DNR Encourages Mentors To Introduce Youth To Annual Deer Hunt

(Wisconsin) The state’s Department of Natural Resources encourages hunting mentors to introduce the rich tradition of deer hunting to the next generation during Wisconsin’s annual youth deer hunt.

The youth hunt offers hunters 15-years-old and younger the chance to learn hunting techniques and develop a connection to nature at a time when deer are less pressured than during the traditional nine-day gun season. Wisconsin residents and nonresidents may participate in the youth hunt Saturday and Sunday October 5th and 6th. For all hunters younger than 11 years old or hunters 12-through-15 who have not completed hunter education, the mentor must be at least 18 years old, a hunter education graduate, hold a current hunting license and remain within arm’s reach of the youth hunter.

For hunters ages 12-through-15 who have completed hunter education, the mentor must be at least 18 years old but does not need to be a hunter education graduate or a licensed hunter. The mentor must be in both visual and voice contact with the youth hunter. One mentor may not accompany more than two youths at the same time.