DNR Plans Youth Deer-Hunt Workshop
Workshop Costs $25
Posted: 2:57 pm CDT July 9, 2009Updated: 3:13 pm CDT July 9, 2009
NECEDAH, Wis. -- Wisconsin youths interested in learning how to hunt deer have a deadline coming up.Applications for a deer-hunting workshop and special hunt at Buckhorn State Park located on the Castle Rock Flowage near Necedah are due by July 15. Coordinators said there's still space available.Buckhorn State Park supervisor Joe Stecker-Kochanski said the hunting workshop is open to children age 12 but not older than 17 by Nov. 7.The deer-hunt program includes a one-day workshop on Aug. 22 or 23 and a hunt on Nov. 7 and 9 with shotguns only.Organizers said each student must be accompanied by a chaperone who is at least 21 years old and has five years of hunting experience.The workshop costs $25.
Previous Stories:
- June 18, 2009: Wisconsin Moves To Lower Hunting Age To 10
- June 18, 2009: DNR: Hunters Killed 451,885 Deer Last Year
- June 9, 2009: State Senate Lowers Hunting Age To 10
- May 27, 2009: State Officials Limit Guns Used For Hunting
- April 22, 2009: State Suspends Earn-A-Buck Hunting Regulations
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