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Burlington Conservation Club manager and instructor Tom Wondrash, left, helps Reed Mimller, 10, of Waterford, during a Kids Shoot event at the club last week. Under a new state law, children as young as 10 can hunt under the supervision of a mentor. Terry Mayer/staff.
BURLINGTON — Wisconsin may see more people sporting blaze orange this fall, including some as young as 10.
The Mentored Hunting Program, signed into law last month by Gov. Jim Doyle, allows individuals interested in experiencing hunting — including those ages 10 and older — to hunt for the first time this year under the supervision of a mentor in controlled conditions.
A 2008 study published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Rural Sociology reported the number of gun deer hunters in the state dropped from 645,047 to 600,787 between 2000 and 2007 — a decline of 7 percent.
Further declines are possible as a generation of hunters ages, so state conservation groups and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are looking for ways to interest more people in the sport. One of the groups they’re targeting is youth.
Watch the slide show HERE.
Read the full story in the Sept. 27 e-edition of Walworth County Sunday, HERE.
http://www.walworthcountytoday.com/
Burlington Conservation Club manager and instructor Tom Wondrash, left, helps Reed Mimller, 10, of Waterford, during a Kids Shoot event at the club last week. Under a new state law, children as young as 10 can hunt under the supervision of a mentor. Terry Mayer/staff.
BURLINGTON — Wisconsin may see more people sporting blaze orange this fall, including some as young as 10.
The Mentored Hunting Program, signed into law last month by Gov. Jim Doyle, allows individuals interested in experiencing hunting — including those ages 10 and older — to hunt for the first time this year under the supervision of a mentor in controlled conditions.
A 2008 study published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Rural Sociology reported the number of gun deer hunters in the state dropped from 645,047 to 600,787 between 2000 and 2007 — a decline of 7 percent.
Further declines are possible as a generation of hunters ages, so state conservation groups and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are looking for ways to interest more people in the sport. One of the groups they’re targeting is youth.
Watch the slide show HERE.
Read the full story in the Sept. 27 e-edition of Walworth County Sunday, HERE.