Hip for Kids

[Slidellkid]

Well, this is jacked up. I looked online at the dept of wildlife and it says the following: HIP CERTIFICATION All persons hunting migratory game birds (mourning doves, ducks, geese, woodcock, rails, snipe, coots or gallinules) in Louisiana must be HIP certified in addition to their appropriate licenses.

As I mentioned above in my earlier post, the pamphlet says that only "licensed" hunters need the HIP certificate. It appears they Department can't decide which it is. I will try to get the HIP certificate online today.

[Lreynolds]

Originally Posted by Slidellkid

Well, this is jacked up. I looked online at the dept of wildlife and it says the following: HIP CERTIFICATION All persons hunting migratory game birds (mourning doves, ducks, geese, woodcock, rails, snipe, coots or gallinules) in Louisiana must be HIP certified in addition to their appropriate licenses.

As I mentioned above in my earlier post, the pamphlet says that only "licensed" hunters need the HIP certificate. It appears they Department can't decide which it is. I will try to get the HIP certificate online today.

I know I'm late to this discussion, and I hope you got your HIP questions answered. The previous post is correct. Kids under the age of 16 do not need a license and thus do not need to be HIP certified in Louisiana. As many of you probably know, HIP is a federal program but the states implement it, and they do so differently in every state. So if you hunt another state, you need a HIP certification from that state, and they may have additional requirements.

We include language about "all persons hunting migratory game birds" because dove, woodcock, rail, snipe, etc. hunters do not have to have a "Duck license" and often fail to get the HIP certification when buying their hunting license because the clerk is not cued to ask about it like they are with duck licenses. It wasn't intended to cause confusion about young hunters who do NOT have to have licenses, but there always seems to be some.

It is also silly that license vendors have trouble providing a HIP certification to anyone who is in the LDWF system .... ie. has a license or Hunter's Safety card. But again, I hear of problems every year.

Larry Reynolds
LDWF Waterfowl Study Leader