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Mentored Hunting

Introducing a Child to Safe Gun Handling Habits

September 7, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Dana Farrell | Images by Jim Kralik As parents, most of us are aware of how impressionable kids are. According to a noted inspirational speaker, Dr. Asa Don Brown, “Children are sponges, soaking up every verbal and nonverbal interaction.” As responsible stewards, we should use the youth’s propensity for learning as an opportunity to teach by example. Sharing the principles of good sportsmanship, the love of our sport and safe firearm handling will instill a solid foundation for an upcoming outdoor enthusiast. Before a youngster is permitted to carry a loaded firearm in the field, he/she should spend time under the...

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Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Hunting, Mentored Hunting Tagged With: mentor, Mentored Hunting, mentored youth

New Hunters Graduate From Mentored Hunt Training Presented by The Ruffed Grouse Society

December 11, 2019 by Mary Hosmer

New hunter mentor program allows new hunters of any age, young or old, to learn about upland bird hunting from mentors. Kane Pa.:  The Allegheny Chapter (Kane) of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) has completed their new hunter training for 2019.  The New Hunter Mentor Program (NHMP) allows new hunters of any age, young or old, to learn about upland bird hunting from mentors. During a day in the spring and a day in the fall, all attendees learn about shooting, habitat and GPS, bird dog care, and then graduate to an actual hunt for birds with dogs. Experienced grouse and woodcock hunters...

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Filed Under: Announcements, Mentored Hunting, Read Tagged With: Mentored Hunting, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, upland bird, upland hunting

A Weekend at Grouse Camp with Ruffed Grouse Society – RGS

October 15, 2019 by Simon Tiedge

The day a German immigrant became an adult-onset hunter at RGS Grouse Camp in Wisconsin Most grouse and woodcock hunters know this situation: standing in young Aspen cover with a shotgun in your hand. All you hear is the tone of the e-collar that tells you a dog is on point maybe 50 yards away from you. Slowly, but with determination, you make your way through the thick cover of late September, just to end up about 15 yards in front of the dog still strongly on point. Just six month ago I would never have thought I’d find myself in the...

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Filed Under: Grouse Camp Tour, Hunting, Mentored Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, Mentored Hunting, podcast, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, upland bird, upland hunting

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