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| 1.__Big game license.__A person 16 years of age or older at the | beginning of the special season established under section 11404, | subsection 1 may obtain a muzzle-loading license from the | commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent if the person | possesses a valid license to hunt big game with firearms. |
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| | 2.__Junior license.__A person 10 years of age or older and | under 16 years of age may obtain a muzzle-loading license from | the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent if the | person possesses a valid junior hunting license. |
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| §11108.__Landowners and junior hunters |
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| | 1.__Hunting without license.__Notwithstanding section 11109, | subsection 1 as it applies to this subchapter, a resident over 10 | years of age and a member of the resident's immediate family over | 10 years of age, as long as the hunter's license to hunt is not | under suspension or revocation, may hunt without a license, | including an archery hunting license and a muzzle-loading | license, on a single plot of land: |
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| A.__To which they are legally entitled to possession; |
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| B.__On which they are actually domiciled; |
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| C.__That is used exclusively for agricultural purposes; and |
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| D.__That is in excess of 10 acres. |
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| | 2.__Junior hunters.__A resident or nonresident hunter 10 years | of age or older and under 16 years of age may hunt with firearms | only in the presence of: |
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| A.__That hunter's parent or guardian; or |
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| B.__A__person at least 18 years of age approved by that | hunter's parent or guardian who either holds a valid Maine | hunting license or has successfully completed a hunter | safety course acceptable under sections 10108 and 11105. |
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| A hunter who is 16 years of age and who is hunting with a junior | hunting license must complete a hunter safety course prior to | hunting without the adult supervision required by this section. |
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| | 3.__Allowing junior hunter to hunt without adult supervision.__ | A person who is the adult supervisor, parent or guardian of a | holder of a junior hunting license under 16 years of age, may not | allow that junior hunter to hunt other than in |
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