Summer 2025 Learn to Hunt and Fish Camp and Hunting and Shooting Skills Field Days in the Panhandle Region

If hands-on learning is your thing, look no further than our Learn to Hunt and Fish Camp in the Panhandle Region! Not only do participants leave hunter education certified, but they also leave with more specialized hunting and fishing know-how compared to a standard hunter education class.

If you are already hunter education certified but are interested in hands-on experiences in hunting techniques and live-fire with rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders and bows then our new Hunting and Shooting Skills Field Days might be just what you are looking for.

Learn to Hunt and Fish day camp

At our Learn to Hunt and Fish Camp, participants are taught a variety of skills from seasoned pros. Beyond receiving a hunter education certificate, participants get the opportunity to participate in live-fire activities with modern bowhunting equipment and firearms (.22 caliber rifles, 20 gauge shotguns and muzzleloaders) under the instruction and supervision of NRA-certified Range Safety Officers. 

They also learn basic outdoor survival skills in group survival scenarios, practice game tracking, discover the science behind setting hunting seasons, try their hand at some primitive hunting skills, become “bear aware” and more!

Similar to last year’s camps, the last day of camp will be focused on learning the nuts and bolts of fishing.

Day camp is a one-time opportunity for students ages 10 to 15 who have not yet received their hunter education certificate, but desire to do so. If your child has already participated in a Learn to Hunt and Fish Camp or a hunter education class, they cannot attend camp. But don’t despair! Keep reading to learn more about the new Hunting and Shooting Skills Field Days to let your child experience most of the activities offered at camp.

Details

Learn to Hunt and Fish Camp will be offered July 8-11 this summer. Registration is required and can be completed at register-ed.com/events/view/225349.

Registration is open now, so don’t wait! Camp last summer filled within three days of being posted. You will be contacted with additional details before camp begins. The cost for camp is $30 for four days of personalized instruction and mentoring from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day along with hunter/bowhunter certification upon passing the test. What a deal!

All campers are expected to actively participate in the classroom as well as in outdoor activities. Parents/guardians are strongly discouraged from sending children who do not want to attend. If, after registration, your child cannot or does not want to attend, please withdraw before the start of camp so that another child has the opportunity and privilege to attend.

Hunting and Shooting Skills Field Days

Hunting and Shooting Skills Field Days are intended to be a one-time opportunity for anyone who has completed hunter education, regardless of age.  Each field day will be the same, and participants are only allowed to register for a single day.

Each day will include hands-on exercises in hunting techniques and live-fire with rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders and bows all under the instruction and supervision of NRA-certified Range Safety Officers.

All attendees are expected to actively participate in the activities. Parents/guardians are strongly discouraged from sending children who do not want to attend. If, after registration, you, or your child, cannot or do not want to attend, please withdraw before the field day so that someone else has the opportunity and privilege to attend.

Details

Three Hunting and Shooting Skills Field Days will be offered in summer 2025. Dates and links for registering are:

July 16, 2025: register-ed.com/events/view/225351

July 22, 2025: register-ed.com/events/view/225353

July 24, 2025: register-ed.com/events/view/225354

The cost for each field day is $10, and each day will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration is open now, and it is expected these opportunities will fill quickly, so don’t wait!

Please contact the Panhandle Regional office at (208) 769-1414 and ask for Volunteer Services Coordinator, Heidi Knapp, if you have any questions.

If you have questions about hunter, bowhunter, combination or trapper education, please contact your local Fish and Game regional office, or you can visit this link to review class offerings and get signed up for classes throughout the state.

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