🌲🎯 SPORTING HERITAGE YOUTH DAY IS BACK! 🛶🎣
Join the Wausau Noon Optimist Club for a FREE day of outdoor adventure for youth ages 8-16!
🏹 Archery
🎯 Trap & Skeet Shooting
🛶 Kayaking
🎣 Fly Casting
🔫 BB & Pellet Guns
🧭 Geocaching
🦌 Wildlife Education
🎁 Prizes & More!

Activities Include:

• Climb a Tree Stand
• Call Turkeys
• Paddle a Duck Boat
• Cast a Musky Rod
• Archery Lessons (Bow provided)
• Trap Shooting (Guns and Ammo provided)
• Door Prizes
• Special Raffle Contests
• GPS Geo Caching
• Edible Plants
• And Much More!!  

📍 Wausau School Forest
💲 FREE to attend!
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend and enjoy the day alongside their youth!
Kids- Tell Your Friends!
We are proud to continue the legacy of this incredible event and introduce the next generation to Wisconsin’s outdoor traditions. 🌲❤️
🎟️ Register today:
https://www.wausaunoonoptimist.org/sporting-heritage-youth-day
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This year’s events include:

WI Trapper’s Association: trapping demonstrations

National Wild Turkey Federation: turkey hunting clinic and BB gun shoot

Wausau School District: .22 range 

Weston Hit and Miss Trap Club: trap shooting range 

Weston Safety Instructors: tree stand safety station 

Rib Mountain Bowmen: archery range 

Elks Lodge #248: drug awareness trailer 

Wausau Noon Optimists: GPS instruction 

Bill’s Musky Club: bait casting instruction and contest 

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: optics demonstration  Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation:  muzzleloader shoot

Marathon County Sheriff’s Dept: Recreational vehicle safety

Trout Unlimited: fly tying and fly casting

WI Conservation Warden Association: laser shot

The Kayak Guys: hands-on kayaks

Golden Sands: invasive species station

Pheasants Forever: shoot/don’t shoot, habitat display and corn give-away

Wisconsin Hunter Education Instructors Association: pellet gun range

K9 Detective Agency’s: bloodhound tracking

Tyler Berry and River: intro to pheasant hunting 

WFLA: bike give-away

Wausau Skeet & Trap Club: Skeet shooting skills

RSVP Required

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