Fighting Off The Bambi Factor
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Fighting Off The Bambi Factor





Some reports estimate that nearly half of all employees of state conservation agencies, including more than 75 percent of those in leadership positions, will retire in the next 10 years. Unfortunately, many incoming replacements—mostly new college graduates—seem to lack an appreciation of hunting and its historic ties to conservation. That's why the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) and the McGraw Wildlife Foundation initiated a program for nonhunting students in natural resource disciplines at the University of Wisconsin and Penn State. The program involves four-day workshops at the Foundation in Dundee, Ill. It includes sessions on ethics, the biological basis of hunting, who hunts and why, and hunting and conservation. Students learn about and handle hunting firearms and archery equipment, and are mentored in target shooting and hunting. Other field exercises include dog handling, and cleaning and cooking game. WMI president Steve Williams said, "Our executive vice president, Dick McCabe, has developed and shepherded this pilot program, whose opportunities are bounded only by resources. It is extremely important for the future of wildlife management, hunting and the hunting industry."
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