Kid dependent as well as law. As a kid at 8/9 I could squirrel hunt with a 410 the farm/woods behind my house and fish ponds alone there. 12 I started sitting in the woods deer hunting in ladder stands alone. Did fine. I followed the rules dad set. Stay till I get back. Kill bucks only. Whatever it was. No cell phones or radios. Just stay where he put you till he got back at time he said he would.
My 9 year old no way. He is a little too timid still. Fishing I have no problem letting him be on the lake bank by my wife’s uncle alone fishing. He does fine and knows the safe way to do it. He is a good swimmer and there is no current with no steep banks.
For me it’s all about the kid. My middle brother wasn’t till he was 15/16 he could be trusted to hunt alone. If he still hunted I’d still be nervous with him out there. He could get lost in his own home
