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Dingman-Delaware Elementary School, Pike County, head teacher DAVE KORETZ, right, was awarded last year’s Wild Action Grant from the Game Commission and oversaw the creation of an outdoor c l a s s r o o m . Te a c h e r N I C K LAUERSEN, left in photo, built the tables. Maintenance worker RAY CURRY did the work on the grounds, incorporating seedlings from the Game Commission’s Howard Nursery.

Kentucky, in May to attend the National NASP tournament. The Game Commission continues to offer $1,500 to offset the cost of an equipment kit for each school to enroll in the NASP program, and secured more than $20,000 in additional grant funding to help the schools further defray the cost. The agency hosted 16 Basic Archery Instructor trainings and certiﬁed 116 Basic Archery Instructors. The agency renewed contracts with four different Basic Archery Instructor Trainers for the new ﬁscal year and will continue to facilitate trainings for the program. The Game Commission completed a third year of a Cooperative Agreement with the National Wild Turkey Federation to promote and provide Women in the Outdoor (WITO) events. The agreement required the NWTF to hire a new WITO event coordinator for the state in December 2011 and, partially using agency PR funds, fund this position for the remaining part of the ﬁscal year. The partnership required a minimum of 25 events to be conducted from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012 with a minimum of 1,000 participants. In addition to the PR funds, the agency required events to be registered through the Event Manager system and in turn the agency extended use of marketing tools, such as publicity in Game News, press releases and social media. Upon completion of the ﬁscal year, both parties agreed to discontinue the Cooperative Agreement for the 2012-2013 ﬁscal year because of differences in ideas concerning the instruction and purpose of the program. During the reporting year the ﬁrst Successful Turkey Hunting classes were conducted. The curriculum is designed to provide the knowledge, skills and ability for students to be successful early in their turkey hunting careers. More classes are being scheduled for later in 2012. Current advanced training courses now include Successful Bowhunting, Successful Furtaking, Successful Turkey Hunting and Cable Restraint Certiﬁcation. Curriculum development has begun for a new Successful Muzzleloading training program to be launched in 2013. During the reporting year of July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2012, 35 hunting-related shooting incidents occurred at a rate of 3.57 incidents/100,000 license buyers. This included one fatality. The same number of incidents was recorded the previous reporting year. The total number recorded during FY2011-12 remains below the current 10-year average of 51.1 incidents per year with a rate of 5.15 incidents/100,000 license buyers.
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