• Wildlife young are emerging, with yearling deer becoming independent and spotted fawns beginning to move with their mothers.
• A mallard hen with a single duckling was spotted, fewer than the usual eight to 10, suggesting possible predation or hidden ducklings.
• Maribel Sportsmen’s Club will host a Father’s Day Memorial Trap Shoot June 15 and the Northeast Wisconsin Youth Shooting Program’s first shoot of the year on June 14.
• The Manitowoc Unit of Fish & Game will meet June 11 with guest speaker Allyssa Neff-Miller, director of Camp Tapawingo.
• The Wisconsin DNR is seeking landowners to host hunters with disabilities for the Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities from Oct. 4-12.

Wildlife, in most cases, have now given birth or hatched out their young for the spring.

We have been seeing lots of yearling deer hit on the roads. This is an indication the does have pushed last year’s fawns to be on their own while they tend to the young of this year.

A few spotted fawns have been seen throughout the county, and they soon will be moving about with their mothers.

It takes about two weeks before fawns can keep up with their mothers, and then they will be off and running.

The other morning when Mary got to Walmart, she took a photo of a mallard hen with a single duckling crossing the parking lot. Normally, there would be eight to 10 ducklings, but this one only had one in tow. Either a predator got them or they were hiding somewhere nearby.

Maribel club’s Father’s Day Memorial Trap Shoot is June 15

Maribel Sportsmen’s Club will hold its Father’s Day Memorial Trap Shoot June 15.

Trap is a 50-target, Lewis-class event with 25 targets of standard trap from the 16-yard-line and the second 25 being wobble trap, also from the 16-yard-line.

Registration is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Lewis purse will be started with $100 by the club to increase the payout. Prizes and bucket raffles will be offered throughout the day. Proceeds go toward a new archery/trap building.

Youth Shooting Program to hold year’s first shoot in Maribel June 14

Northeast Wisconsin Youth Shooting Program, Inc., will hold the first shoot of the year at Maribel Sportsmen’s Club from 9 a.m. until noon June 14.

Kids age 18 and younger will get a free round of trap and a free box of shells to shoot the round. A parent or guardian must accompany the youngsters for the first shoot to sign a release form. Questions can be directed to me, Bob Schuh, at 920-682-3106. Maribel Sportsmen’s Club is next to Interstate 43, exit 164, State 147, Maribel.

Fish & Game meeting is June 11

Manitowoc Unit of Fish & Game will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. June 11 at Lincoln Park’s Cabin No. 1.

Manitowoc Unit meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month, except for July when there is no meeting. Members and the public are welcome.

Meetings feature a speaker, short business meeting, and lunch and refreshments. Speaker for the June meeting will be Allyssa Neff-Miller, director of Camp Tapawingo. She will update the group on activities at the camp and how they support youth conservation efforts and activities. The group offers both day and overnight camps for youth, plus a variety of community events and activities.

Pheasants Forever Triple Challenge attracts over 700 youth shooters

Manitowoc Gun Club and Joe’s Clays held the Pheasants Forever Triple Challenge, a competition of youth shooters from around Wisconsin, May 15-18.

Manitowoc Gun Club hosted 100 singles trap and 50 skeet shooters while Joe’s Clays in Kellnersville hosted 100 sporting clays shooters. Breakdown was as follows:

• Total trap shooters was 395, broken down to 307 males and 88 females;
• Total skeet shooters was 123, broken down to 90 males and 33 females; and
• Total sporting clays shooters was 230, broken down to 182 males and 48 females.

This was a great attraction for Manitowoc County for the shooters and their families. Some of the shooters were still in grade school.

Wisconsin DNR seeks landowners to host hunters with disabilities

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is looking for landowners to host hunters with disabilities for the Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities Oct. 4-12.

To be part of the Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities program, landowners must have at least 60 acres available, be able to host at least three hunters and complete an online application by July 1.

The DNR asks interested landowners to fill in all the property information fields on the application.

“This special hunt has been providing hunters with disabilities accessible opportunities to deer hunt for over 30 years,” said Brooke VanHandel, DNR assistant deer and elk specialist. “This hunt is only possible through our landowner sponsors. Their willingness to partner with hunters and open their properties each year allows more individuals the opportunity to participate in Wisconsin’s deer hunting tradition.”

The Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities began in 1992 and provides hunting opportunities for approximately 400 hunters each year.

For more information, visit the DNR’s Deer Hunting For Hunters With Disabilities webpage.

That’s it for this week, so have fun in the great outdoors.