Muzzleloader clinic and hunt for women offered

Media contact: Linda Bylander, BOW coordinator, (218) 833-8628.

Women have an opportunity to participate in a muzzleloader clinic and deer hunt through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Becoming An Outdoors Woman (BOW) program.

The BOW muzzleloader hunting clinic will be Sunday, Oct. 8. The hunt will be Dec. 2-3. Both activities will be on the farm of Dan and Betty Wilkens in northern Kanabec County.

The muzzleloader program will provide women the opportunity to shoot various types of muzzleloaders and see experts in the field demonstrate these unique guns. The cost is $25 for the clinic and $85 for the weekend hunt. The cost includes shooting supplies and the use of a muzzleloader if the participant does not own or have access to one.

To preregister, which is required, contact Betty Wilkens at 1646 290th Ave., Mora, MN, 55051; e-mail wilkens@ncis.com; or call her at (320) 679-1607.