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"Pheasant Dreams"
3rd in Outdoor Mentors Sculpture Series
Wichita, KS – Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors has announced the 3rd sculpture in the Outdoor Mentor series, "Pheasant Dreams".
Click here to read the full news release.
"Passing on the Tradition"
Article in DU Magazine
The July/August issue of Ducks Unlimited magazine has an article titled "Passing on the Tradition" that speaks to the need to get more kids involved in hunting and the outdoors.
Two quotes from the article speak to what the Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors program is all about:
"Finally, once children have been introduced to hunting, adults should take them often. In families where the father hunted one to three days a year, 27 percent of boys and 9 percent of girls became hunters. Hunting recruitment jumped to 46 percent in boys and 13 percent in girls in families where the father hunted 10 to 19 days a year. And in families where Dad hunted 30 or more days a year, 61 percent of boys and 26 percent of daughters joined the sport. Like so many things, repetition breeds success."
We are all about recruiting mentors who will take a youngster out 2-4 times each month. If that happens, we'll see more these kids in the outdoors in years to come.
"Economics can have a significant impact on hunting participation because initiation rates of children in hunting families drop off dramatically when household income falls below $40,000 a year."
Most of the children we are targeting our mentoring efforts towards fit in this economic stratum. These kids probably won't have the opportunity to experience the great outdoors we all know and love unless someone steps up and makes it happen for them.
Click here to read the full news release.
Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors teams with Tips Outdoors Foundation and School of Outdoor Sports
Wichita, KS – Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors has teamed up with School of Outdoor
Sports and Tips Outdoors Foundation, creating a triad that leaves no gaps in a maturing new
system for turning beginners into anglers, hunters, and shooters. “We’re all working toward the same thing,” said Mike Christensen, President of Pass It On,
the recognized leader in matching youngsters interested in the outdoors, with mentors willing to
take them on regular outings. “We need to get more people outdoors, and help them discover
how fulfilling the outdoor traditions are.”
Click here to read the full news release.
Kansas Hunter Ed
Essay Contest
The Kansas Hunter Education Instructor Association is sponsoring an essay contest for children who have successfully passed the hunter education class. The winners, 1 in each of 3 age groups, will receive a new shotgun and an expense paid trip to Russell County to hunt wild pheasants on an 1800 acre ranch during the youth hunting season in 2010.
For details, click here.
WACONDA LAKE PHEASANT HUNT SUCCESSFUL
Struggling through snow drifts and cold temperatures, the participants of Saturday’s 2009 Waconda Lake Youth, Women & Celebrity Pheasant Hunt still enjoyed the day and even bagged a few roosters. The morning pheasant hunt and afternoon trap shoot provided youth and other beginning hunters an opportunity to get outdoors and enjoy what Kansas has to offer. The annual event sponsored by the KS. Dept. of Wildlife & Parks (KDWP) and “Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors, Inc.” had nearly 80 hunters, mentors, and dog handlers attend. The Wichita based “Pass It On” organization (http://www.outdoormentors.org/mentor.htm) and founder Mike Christensen work closely with the Kansas Big Brothers, Big Sisters program and many of the hunters were from this group.
You can read the whole story here.
Check out article on Field & Stream website about young hunter getting his first Elk!
Outdoor Mentor Rich Ridder and Loren had the opportunity of a lifetime to go elk hunting in New Mexico with Big Horn Outfitters. Writer Ben Romans accompanied them on the trip and his article is on the Field & Stream website.
Thanks to Don Terhune and the great folks at Big Horn Outfitters for making the hunt possible and to Shaman Camo for providing camo for the hunters.
STEP OUTSIDE TV also was along for the hunt. We're looking forward to the show this spring!
You can check out the story on the Field & Stream website here.
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We've been Shooting, Working with Bird Dogs and Fishing!
The first part of June, we've had kids out shooting, fishing and working with the local bird dog club!
Check out photos from our recent events on our Facebook page!
'10
Kansas Youth Turkey Hunt!
We
had 10 youths travel to Bell Wildlife Specialties for a spring
turkey hunt April 3-5. 6 of the 10, including 5 first-timers
harvested a bird.
We have posted pictures from the hunt on the Outdoor Mentors Facebook page.
Volunteer Kyle Adams filmed one of the hunts and posted it on Vimeo. It's worth the viewing (you can skip to the 10 minute mark if you want to omit the pre-game pep talk!)
Pheasants
Forever Magazine features Mentoring Article
The
Winter 2010 edition of the Pheasants Forever Journal
of Upland Conservation has a nice article by Rob Drieslein
on the mentoring activities of PF Chapters in MN,
NE and KS. With permission from PF, you can read it here!
Comments
from a Mentor
I
received a nice email from a gentleman in Kansas City and
asked his permission to share a bit of it with you. Bart listened
to the Huntcast podcast we did a few weeks ago and wanted
to share his thoughts. I felt they were worth sharing with
you.
Click
here
to get the rest of the story!
Pass
It On partners with
RealMen, Inc.
Pass
It On - Outdoor Mentors and RealMen, Inc. are working together
to get more kids outdoors. Click here to read the article
from the August 11 edition of the Wichita
Eagle or read it online here.
BBBS
of Central Missouri getting Outdoors!
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri continues to expand
the experiences of Bigs and Littles participating in the Outdoor
Mentors Program. This spring, already, they’ve enjoyed
an overnight camping trip to Camp Hickory Hill; a nature hike
and cave exploration at Rockbridge State Park; and a field
trip to Jefferson Farms & Gardens. Click here
to see their newsletter with some great photos!
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