| Most people who hunt and fish have had a mentor - a parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, or friend, who showed them the ropes. For them, breaking into the outdoors experience was easy and less time consuming than it might be for a new hunter or angler who wants to try these activities for the first time. There is help, though, and these resources can help you to cut your learning curve in half. The fastest growing contingent of hunters and anglers today is made up of women, and there are a couple of programs that can help them along. Becoming and Outdoors Woman (BOW) http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/bow/ is an excellent program that provides women with instruction and outdoors resources. The Colorado Division of Wildlife also offers the Women Afield program that gives women multiple opportunities to learn outdoors skills. http://wildlife.state.co.us/Education/RecreationEducation/WomenAfield/ For kids, look for DOW programs through hunter education, hunter outreach, and fishing clinics http://wildlife.state.co.us/Education/RecreationEducation/ There are also opportunities coming up in Southern Colorado for kids to participate in the Southern Colorado Archery League, which is slated to begin in March 2009. Outdoors recreation opportunities abound in Colorado. There's no better time to get involved! |
New Outdoors Resources
Southern Colorado Outdoors - The SCOUT Network
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