December, 2020

• 28 December

  New Mexico youngsters can go afield without attending any “in-person” training sessions

  

  Yes! You, read that correctly. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish offers youth and families options to fulfill the necessary training requirements that will allow them to purchase a hunting license or apply for the upcoming 2021 draw to go afield safely. HUNTER EDUCATION New Mexico youth 10 …

June, 2020

• 24 June

  Beyond the classroom

  

  “Its’ like… being in line for a Disneyland ride!” declared Byron, age 17 from Farmington, New Mexico. Another hunter Aiden, 14 years old from Albuquerque stated: “That was very exhilarating!” A testimonial from another youth hunter who participated on the hunt. All hunt participants indicated that they learned a lifetime …

February, 2020

• 26 February

  There is still time! How to complete hunter education requirements before the draw deadline

  

  ?I want to apply my child for the draw, but they haven’t completed the required hunter education. Is there still time for a class? “Yes, there is still time to complete the hunter education requirement before the March 18 draw deadline,” said Jennifer Morgan, hunter education coordinator with the Department …

June, 2019

• 13 June

  Hunter education… why wait!

  

  Firearms safety. Ethical shot placement. Respect for natural resources. These may be some concepts that come to mind when you think of hunter education. In the 1940s, volunteer sportsmen and women who had the desire to raise ethical behaviors and actions by hunters while in the field established hunter education …