by longbow and
(c) such parent, guardian or person holds a hunting license and
(d) such parent, guardian or person maintains physical control over
the minor he or she is accompanying at all times while hunting. For the
purposes of this paragraph "physical control" shall mean that the
physical proximity of the minor to the parent, guardian or person is
such that the parent, guardian or person is reasonably able to issue
verbal directions and instructions, maintain constant visual contact,
and otherwise provide guidance and supervision to the minor.