This course is open to students of any age seeking hunter education certification to meet hunting requirements in New Mexico. This course is an instructor-led student course that incorporates lecture, video, break-out sessions, review methods and homework to educate students. Students 10 and under must have a parent/adult present with them during class. All students MUST complete the Today’s Hunter student manual homework before participating in class. Students can pick up a free hard copy manual at City of Clovis Shooting Range, 726 County Rd. 17, Clovis, NM 88101. The manual can also be downloaded for free at https://www.hunter-ed.com/newmexico/manual/. Students are required to turn in their completed manual worksheets upon arrival to class.
Registration Details:
Registration opens on March 4 and is conducted online through the student’s Customer ID Number (CIN) Account. Once in the account, click on Hunter Education then click the Register for Hunter Ed Classes button and follow the prompts.
NMDGF will be giving a wildlife presentation to wildlife students at Moriarty High School.
N/A. Closed to the public.
Department staff will be giving a wildlife presentation at Valencia High School. This event is closed to the public.
These events are for the special-needs students of Artesia Public Schools. The workshops and fishing clinic will consist of fishing safety, knots, equipment, casting and fish identification, with fishing at Lake Van.
N/A Closed to the public.
These events are for the special-needs students of Artesia Public Schools. The workshops and fishing clinic will consist of fishing safety, knots, equipment, casting and fish identification, with fishing at Lake Van.
N/A Closed to the public.
Dona Ana Elementary students from Las Cruces will rotate through five stations.
- Target Archery – NMDGF
- Wildlife Skulls & Pelts – NMDGF
- Water Safety – New Mexico Park Ranger
- Nature Walk – New Mexico Park Ranger 5. Live Reptiles – New Mexico Wildlife Center
Closed to the public.
Department staff will be running a wildlife station at Caballo Lake State Park. This event is closed to the public.
The NM Department of Game and Fish is hosting a shotgun shooting training clinic for adult women who have never shot or have very limited experience with shooting shotguns. Trained staff will teach safety, basic shooting techniques, cleaning the gun and how to properly shoot a shotgun and be successful at shooting clays.
Shotguns, ammo and clays will be provided. Please bring a lunch, water, sunscreen and whatever else you need, we will not be taking a full lunch, and there are not any food places near by.
Registration Details:
Registration opens March 11 and closes April 1, or when the class is full.
Click on the below link to register
https://qfreeaccountssjc1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dmd4yzetx0Ips90
Class is offered to adults (over 18) who have limited fishing experience. Please do not register if you are an experienced angler or under 18 years of age. Participants will learn how to cast, fish identification, fishing techniques, equipment and gear, knot tying, and rules and regulations. We won’t be fishing but attendees will learn everything necessary to catch black bass, bluegill, catfish, crappie, walleye, white bass and yellow perch. It is non-mandatory, but participants can bring the following: their own rod and reel and a fishing license.
Registration Details:
- Would like women and men over 18 years of age who have limited or no fishing experience.
- Registration Opens – Monday, March 11, 2024, at 9 AM.
- Registration Closes – When full.
- Registration web link: https://qfreeaccountssjc1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8c8g1qaXy7tLJhc
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish will be fishing with Dolores Gonzales Elementary School 5th grade class. The fishing will be preceded with casting skills lesson at Dolores Gonzales Elementary School on April 9.
The Department will participate at the NWTF Women in the Outdoors Event (WITO) in Cloudcroft, NM. Department staff will be assisting with fishing, turkey calling/hunting and turkey life history presentations.
Registration Details:
Please contact Helen Butt.