|
|
|
The Waynesville Career Center and the Clay Howlett Memorial Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) have partnered to construct three handicap accessible hunting blinds for use on conservation areas managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).
Waynesville Career Center Carpentry Teacher Clinton Jarrett proposed the project to personnel from the Conservation Department and the NWTF.
Jarrett, who also currently serves as vice-president of the chapter of the NWTF, secured funding for the project from Bales Construction of Waynesville.
About $200 donated by Bales Construction was used to purchase treated lumber at a significantly reduced cost from Lowe’s Home Improvement Store of St. Robert. Jarrett’s students constructed the blinds and assisted staff from the MDC in placing them on Indian Trail Conservation Area and Richard F. Clement Memorial Forest and Wildlife Area in Dent County.
The structures were constructed to be big enough to accommodate a person in a wheel chair and a companion.
The three hunting blinds will provide hunters with mobility disabilities access to hunt over managed food plots on conservation areas for deer and turkey during the archery and firearms hunting seasons.
Persons interested in hunting from the blinds will first be required to obtain a special-use permit issued by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
“This project is a demonstration of the excellent partnership between the NWTF and the Conservation Department,” Jarrett said.
To apply for a special use permit, contact the Missouri Department of Conservation Rolla Office at 573 368-2225 or the Salem Office at 573 729-3182.
The Waynesville Career Center and the Clay Howlett Memorial Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) have partnered to construct three handicap accessible hunting blinds for use on conservation areas managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).
Waynesville Career Center Carpentry Teacher Clinton Jarrett proposed the project to personnel from the Conservation Department and the NWTF.
Jarrett, who also currently serves as vice-president of the chapter of the NWTF, secured funding for the project from Bales Construction of Waynesville.
About $200 donated by Bales Construction was used to purchase treated lumber at a significantly reduced cost from Lowe’s Home Improvement Store of St. Robert. Jarrett’s students constructed the blinds and assisted staff from the MDC in placing them on Indian Trail Conservation Area and Richard F. Clement Memorial Forest and Wildlife Area in Dent County.
The structures were constructed to be big enough to accommodate a person in a wheel chair and a companion.
The three hunting blinds will provide hunters with mobility disabilities access to hunt over managed food plots on conservation areas for deer and turkey during the archery and firearms hunting seasons.
Persons interested in hunting from the blinds will first be required to obtain a special-use permit issued by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
“This project is a demonstration of the excellent partnership between the NWTF and the Conservation Department,” Jarrett said.
To apply for a special use permit, contact the Missouri Department of Conservation Rolla Office at 573 368-2225 or the Salem Office at 573 729-3182.
