Adult Learn to Hunt Deer - Rifle
Description
This multi-session immersive Learn to Hunt event for adults will cover topics related to hunting deer with rifles including:
- deer biology, habitat, and scouting
- rifle safety and target practice (no shooting experience needed to participate)
- rules and regulations
- butchering & processing deer
Firearms and ammunition will be provided; lodging to be coordinated with volunteer instructors. Each hunter will be paired with an experienced instructor and hunt over a weekend. Hunter Safety is not required to participate in this program.
**We ask that all participants attend at least three of the four sessions.
A tentative agenda is below:
Tuesday, Sept. 5, 6–8 p.m.
Location: Fitchburg service center
Topics: Classroom session covering introductions, gear, and rules and regulations
Saturday, Sept. 9, 8–11 a.m.
Location: Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center, Waunakee
Topics: Introduction to deer hunting rifles, firearm safety, and target practice.
Tuesday, Sept. 12, 6–8 p.m.:
Location: DNR building on Buckley Road, Madison
Topics: Hands-on deer processing with assistance from instructors
Sept. 22-24 - Hunt weekend
Tentative agenda:
Friday afternoon - shoot in Leland with Mentors, then hunt, pot luck after dark.
Saturday & Sunday - hunting continues in the Leland area of Sauk County and surrounding areas. Hunting is dependent on hunter & mentor schedules.
Deer harvested early on in the weekend may be home-processed with assistance from the group. Participants who harvest deer later in the weekend may be asked to drop off their deer with a professional processor for a fee.
To sign up, visit this webpage and search “Learn to Hunt” and search “Sauk” County. If the event doesn’t show up it is full, but you can contact Emily Iehl to be put on the wait list. You will need to have a DNR customer ID number in order to enroll. An email with more detailed information will be sent to participants in September.