7 weeks of various activities on Saturday afternoons.

Activities include:

- Ice Fishing and scavenger hunt in the woods

- Archery at On Target Outfitters Canfield (transportation provided, families welcome)

- Ohio game and furbearer study

- Creating/enhancing deer habitat

- photo scavenger hunt at Bass Pro Shop or Cabelas

- Fishing review and cold weather fishing at Tyrrell Woods

- Special build project

Our mentored fishing club tournament is for the older more experienced students.

In addition to fishing at Tyrrell Pond, we will fish at other locations. Students will also learn the differences of the various poles, reels, lines, baits, knots and lures.

All students and families will be invited to join a trip to Lake Erie in July for a walleye and/or perch fishing charter on a 15 person head boat.

Most days will be catch and release. Each week there will be a different tournament with daily prizes as well as a winner for points total for the year. Tournaments will include; bluegill, bass, Lake Erie walleye, West Branch crappie and others. We will learn to fillet, scale and cook our catch one of the fishing days.

Fishing club tournament will meet the 2nd Thursday of each month. Due to the high demand for this club, we ask that students only sign up for one fishing club…101 or tournament.

The mentored hunting club is a program that will generally meet 1-2 times per month as a group and other days of the year in hunting opportunities with adult leaders.

Goals are to:

• To help students learn the skills to be successful in the field.

• To help students understand their role as a hunter-conservationist.

• To help students develop a respect for landowners, other hunters and the game they pursue.

• To instill in students an understanding of ethics and values.

• To instill in students a sense of gratitude to the Creator for the creation they get to enjoy.

• To develop in students the attitude and ability to represent and advocate for the sport of

hunting.

This will include classroom, archery and rifle range, in field and in kitchen/field dressing activities. The club will experience different types of hunting as well as preparation for the hunts, including scouting, setting stands, trail cameras and gear readiness.

First year students will have opportunities to hunt small game. Some students will have the opportunity to hunt whitetail deer, turkey and predators as well.

Our mentored fishing club 101 is for students wanting to learn/enjoy fishing and catch a lot of fish. Most fishing will be hook and bobber fishing for bluegills, with large mouth bass, catfish and striped bass also biting the hook.

In addition to fishing at Tyrrell Pond, we will learn the differences of the various poles, reels, lines, baits, knots and lures.

All students and families will be invited to join a trip to Lake Erie in July for a walleye and/or perch fishing charter on a 15 person head boat.

Most days will be catch and release. We will learn to fillet, scale and cook our catch one of the fishing days.

Fishing club 101 will meet the 3rd Thursday of each month. Due to the high demand for this club, we ask that students only sign up for one fishing club…101 Thursdays, 101 Wednesday or tournament.

Our mentored fishing club 101 is for students wanting to learn/enjoy fishing and catch a lot of fish. Most fishing will be hook and bobber fishing for bluegills, with large mouth bass, catfish and striped bass also biting the hook.

In addition to fishing at Tyrrell Pond, we will learn the differences of the various poles, reels, lines, baits, knots and lures.

All students and families will be invited to join a trip to Lake Erie in July for a walleye and/or perch fishing charter on a 15 person head boat.

Most days will be catch and release. We will learn to fillet, scale and cook our catch one of the fishing days.

Fishing club 101 will meet the 1st Wednesday of each month. Due to the high demand for this club, we ask that students only sign up for one fishing club…101 Thursday, 101 Wednesday or tournament.

Archery 201 is designed to expand students’ interest in the fun sport of archery. Students who have participated in previous archery camps and have been introduced to the basics of archery and want to learn and experience more.

Form, technique and fun are the key principles of this camp. We will shoot for lots of prizes, pop hundreds of balloons and even hunt a mystery 3D target. Families are welcome to join the shooting the last hour each day.

Clinic is from 5:30-8:30 on June 17 and June 19.

Archery 101 is designed to introduce students to the fun sport of archery. Whether you were inspired by Merida, Hawkeye, Katniss Everdeen or Robin Hood himself, this is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of archery.

Form, technique and fun are the key principles of this camp. We will shoot for lots of prizes, pop hundreds of balloons and even hunt a mystery 3D target. Families are welcome to join the shooting the last hour each day.

Clinic is from 5:30-8:30 on June 24 and June 26.

The first 2 days of camp (July 7-8 5:30pm-8:30 pm) will include in the field/range and classroom instruction and application of :

- Archery training with compound and crossbow

- Tree Stand Safety

- Hunting/gun/bow Safety

- Hunter Ethics and Conservation

- 22 and skeet shooting stations

The last 2 days will be ODNR classroom and examination, passing students will receive hunter safety certificate. (July 10th 5:30pm-9:00pm, Saturday July 11th 10am-5pm)

Are you interested in learning to shoot a rifle? Well First Step Riflery is the camp for you! In this camp, students will get to learn about gun safety and basics of safe gun handling, and develop marksmanship skills using quality air rifles. After demonstrating proficiency with air rifles, students may be transitioned to .22 rifles to further develop their sills. This camp will be much more than just shooting holes in paper as there will be lots of really fun games, a variety of targets, and challenging activities.

Students will incorporate several wilderness skills.

Tracking, navigation, fishing, creek exploring, cooking over a campfire, shelter/tent building and more.

Camp will include an overnight tent camping experience.

This camp, a step up from Archery 101, will focus on further developing skills. In this camp, archers will be introduced to new games that will challenge and strengthen their skills with a focus on consistency.

They will shoot further distances, have some friendly competitions, and win lots of prizes! This camp is for students who have completed an Archery 101 camp, after school program or other archery program with On Target Outfitters.