Hunting

1.     (a) Successfully complete a hunter education course offered by your state wildlife/conservation agency.

(b) Learn and explain the requirements to become a volunteer hunter education instructor in your state.

(c) Explain how to report a wildlife-related violation to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

2.  Do 2 (a), (b), or (c).

(a) Successfully complete a bowhunter education course offered by your state or the National Bowhunter Education Foundation.

(b) Successfully complete a National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association Rifle Basic course.

(c) Participate in a National Rifle Association-International Hunter Education Association Youth Hunter Education Challenge event sponsored by your state.

3.   Do 3(a), (b), or (c).

(a) Assist a certified hunter education instructor with a hunter education course.

(b) Either plan or assist in putting on a National Hunting and Fishing Day program.

(c) Talk with a game warden/ conservation officer about his/her job. If possible, observe/assist at a game check station in your state.

4.   Plan and carry out a hunting trip approved by an Advisor.

5.   Make a tabletop display or presentation on what you have learned for your crew, another crew, a Cub or Boy Scout group, or another youth group.

 

Resources

• BSA Fieldbook, No. 33200
• Basic Hunters Guide, National Rifle Association   Buy the Book Today!
• NRA Hunting series

   

  Bynum, Bill, Richard P. Smith, Mike Strandlund, and Jim Zumbo, Whitetail Deer Hunting 

  Gunzer, Carl J. Jr., M. R. James, and Mike Strandlund, Bow Hunting  

  Han back, Michael, Upland Bird Hunting

  Jagoda, Jack, Joseph P. Linduska, Mike Strandlund, and Don Zutz, Waterfowl Hunting   

  Murray, Jeff, Douglas Pifer, and Mike Strandlund, Muzzleloader- Hunting  

  Strandlund, Mike and Earl Hower, Wild Turkey Hunting    

  Strandlund, Mike and Jim Zumbo, Western Big Game Hunting     

• "Placing Hunting in Perspective," Wildlife Management Institute, 1992

   

• Posewitz, Jim, Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting, Falcon Publishing Company, 1994  Buy the Book Today! or Buy the Paperback Today!

   

• Your state's hunter education manual. Contact your state's wildlife division.

   

For More Information

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
One Waterfowl Way
Memphis, TN 38120

International Hunter Education Association
P.O. Box 490
Wellington, CO 80549

National Bowhunter Education Foundation
249-B East 29th Street
Box 503
Loveland, CO

National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association
P.O. Box 67
Friendship, IN 47021

National Rifle Association
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

National Shooting Sports Foundation
11 Mile Hill Road
Newtown, CT 06470-2359

National Wild Turkey Federation
P.O. Box 530
Edgefield, SC 29824-0530

Pheasants Forever
P.O. Box 75473
St. Paul, MN 55175

Quail Unlimited
P.O. Box 610
Edgefield, SC 29824

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
P.O. Box 8249
Missoula, MT 59807-8249

Safari Club International
4800 West Gates Pass Road
Tucson, AZ 85745

Wildlife Management Institute
1101 4th Street NW, No. 801
Washington, DC 20005