SCN is out so it may take him some time to reply but if you search in prior threads and in the book they can hunt in any of the reg seasons. In order to hunt some of the draws they have to be 6. But at 8 he will be good. Then at 10 he needs the HSC but I am not a twra. But you can see the past threads. I am getting my 5yr old her lifetime for xmas. The youth hunt is a special one for only youth to force some diehard people to spend times with kids and not have pressure on them I am sure but I love that we do this previous states I was in never did.