This program requires students to have first completed our Wingshooting Program and also to have completed MN DNR gun safety. The goal of Learn to Hunt is to develop all the skills necessary to hunt safely on your own. Students will be expected to watch online videos at home (homework!) in order to maximize class time shooting and being afield (See the videos below). This program is divided into three sessions, in order to be invited to hunt real birds students must signup for and attend at least two of the three sessions. The material covered will change from week to week with an emphasis on developing shooting skills at the clay target range. Students who complete the class will be invited to the Shawn Garlinghouse Legacy Shoot on Sept. 12th and a pheasant hunt in Marshall, MN. behind our dogs in cooperation with the Lyon County PF Chapter's mentored-hunt day in October. Below you will see some of the topics covered over three weeks. There is a $30 non-refundable fee for participating in this program.
Goals of Learn to Hunt:
Review the 5 step program
Practice safety afield (fence crossing, shooting lanes, line hunting)
Learn safety with all types of shotguns
Learn instinctive shooting basics as taught by Robert Churchill
Practice shooting "pheasant type" targets (straight, quartering, & crossing)
Introduction to flushers and pointers
Basic map work to find public hunting (OnX, map books, DNR websites)
Doing a three-person line hunt afield.
Clothing options for hunting
Cleaning and cooking pheasants and grouse
How to read a field
Each session is limited to 24 students; there is one session per Sunday
Session 1: Sunday, May 21st Noon - 2 pm
Session 2: Sunday, July 9th Noon - 2 pm
Session 3: Sunday, August 6th Noon - 2 pm
Participants attending and completing both program dates will qualify for a free pheasant hunt at the Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club and the opportunity to spend the day hunting wild pheasants in Marshall, MN with food and hotel lodging provided at no charge.
Cost: $30 total / COVID GUIDELINES WILL BE FOLLOWED
Participant Requirements: Must have a firearm safety certificate and be 12 – 18 years of age