Advanced Hunter Education Skills Camp – Still Accepting Registrations!

Registration is open for the Department’s Advanced Hunter Education Skills Camp to be hosted on Aug. 5-6, 2023 at the Wehinahpay Boy Scout Camp near Sacramento, New Mexico.

The camp is open to youth ages 10-17 who are accompanied by a registered adult. Meals are free and participants will camp on the property. Registration is currently open.

Participants must complete and return the registration form available by clicking here. All participants will need a Department-issued Customer Identification Number (CIN) to register for this camp. To create a CIN account, please go to: https://onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us/. Space is limited to 20 and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Participants will learn safe and responsible firearms handling, hunting ethics, conservation, field dressing and game care, and hunt preparation using the land navigation app, onX, and more! Participants will also have the opportunity to shoot .22 rifles, archery and fish.

To qualify for the camp, youth must have an online customer account with the Department, register with an adult and complete an online homework requirement before attending. To hunt legally in New Mexico, youth younger than age 18 must first successfully complete a hunter education course or be registered in the Department’s Mentored-Youth Hunting Program.

The Department is hosting the camp in partnership with the Safari Club International Foundation and onX. For more information please contact the Hunter Education Office at 505-222-4731 or visit online to www.wildlife.state.nm.us/education/hunter-education/#camps.