N.M. Admin. Code § 19.36.3.9 - TYPES OF COURSES
A. A person
under the age of eighteen years who satisfies the requirements of either of the
following training courses shall be issued a certificate following successful
completion of a hunter training course:
(1)
Completion of an approved hunter training course comprised of class work and
firearms proficiency training and testing; or
(2) completion of an approved hunter training
course comprised of a written lesson and testing and current registration in
the department's mentored-youth program.
B. Registration in the department's
mentored-youth program is limited to first-time youth hunters, 8 to 17 years of
age, for a period of two consecutive license years and a person shall register
in the program only once.
C.
Mentored-youth program hunters may hunt with a firearm only after successful
completion of the written lesson and testing portion of the course and while
supervised by a licensed and mentor certified or hunter education certified
parent, guardian or another licensed adult with consent of the parent or
guardian who is within unaided voice and sight distance.
(1) Mentors shall possess a mentor
certification number obtained after completion of a hunter training course
comprised of a written lesson and testing and current registration in the
department's mentored-youth program; or
(2) shall possess a hunter education
certification number obtained through a New Mexico hunter training course or a
hunter training course of another state which is approved by the New Mexico
department of game and fish.
D. Mentored-youth program hunters shall be
limited by age to hunt as follows:
(1)
Mentored-youth under the age of ten years shall be limited to hunting
small-game; or
(2) mentored-youth
ten to seventeen years of age shall be limited to hunting small-game, turkey,
deer, pronghorn antelope and javelina.
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