{"id":40564,"date":"2023-12-21T11:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T16:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=40564"},"modified":"2023-12-21T11:14:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T16:14:01","slug":"youth-and-veteran-waterfowl-hunt-event-scheduled-for-feb-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/12\/21\/youth-and-veteran-waterfowl-hunt-event-scheduled-for-feb-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth and Veteran Waterfowl Hunt Event Scheduled for Feb. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Applications to participate being taken through Jan. 7<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The <\/span>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a> (DNR), in partnership with the Maryland Sportsmen’s Foundation, is offering a special hunting opportunity for all military veterans and youth hunters aged 11-16.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants will be able to hunt select properties in three regions of the state under the guidance of an experienced waterfowl hunter.\u00a0 This special event coincides with the statewide <\/span>youth, veteran and military waterfowl hunting day<\/span><\/a> on Feb. 3, 2024, and is part of DNR\u2019s efforts to increase recruitment, retention and reactivation of hunters in Maryland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe department is proud to offer this special event for our veterans and young hunters,\u201d <\/span>Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/span><\/a> Director Karina Stonesifer said. \u201cWe believe opportunities like this encourage more individuals to participate, both as hunters and mentors. Hunters of all experience levels are encouraged to apply.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Applications<\/span><\/a> are currently being accepted with a closing date of January 7, 2024. Following a random lottery drawing, selected applicants will be notified by January 17, 2024. No experience is necessary and a current hunting license is not required to apply. If selected, a license and all applicable stamps must be obtained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More information and the <\/span>application form<\/span><\/a> is available on the DNR website. Individuals with land access who are interested to host an event, and any experienced hunters interested in mentoring, may contact Chris Markin at <\/span>christopher.markin@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Applications to participate being taken through Jan. 7 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in partnership with the Maryland Sportsmen’s Foundation, is offering a special hunting opportunity for all military veterans and youth hunters aged 11-16.\u00a0\u00a0 Participants will be able to hunt select properties in three regions of the state under the guidance of  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[4960,5110,5109,3030,3102],"class_list":["post-40564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-hunting","tag-military","tag-veterans","tag-waterfowl","tag-youth-waterfowl-hunt-days"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40564"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40567,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40564\/revisions\/40567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}