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2011 -- DNREC to host National Hunting and Fishing Day event
Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center and Public Shooting Range will celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day with two days of special events, including free and half-price admission to its shooting facilities.
On Saturday, Sept. 24, which is National Hunting and Fishing Day, Ommelanden will have special displays by the Delaware Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement’s Operation Game Theft trailer, and a muzzleloader maker showing his craft from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 25, Ommelanden’s range areas will open at 9 a.m. for free shooting on the archery, rifle and pistol ranges and half-price shooting on the clay target, skeet, trap and 5-stand fields. The last signup for shooting will be at 3 p.m.
“We want to welcome the general public, the hunting public and anyone who’d like to learn more to come out and see how much fun it is to go hunting, as well as introducing them to our facility and the educational programs we offer,” said Michael Friel, Hunter Education Administrator.
State-owned and operated by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife, the Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center and Public Shooting Range is dedicated to providing Delaware hunters with required hunter education courses and training opportunities. The range is open year round for public use for a small fee from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. The range includes 25 and 50-meter rifle and pistol ranges, skeet and trap fields and a practice archery field.
The Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center is located at 1205 River Road, New Castle. For more information, call the Ommelanden Center on weekdays at 302-323-5334 or 302-323-5333 on weekends, or visit http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/HunterEd/Pages/HunterEd.aspx.