Youth Hunter Skills Workshops
The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources, Wildlife Division partners with local Rod and Gun Clubs to offer hunting skills workshops and events for youth age 12 to 17. These events provide youth with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills in a safe environment with qualified instructors and volunteers. Youth participants must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Events are tentatively planned for the summer of 2018 and we want you to get involved! Stay tuned to local media for details, or you can contact your local Rod and Gun Club or the Wildlife Division at 637-2006 or visit our website at www.flr.gov.nl.ca/wildlife/
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW)
Are you interested in gaining confidence in outdoor pursuits and getting more in tune with our natural environment? The goal of the BOW program is to provide women (aged 18 and over) the opportunity to learn skills that will encourage them to participatein outdoor recreational pursuits. Participants learn and improve their outdoor skills with the guidance of experienced and enthusiastic instructors in a non-threatening, comfortable atmosphere. All classes are at an introductory level and all equipment is provided. For more information contact the BOW Coordinator at 229-7888 or visit our website at: www.flr.gov.nl.ca/wildlife/
Atlantic Province’s Youth Hunting and Fishing Exchange Program
The Atlantic Province’s Youth Hunting and Fishing Exchange Program is endorsed by the governments of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador and is supported by various participating sponsors with an interest in wildlife. Government and non-government agencies responsible for managing wildlife and habitat depend on the support of hunters and anglers.
The Youth Hunting and Fishing Exchange Program embraces the heritage and culture of hunting and fishing in Atlantic Canada and encourages our youth to become involved in conservation in our communities. Through their participation in programs like the Canada Firearms Safety/Hunter Education Course or Youth Hunter or Trapper Skills Workshops youth age 12 to 17 can also win an opportunity to experience other cultures and lifestyles involving hunting and fishing in our neighboring provinces.
Congratulations to the 2017 Youth Exchange winners
- Nicole Spence (Dad Steven) from Nova Scotia
- Leo Strickland (Dad Jimmie) from Port aux Basques, NL
On August 21st-24th, 2017, Nicole and Steve Spence arrived in Deer Lake and travelled to Main Brook for three days of Atlantic salmon and brook trout fishing at the Tuckamore Lodge with Barb Genge, then visited the Upper Humber Rod and Gun Association range for an afternoon of shooting.
November 3rd-6th, Leo and Jimmie Strickland flew to Halifax then traveled to Caledonia, Nova Scotia for a weekend of black bear and whitetail deer hunting with Bradford Crouse of Bear FACTS Outfitters.
Thanks to our 2017 Sponsors
Barb Genge and Tuckamore Lodge, Bradford Crouse and Bear FACTS Outfitters, Newfoundland and Labrador Outfitters Association, Newfoundland and Labrador Trappers Association, Upper Humber Rod and Gun Association, Newfoundland and Labrador Conservation Officers Association and the Newfoundland Sportsman Magazine.
Major sponsors/supporters for the 2016 Exchange included; Newfoundland and Labrador Conservation Officers Association, Upper Humber Rod and Gun Association, Barnes Sporting Goods, Universal Helicopters Limited, Department of Fisheries and Land Resources, and PEI Department of Communities, Lands and Environment.
The 2017 Atlantic Province’s Youth Hunting and Fishing Exchange Program will involve Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia.
- Open to all residents of Newfoundland and Labrador between the ages of 12 and 17 who have completed the Firearms Safety/Hunter
Education Course or other sponsored events (i.e. hunter awareness workshops) between July 2016 and June 2017.
- The winner must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is lawfully entitled to possess and use firearms and is lawfully qualified to hunt.
- The winner will be drawn in July 2017 and must be able to confirm their participation within 14 days of being notified as the winner.
Otherwise, a second draw will occur and a new winner will be selected.
For more information, contact:
Department of Fisheries & Land Resources
Wildlife Division
P.O. Box 2007
Corner Brook, NL A2H 7S1
Ph: 637-2006