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| Fabian Carr and son Brandon, 11, with a spike taken in the Melrose unit. Fabian is currently in a job rotation as the Umpqua Fish District STEP Biologist. |
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Grandpa & Grandson
Photo provided by Brad Olds |
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| Beau Moody, age 11, of Estacada took this black bear in April 2010 in Coos County through the Mentor Youth Hunter program. Story (pdf) |
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Hunter Pariani. Age 10 with his first Long beard Turkey 04-10-2010. Shot with 12 gauge at 21 yards.
The hunt was mentored by Uncle Fred Pariani.
The Bird had a 10 inch beard and weighed 19.4 lbs.
-Photo provided by Fred Pariani.- |
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Maddy Donovan, 11 years old, got her first deer with a Thompson Center .50 Cal Muzzleloader using a round ball she helped cast herself. 1 shot took this buck in the Mckenzie Unit on 11/19/2009. She was Mentored by her Great Grandpa Bernard L. Straight.
-Photo provided by John B. Straight.- |
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Dylan Potter with a buck he took during a mentored youth hunt during fall 2009.
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Allison Swearingen (age 9) and her Mule deer kill.
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| Rheannon Rozewski took this young buck, on her dad's Central Melrose Antlerless tag. Just one perfect 75 yard shot from her .22 Hornet was enough to fill the tag and start a lifetime of memories. She turned 9 in September. |
Shot by spencer nash on his 10th birthday on nov.7. He was mentor by tim nash his father. |
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| Ross Kohl poses with his antelope after a successful Whitehorse Unit hunt with his dad, Keith, ODFW District Wildlife Biologist
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Sarah's First Deer, taken in the Swamp Creek/ Crow Creek rifle doe hunt in Wallowa County
- Photo by Chad Aschenbrenner - |
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"Thanks to the new mentor program started by ODFW, my 11- year-old daughter, Erin Clifford, was able to harvest
a nice doe antelope on her grandpa jerry’s tag. She made a wonderful shot at 180 yards with a 22/250." |
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| Geoff Gerdes with his first deer, a Lytle Creek doe |
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| Hunter Paustian hunting with the Mentored Youth Program |
Hunter Paustian and his deer |
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| Hunter Paustian and his deer |
Ross Kohl and his deer.
Ross was hunting in the West Biggs Unit with his father Keith Kohl. |
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| Dylen Potter and the buck he took in the Malheur Unit. |
Mentored Youth Hunter Program participant, Lane Budeau, 12, from Sheridan, OR, while hunting with his father, Bruce, took a nice 4-point black-tailed buck in the Trask unit. |
These programs are funded by the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson) and the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act (Wallop-Breaux).
Assurances
The Oregon Outdoor Skills Program is subject to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and offers all persons the opportunity to participate in programs and activities regardless of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability. No individual will be turned away from or otherwise be denied access to or benefit from, any program or activity on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to the Civil Rights Coordinator for Public Access, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop: WSFR-4020, Arlington, VA 22203.
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