Family-Outdoors

MADISON – People who want to eat healthy while helping the environment and enjoying the outdoors can achieve a healthier lifestyle – and be involved in conservation at the same time – by participating in a Learn to Hunt event, according to the state’s hunting and shooting sports coordinator. In fact, Keith Warnke of the Department of Natural Resources said a spring Learn to Hunt Turkey event is the place to start. “You’ll be paired up with an experienced hunter, learn about conservation, hunting tactics and firearm safety,” Warnke said. “Then you head outside to experience the excitement of turkey hunting in Wisconsin.” Learn to Hunt events welcome novice adult and youth hunters. DNR organizers encourage families to sign up together. “Our hunting tradition is all about families learning and hunting together and there’s no better place or time than the woods and fields of Wisconsin in the spring.” No license is required, and since novices will be hunting with a mentor, hunter ...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) MADISON -- Kevin Naze of Algoma didn’t know he’d help a novice hunter fulfill a family promise when he launched his 11th Learn to Hunt Turkey program in April, but the episode was another “wildly rewarding experience” that he said makes these events worth the effort. “Hosting a Learn to Hunt Turkey program takes a little planning and enough seasoned mentors to go one-on-one with beginners – but it’s worth the effort,” Naze says of his history with the Department of Natural Resources turkey hunt program that attracted hundreds statewide this spring. “The 2012 program again proved to be a wildly rewarding experience. There were a few missed shots and other opportunities that didn’t end the way hunter or mentor would have liked. But whether or not a bird was bagged, the shared outdoors time and conversation between trips always goes down as one of the highlights of my year.” And one of those highlights for Naze was working with Melissa, one of...