New Garden State Hunters Can 'Explore Wingshooting' with Free Hunt

NEWTOWN, Conn., Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New hunter education graduates who have dreamed of watching a bird dog lock up on point on a wily pheasant now have a chance to make that dream come true. Fifty lucky graduates in New Jersey will hunt pheasants at no charge through a new program called Explore Wingshooting.

The first 50 graduates to respond to the Explore Wingshooting invitation can take part in a specially packaged pheasant hunt at one of the preserves listed at www.nssf.org/explorewingshooting.

Hunters must contact the preserve closest to them and mention the Explore Wingshooting program to reserve their hunt. The new graduate will hunt at no charge while their adult partner can hunt at a special discount price.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, North American Gamebird Association and International Hunter Education Association are sponsoring the program to provide a safe and enjoyable game bird hunting experience for new hunter education graduates on their first outing.

All hunts are fully guided by professional hunting guides with trained bird dogs. Each hunt will be for a preserve half-day, which is typically three to three and one-half hours. The hunts will include only the student and his or her adult hunting partner.

Students will receive a complimentary hunter-orange hat, eye and ear protection and vest courtesy of NSSF and Cabela's.

NSSF is the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry.

About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 6,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen's organizations and publishers. For more information, log on to www.nssf.org.

NSSF is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2011. Learn about the Foundation's history at www.nssf.org/50.

SOURCE National Shooting Sports Foundation