GUTHRIE CENTER - Applications are currently being accepted for the 2005 Iowa Youth Educational Deer Hunt slated for Nov. 18-20 at three state parks.

Hunts are planned for Springbrook, near Guthrie Center, Green Valley, near Creston, and Viking Lake, near Red Oak. Youth hunters will receive instruction on the basics of deer hunting and safety at the Springbrook Conservation Education Center then will move to their chosen park to hunt deer in a controlled setting with adult mentors at their side. Hunters must be between the ages of 12-15, and have never harvested a deer before. Hunters are welcome to bring their own mentors, or one can be arranged through the Iowa DNR.

The weekend event includes hands-on classroom instruction on whitetail deer biology, management, hunting equipment, methods, scouting, laws, a safety trail, sighting in their firearm, field dressing, photography, and processing, followed by a day and a half of supervised hunting on state park property. The program is designed to give young hunters a positive first experience that they can carry the rest of their lives, and allow the mentors to share the experience with the youth.

Cost of the hunt is $100, which includes material, food and lodging for both the hunter and his or her mentor, plus $27 for the deer license. Registration is limited to the first 52 hunters - 20 hunters each at Springbrook and Viking Lake state parks, and 12 at Green Valley. For more information, contact A Jay Winter at the Conservation Education Center, (641) 747-8383 ext.11 or ajay.winter@dnr.state.ia.us.
 

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