“Tag: Youth Hunters”

Hunters ages 17 and younger checked 10,449 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s youth gun hunting season—Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16 and 17—according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Mike Roux of Columbia, Missouri.

If you’re looking to make a hunter out of your young apprentice, realize that comfort can either water or whither a new hunter’s interest. Make sure those early hunts are as enjoyable as possible, and you’ll be begging them to take you along in later years.

One good way to ensure your children grow up to appreciate hunting is to include them in every aspect of your hunting lifestyle from the outset of their lives. Here’s how the author did it.

Allowing someone to tag along while you chase squirrels or rabbits may be the simplest, most effective way to recruit new hunters.

The moment a hunter encounters a curious spirit is an ideal time to influence a future educator, leader and voter. If we remain prepared for these opportunities, we can take advantage of them.

In 2021, ‘Join the Hunt’ will provide—thanks to the NRA Hunters’ Leadership Forum—research, tips and talking points to teach hunters how to talk about hunting’s positive impact.

Along with the R3 movement (recruit, retain, reactivate), to save hunting’s future we must focus the next generation not only on the fun, physical challenges and nutritious, tasty meals inherent in hunting but also on how it cultivates wisdom and strengthens character.

New shooters don't need the newest, most technologically advanced gear to be successful in the field. It's practice, not product, that makes perfect.