2019-20 NSSF/Hunting Heritage Trust Grant Reports

First Hunt Foundation

First Hunt Foundation

Objectives included establishing FHF mentoring program in five more states, recruiting additional 300 background-checked mentors, establishing 20 additional chapters, recruiting and training five additional volunteer state and/or regional directors, accomplish at least 3000 mentored days helping train hunting skills or have actual mentored hunts.

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Georgia Wildlife Federation

Georgia Wildlife Federation

Partnered with two colleges in 2019 and added a third in 2020 to provide R3 programming to students with limited or no hunting experience. Each program included classroom curriculum, shooting training, a mentored hunt, and a follow up meal.

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Pheasants Forever

Pheasants Forever

The NSSF grant has allowed us to reach a larger audience through our new Women on the Wing initiative. We have hosted traditional Learn to Hunt and Learn to Shoot events, along with new weekend experiences that provides an immersive and social experience for mentees. Additionally, we were able to host a Hunter Mentor Training and Women’s Learn to Wing-shoot sessions at our National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic to reach a larger and more diverse audience.

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National Wild Turkey Federation

National Wild Turkey Federation

The goal of our project is to help women who already have firearm skills and knowledge use that information to expand their participation into hunting, thus increasing the number of women shooters who hunt.

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Sportmen's Alliance

Sportmen's Alliance

The project focused on two state fish and wildlife agencies to utilize targeted electronic marketing to increase the percentage of hunter education graduates that purchase a hunting license.

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