DNR Seeks Volunteers With Hunting Skills To Instruct Students Of All Ages
Youth Hunts for wild turkey, white-tailed deer and waterfowl offer valuable experience and time to safely hunt. / Photo Credit: David Nevala
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for individuals to volunteer to help others enjoy safe and ethical hunts.
There are fun options to share your hunting expertise, enthusiasm and stories with novices of all ages who are interested in this activity that also has a role in conservation.
You could become a mentor, lead a learn-to-hunt outing or cook meat from harvested deer. Opportunities abound. Here are the fulfilling and satisfying ways you can share your skills with others.
Mentor A Novice
If you prefer a one-on-one opportunity, consider becoming a mentor. Learn about the Mentored Hunting Law on the DNR’s website. This program allows novice hunters to hunt within arm’s reach of a qualified mentor without first completing a Hunter Education course.
Classroom Instructor: Teach Or Assist
Consider joining the roster of Learn to Hunt volunteer instructors. The Learn To Hunt program has learning in the classroom, coupled with time in the field followed by a hunt with a mentor. Local groups usually host a program. You could ask to lead an educational hunt outside of the regular hunting season.
Hunter Education covers ways to help your community by teaching injury-prevention and lifesaving actions while positively influencing the attitudes and actions of other resource users.
Many Skills In Your Toolbox
If you are eager to share a wide variety of knowledge, this is likely your option. Outdoor Skills Workshops offer deer-processing skills, safe firearm handling techniques, shooting basics and tips for cooking wild game.
Help The Next Generation
Special Youth Hunts for wild turkey, white-tailed deer and waterfowl offer valuable experience and time to safely hunt. These are held outside the normal hunting season. Residents and non-residents ages 15 years and younger are welcome.
Need more information about the DNR’s Hunting And Shooting Sports Program? Contact Emily Iehl at [email protected] or Logan Planer at [email protected]. |
