Alabama division of wildlife and freshwater fisheries adwff has a need to address the decline of hunters in thestate and provide opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to ensure…

Alabama division of wildlife and freshwater fisheries adwff has a need to address the decline of hunters in thestate and provide opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to ensure responsible hunting andencourage hunter participation hunting is a significant cultural, economic, and historical element of thealabama lifestyle however, alabama has undergone socioeconomic changes that impact the traditional role andimportance of hunting leading to an overall decline in hunters the decline in hunters has been well documentedin literature and adwff is taking an active role to reverse the decline adwff believes that exposing a diverseaudience to hunting skills and techniques, and or hunting events can encourage hunting participation and help toreverse the declining trend in hunter numbers the purpose of this project is to conduct hunter developmentevents, R3 programs, and outreach to promote safe, responsible use of hunting equipment and sporting arms, knowledgeable use of our wildlife resources, basic trapping skills, and to increase public awareness of agencyprograms and accomplishments funded through wsfr grants and license revenue to encourage further hunterparticipation providing hunter development and outreach events for hunters and trappers will help bridge the gapbetween basic hunter education course work and actual participation in hunting or trapping, as well as, introducehunting and trapping to non traditional and underserved audiences to foster recruitment, reactivation, andretention of hunters additionally, these events further educate alabamians about the importance of safe, responsible hunting, the hunter s role in wildlife management, and provide the public with knowledge of wsfrprograms