Horicon Learn to Hunt Waterfowl

06/18/2019 NEWS RELEASE
Subject: Learn to Hunt Waterfowl at Horicon Marsh (Horicon National Wildlife Refuge)
Location: Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, W4279 Headquarters Road, Mayville, WI 53050

Some of WWA’s 2018 10th Anniversary Learn to Hunt participants

Classroom Dates:

  • Saturday, 09/14/19 – 10:30am – 3:00pm.
  • Sunday, 10/06/19 – 10:30am – 3:00pm

Class Location: Horicon NWR Visitor Center, W4279 Headquarters Rd., Mayville
Hunt Dates:

  1. Saturday, 09/14/19 (PM hunt)
  2. Sunday, 09/15/19 (AM hunt)
  3. Saturday, 10/5/19 (AM hunt)
  4. Sunday, 10/6/19 (PM hunt)
  5. Sunday, 10/20/19 (AM hunt)

Thirty novice hunters from ages 10-adult will have the unique opportunity to experience a once in a lifetime duck hunt at Horicon Marsh on the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge through a Learn to Hunt Waterfowl Program offered this fall. The program will be hosted by Ducks Unlimited (DU), Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA), Friends of Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR).

The Horicon Marsh Learn to Hunt Waterfowl application may be downloaded here at Horicon Marsh LTH Waterfowl Application 2019 or obtained from the refuge visitor center. Completed applications should be mailed to: Waterfowl LTH, Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, W4279 Headquarters Rd, Mayville, WI 53050.

A drawing of the applications will be held on August 23rd 2019. First time applicants will be given priority. Learn to Hunt applicants whose names are drawn will be notified by phone by August 31st 2019. There is a $15.00 non-refundable donation asked of chosen applicants.

Successful applicants must also complete a mandatory four hour orientation and training session prior to their drawn hunt date. The class will include waterfowl identification, gun safety, water safety, duck calling, range estimation and hunting tactics. The classroom training sessions will be held at the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, W4279 Headquarters Rd., Mayville, located off Cty Rd. Z on the east side of Horicon Marsh. Lunch will be provided free of charge by the Friends of Horicon National Wildlife Refuge.

The hunts will be mentored by experienced waterfowl hunters. There will be one mentor per hunter and only the novice hunter will be allowed to hunt. Applicants are not required to have completed hunter education certification in order to participate in a mentored Learn to Hunt program. For more information on Learn to Hunt waterfowl programs visit https://www.wisducks.org/education/wi-dnr-learn-to-hunt-waterfowl/

For more information please contact: Erin Railsback, Visitor Services Manager at 920-387-2658 ext 124 or Erin_Railsback@fws.gov.