Youth ages 11-15 may register for the Ash Hollow Youth Mentored Waterfowl Hunt, scheduled for Oct. 22 at Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area near Lewellen.
In addition to an afternoon hunt, this daylong event includes learning stations, lunch, door prizes and raffles. There will be a drawing for a youth lifetime hunt permit.
Hunters, who must have completed a hunter education course, will be mentored by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission conservation officers. Space is limited to 25 hunters.
Youth must register by contacting Tamara Cooper at Ash Hollow State Historical Park at 308-778-7708 or tamara.cooper@nebraska.gov.
Hunter check-in begins at 8 a.m. at the Clear Creek WMA office. Then they will go through the following learning stations: firearm safety, decoy placement, zones of fire, blind safety, duck calling, trap shooting, dog demonstration, boating skills and safety, and waterfowl identification.
This free event is sponsored by Game and Parks’ Law Enforcement, Wildlife, Parks, and Fish and Wildlife Education divisions.
