Idaho sets clinics for youth waterfowlers
HUNTING– Registration is underway for the limited number of spots in the annual Youth Waterfowl Hunting Clinics sponsored by the Idaho Fish and Game Department’s Panhandle Region.
This year’s clinics are set for Sept. 29, when girls and boys ages 15 and under and their parents can learn the basics of hunting waterfowl in mentored hunting situation during the states’s special hunting season just for youths.
Following a morning hunt with experienced waterfowlers, participants will be treated to a free barbeque and skills clinic.
The clinics are limited to 25 participants at three different clinics:
Northern Panhandle Clinic: Boundary Creek Wildlife Management Area, northwest of Bonners Ferry.
Central Panhandle Clinic: Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area, east of Sandpoint at the Clark Fork Delta drift yard boat ramp.
Southern Panhandle Clinic: Heyburn State Park, northwest of St. Maries at the south end of Lake Coeur d’Alene.
Pre-register with J.J. Teare at the Panhandle Region Office, (208) 769-1414.