Applications due for Learn to Hunt Deer at Sandhill Wildlife Area
Description
Sandhill Wildlife Area's Learn to Hunt Deer program combines classroom instruction and hands-on field experience with a mentored hunt on thousands of acres of intensively managed wildlife habitat. This unique opportunity will provide eligible hunters with an educational experience while helping reach deer management goals within the 9,150-acre property.
The youth program is open to young hunters aged 12-15, and the adult program is for hunters age 16 and older with no previous experience hunting deer with a firearm. A mentor must accompany all hunters. Applications for both programs are due July 1, 2023. The registration fee is $40.
Both programs will include workshops held on Aug. 23 and 25-26, and will end with a one-day hunt on Nov. 4, 2023 at Sandhill Wildlife Area near Babcock in Wood County. All participants and accompanying mentors must attend one of the in-person Learn to Hunt workshops and complete a Hunter Education course before the Nov. 4 hunt.
Both the youth and adult workshops will cover the following:
- Deer biology and management
- Hunting rules and regulations
- Ethical hunter behavior
- Basic firearm safety and practice sighting and firing a hunting rifle
Apply for the 2023 Sandhill Learn to Hunt program on the application webpage. The application deadline is July 1, 2023.