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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: *Feb. 12, 2025
*Contact: *Ashley Van Egtern, Wisconsin DNR Hunter Education Program Specialist
[email protected] or 608-513-962

*DNR Seeks Volunteers With Hunting Skills
**To Instruct Students Of All Ages*

 

An adult and youth hunter walk through the woods wearing camo.

Youth Hunts for wild turkey, white-tailed deer and waterfowl offer valuable experience and time to safely hunt. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR

*MADISON, Wis.* – 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.

You could become a mentor, lead a learn-to-hunt outing or hold a workshop to teach new hunters how to 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 [ [link removed] ] 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 [ [link removed] ] 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 [ [link removed] ] 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 [ [link removed] ] offer deer-processing skills, safe firearm handling techniques, shooting basics and tips for cooking wild game.

*Help The Next Generation*

Special Youth Hunts [ [link removed] ] 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.

For more information on these opportunities, contact Emily Iehl at [email protected] <[email protected]> or Logan Planer at [email protected].







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