MADISON - Wisconsin lawmakers moved Thursday to lower the hunting age by two years to 10 and offer youngsters reduced license fees in an effort to preserve the state's hunting culture. Under the plan approved by the Assembly on a voice vote, anyone 10 or older could hunt with an adult mentor without taking a safety course beforehand. The pairs could have only one gun or bow between them and must stay within arm's reach of one another. Mentors would have to be at least 18 and have hunting licenses. Thursday night, word of the measure filtered through the popular outdoor store, Cabela’s in Richfield as a hunting safety course was just getting started. Instructor Chris Honea thinks the change is a bad idea. “If gun clubs want to have junior hunting leagues and they want to allow them to have firearms, so be it,” Honea said. “But don’t allow them to hunt.” Brian Jones, who brought his 12-year-old daughter, Alison, to the class, is equally opposed. “Ten would be young in my opinion,” he said forcefully. Standing by her father’s side, Alison chimed in eloquently, “You have to have enough responsibility for that. I wouldn’t trust a lot of people with that.” But Brian Toth has no problem with the measure as written. “At 10, if the child’s ready to hunt, more power to 'em,” he said.