WRD’s Hunt and Learn In Treutlen County

WRD hosted a youth Hunt and Learn program at a Treutlen County property, Rosemont Plantation, on Dec. 10-11. 

Youth were part of the Oconee Community Mentoring Association Dream Team from Dublin. The OCMA is a community-based mentoring program that has provided resources and opportunities  for youth since 2009.

The latest youth Hunt and Learn was hosted for kids in Treutlen County on Rosemont Plantation.

This was the first experience any of these youth had with firearms or hunting, so it was a great learning experience for the group. 

The group leader, Mr. Christopher Johnson, worked with WRD staff to help make this event happen, including meeting with the youth two or three times per week for several weeks prior to the hunt to ensure the youth completed hunter-education requirements. 

The youth practiced with firearms on Friday afternoon and then went deer hunting on Saturday morning and evening. It was a success in so many ways, including the harvest of one deer to be shared among the hunters’ families. It came together as a great community event with many locals learning of the hunt. The youth received hunting clothing and boots to use and take home with them at the end of the hunt. 

When it was all over, the youth were all asking when can they could go hunting again. Thank you to the host, Mr. John Rood, and his staff for making this hunt possible.

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