{"id":10257,"date":"2021-12-02T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/?page_id=10257"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:07:50","slug":"hunter-safety-archery-ages-10-13","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/summer-camp\/woodscraft-program-path\/hunter-safety-archery-ages-10-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Safety- Archery (ages 10-13)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13030 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"three campers on the archery range preparing to shoot arrows\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-634x423.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-846x564.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-951x634.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n-1268x845.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/532149573_1086410696969092_8046918039336063943_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Hunter Safety Archery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is for the youth who is ready for a challenge. Being a successful bowhunter takes patience, skill, and knowledge in the woods. Through our friendly, knowledgea<\/span>ble staff, each youth will receive hands-on skills around survival, first aid, map and compass, and archery. There will also be lessons on camouflage, treestands, shot placement, and Landowner Relations. Youth will also be able to enjoy more camp activities, including swimming, hiking, and paddling skills.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similar to the Hunter Safety Firearm course, all youth who want to participate in the archery hunting season are required to successfully complete an archery course to obtain their license at the age of 16. Starting January 1, 2023, the Crossbow Safety course will become part of the normal Hunter Safety Archery course per the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In cooperation with the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/ifw\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ages:<\/strong> 10-13<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Dates:<\/strong><br \/>\nWeek #4 (7\/12\/26 &#8211; 7\/17\/26)\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Session Full- Waiting List Available<\/span><br \/>\nWeek #8 (8\/9\/26 &#8211; 8\/14\/26)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>$750.00<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/summer-camp\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register Online<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>What to Bring List- <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/11\/WTB-Overnight-Site-Based.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/bryantpond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/WTB-Overnight-Site-BasedWORD.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WORD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because the University of Maine defines firearms and archery equipment as weapons and has a strict <a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/handbook\/policies-regulations\/weapons-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weapons policy<\/a> for the safety of all, and for liability and insurance reasons, camp program participants are asked not to bring their personal shooting sports equipment to Bryant Pond 4-H Camp &amp; Learning Center without prior authorization from the Camp Director or the Maine 4-H Shooting Sports Program Coordinator. The 4-H Shooting Sports instruction team at Bryant Pond is very familiar with the wide variety of equipment here and competently provides complete instruction in the shooting sports discipline programs that we offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Safety Archery is for the youth who is ready for a challenge. Being a successful bowhunter takes patience, skill, and knowledge in the woods. Through our friendly, knowledgeable staff, each youth will receive hands-on skills around survival, first aid, map and compass, and archery. 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