Youth Grant Program Recruits Young Hunters

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March 21, 2011
Youth Grant Program Recruits Young Hunters
Wildlife, shooting, civic and fraternal organizations are encouraged to submit an application for the Encouraging Tomorrow’s Hunters program, a grant program developed to assist in recruitment of the next generation of hunters and shooters.

Grant funds will help cover event expenses, including promotional printing; event memorabilia such as shirts, caps or vests; ammunition and targets, and eye and ear protection.

Past funding has enabled several groups to conduct youth pheasant and waterfowl hunts, while others have sponsored trap and shooting events, including archery and rifle shooting.

Any club or organization interested in conducting a youth hunting or shooting event can get more information, including a grant application, from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov., or contact outreach biologist Pat Lothspeich at (701) 328-6332.

The deadline to apply for a 2011 grant is April 15.