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Learn To Hunt program provides mentors for first-time hunters

Paul A. Smith Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 3:13pm

OREGON, Wis. -- "Garrr-obble-oble-oble-oble-oble!"

The oak and pine woods reverberated with the call of the wild turkey. Matt Dannenberg's eyes widened.

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College students receive class credit at Wichita State's hunter-education course

Michael Pearce Wichita Eagle

Last updated Monday, October 24, 2011 - 2:49pm

BUTLER COUNTY, Kan. -- Wichita State sophomore Gary Gray Jr. spent Saturday morning working on a class project.

His assignment included shooting clay targets, firing pellet guns and boning up on firearms safety.

The engineering major is one of about 15 students enrolled in the school's Hunter Education 102 class. Those who complete the class will get hunter-education certificates, can apply to be hunter education instructors and get two hours of college credit. Passing the class will also mean learning presentation skills.

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Wildlife trapping: Strong feelings for and against

David Crary The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 2:33pm

COOLBAUGH, Pa. -- Barry Warner has loved wildlife since boyhood, and lived out his dream of becoming a conservation officer. He sees no contradiction in the fact that he's also a lifelong trapper, skilled at capturing wild animals and, if appropriate, killing them as part of an avocation that many Americans view as barbarous.

Here in the township of Coolbaugh, on the edge of a vast track of state game land in northeast Pennsylvania, he's in his element. He demonstrates an array of traps unloaded from the back of his truck, reviews his 37-year career with the state game commission, from which he resigned as regional director in 2007, and recounts his periodic forays to North Carolina to trap bobcats, beaver and buck-toothed, wetland-dwelling nutria.

"Some people think trappers don't care about wildlife," says Warner. "It was my love for it that took me into this career. I don't want to see anything suffer."

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North Dakota, Minnesota share in national success of national Families Afield program

Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald

Last updated Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 5:20pm

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- There's been a national focus in recent years to recruit new adult hunters, and the effort seems to be paying off.

The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance sent out a news release highlighting that success recently, and it's a story worth sharing.

It all started in 2004, when the Alliance, along with the National Wild Turkey Federation and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, launched a program called Families Afield.

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Workshops offered for volunteer instructors

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 2:49pm

Young trappers and archery hunters in Utah can receive more training than ever before, but wildlife officials are struggling to find enough qualified volunteers to teach them.

In addition to the hunter education course the state has offered for decades, two fairly new courses -- furharvester education and bowhunter education -- are also available.

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