29th Annual Fur, Fish 'N Game Rendezvous

29th Annual Fur, Fish 'N Game Rendezvous

Millstone 4-H Center
July 10 - 15, 2011

A once in a lifetime outdoor learning experience for boys and girls ages 11 to 16!
Open to the first 85 registrants, the Beginning Fur, Fish ‘N Game Camp is
designed to give participants a better understanding of our natural resources and
how we interact with them.

Fur, Fish ‘N Game campers will have the opportunity to:
* Gain Hunter Safety Certification while learning about firearm safety for the field and
home.
* Study wildlife and forests as renewable resources
* Learn about fishing and aquatic biology
* Study hunting as a viable wildlife management practice
* Gain knowledge useful in formulating an environmental (outdoor) ethic
* Practice outdoor recreation skills such as archery, riflery, canoeing, orienteering, and
fishing
* Other classes and activities include retriever training, swimming, snake identification,
first aid, ropes course, birds of prey, and taxidermy

Advanced Fur, Fish ‘N Game Rendezvous Camp:
Open to the first fifteen (15) respondents, this action packed camp is for youth that
have successfully completed the Beginning Fur, Fish ‘N Game Camp or have
already obtained their Hunter Safety Certification. Campers will learn more indepth
and detailed information about prescribed burning, wildlife surveying, fish
and wildlife population dynamics, dendrology, animal damage control and
endangered species management. If you think that you may be interested in a
career in wildlife management, forestry or other natural resource fields…you will
not want to miss this one!!

The Fur, Fish ‘N Game Rendezvous Camp is sponsored by the NC Cooperative
Extension Service, NC Wildlife Federation, NC Wildlife Resources Commission,
the NC Bowhunters Association, the Wake County Wildlife Club, and the NC
Division of Forest Resources.

Millstone 4-H Center, nestled in the beautiful Sandhills Game Lands of Richmond
County, serves as the site for the program. Millstone 4-H Center, an American
Camp Association nationally accredited camp, provides trained camp counselors
while class instruction is lead by professional natural resource managers.

If you have any questions concerning the camp, please call Gene Shutt, Director,
Millstone 4-H Camp 910-652-5905.

You can register online at www.millstone4hcamp.org on the Summer Camps
page.

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