Fall is a few short weeks away and now is the time for people to be thinking about how to fit a Learn to Hunt opportunity into busy fall schedules. Conducting a Learn to Hunt program can be a great way to introduce a novice to their first hunt.
“Maybe your neighbor down the block is interested or, what about your children’s friends?” says Keith Warnke, learn to hunt and mentored hunting coordinator for the DNR. “There are many ways to foster new hunting experiences, and now is the time to start planning.
“Get to your club or chapter and start brainstorming about how you can build on what you did last year, or start something entirely new. Can you reach out beyond the regular hunting ‘choir’ to introduce someone new? Someone who would not get the chance to hunt any other way? That will really go a long way to making a new hunter.”
People can also design their own unique learn to hunt. They could set up a family learn-to-hunt outing that focuses on bringing the whole family out to the field and sharing our tradition and knowledge with them, according to Warnke.
Sponsors of LTH pheasant programs can get free pheasants from the DNR game farm for the event.
For more information on all your LTH needs, go to the DNR home page and search keyword “LTH.”