Wildlife and Hunting Project

What is it All About?

If you want to learn more about wildlife conservation or wildlife hunting this project is for you. In this project, you can learn how to identify, track and characterize game birds and animals; how to become a good, safe and lawful hunter; how to conserve and improve habitats; and the basic concepts of taxidermy.

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Grow in Your Project

Beginner

Understand safe and responsible use of firearms and archery equipment used in hunting
Understand hunting ethics and how to put them into practice
Learn the history of hunting
Learn local and national hunting laws
Understand the importance of hunter and landowner relations

Intermediate

Be able to identify local and national wildlife
Learn the basics of wildlife management
Learn about food plots used to attract and manage wildlife
Understand the importance of sportsmanship
Practice game meat care

Advanced

Develop and implement a wildlife management plan
Learn conservation practices for wildlife
Learn how to taxidermy a simple project
Understand survival and first aid skills

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Resources for All Levels

Wildlife Conservation Activities

NRA Hunter’s Guide

Wisconsin DNR Website

Take Your Project Further!

Research the habitat of a wildlife specific you are interested in
Use satellite photos to determine if an area is well suited for wildlife and hunting
Go on a bird watch
Take a field trip to a nature center
Create a comparison chart from an animal’s viewpoint of a habitat in a rural and urban area
Lead a game of predator / prey at your local 4-H club meeting
Invite a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officer or Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Biologist to come and speak at your meeting
Get involved with a Wisconsin habitat restoration project
Work with Conservation Chapters (Pheasants Forever, Mule Deer Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Wild Turkey Federation, etc.) to provide educational resources or projects you can work with

Applying Project Skills to Life

Enhance Your Communication Skills

Do a presentation on different types wildlife in your area and how they have changed
Give a talk to a group about how to respect and care for wildlife in your area
Research and present on how people affect wildlife populations

Get Involved in Citizenship and Service

Build bird houses and feeders for your local park to attract all kinds of wild birds
Clean up parks, streams, and lakes to keep wildlife habitats healthy
Participate in a wildlife count

Learn about Leadership

Invite a DNR warden to speak at your club meeting
Hold a workshop to teach others environmentally friendly ways to make wildlife feeders
Teach others about hunting safety

Showing What You’ve Learned

Keep a journal of the birds and other wildlife you see in your backyard
Make a poster with wildlife local to your area
Build a feeder to attract local wildlife
Design a birdhouse for birds in your area
Identify different types of tracks animals leave behind
Taxidermy fish or small animal
Create European mount of an animal head
A display analyzing and owl pellet
Report on types of birds nests and nesting habits
Create a display on how to distinguish different types of ducks
Poster on wildflowers and other wild plants in Wisconsin
Before and after pictures of a food plot

Adapted with permission from Wyoming State 4-H, Project Information Sheet, Hunting and Wildlife. Retrieved from: https://www.uwyo.edu/4-h/projects/natural-resource-education/wildlife-hunting.html.

*Resources available at your local Extension office or shop4-H.org.

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