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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: *July 17, 2025
*Contact: *Emily Iehl, DNR Hunting & Shooting Sports Program Specialist
[email protected] <[email protected]> or 608-445-8168

 

DNR Accepting Grant Applications To Build Hunting Community

"Applications Due Sept. 15"

 

Group of people in camouflage clothing examining hunting equipment in a forest setting during daylight.

Grants are available for projects that teach people hunting skills. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR

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MADISON, Wis.* – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications for the Hunter Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation (R3) Grant Program [ [link removed] ].

The Hunter R3 Grant supports projects that promote awareness, understanding and participation in safe, ethical hunting and hunting-related outdoor skills for anyone who wants to learn. These skills offer individuals a unique connection with nature and wildlife and foster confidence and comfort in wild places.

Past grant recipient projects included archery range upgrades for urban after-school clubs, start-up costs for scholastic clay target teams and 4-H shooting sports programs, support for hunting-related expos focusing on recruiting new or underserved audiences, Learn to Hunt programs and the purchase of outdoor wheelchairs and other equipment for public use.

A total grant pool of $75,000 is available. Individual grant awards are typically limited to $25,000. These cost-sharing funds can be awarded to individuals or community-based organizations, Wisconsin tribes, universities and schools.

The grant is a sub-award of federal Pittman-Robertson Act funds and is administered as a reimbursement program.

The deadline to submit grant applications is 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2025. Applicants should plan to start projects approximately one year from the application deadline.

Learn more and apply on the DNR’s Hunter R3 Grant Program webpage [ [link removed] ].







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