Preserving wetlands, trap shooting, hunters safety and more. Welcoming a new Ducks Unlimited club coming to AHS soon.
Opening up the opportunity for students to learn more about the environment around them while being able to partake in a fun way to learn about safe ways to hunt and help save the wetlands around them. Security Guard Mr McDougall aims to add a new club to teach kids more about all types of hunting and even some shooting competitions.
“Ducks Unlimited is a conversation group that is nationwide, and they have a group in Mexico and a group in Canada. And their main plan is to save the waterways, save the Flyways, where ducks are, and conserve water and conserve the ponds and the lakes and the rivers, and make sure everything’s clean. And they buy millions of acres of land and put it back to the way it used to be,” McDougall said.
Opening up the club to all skill levels McDougall plans to help certify students in hunters safety, practice proper shooting techniques, educate students on helping preserve wetlands for future generations, and how to properly get tags. Once approved the club will meet one friday a month.
“I think it’s a good idea. It just helps the opportunity, like people who want to get into duck hunting and stuff like that, but I think it’s a good idea… Because especially if you have no clue what you’re doing, you gotta be able to go through it and know safety and what not to do,” Gauge Burrus (‘27) said.
Forming a tight knit club with people who share the same ideas and hobbies helps shape students’ ideas of the environment and how it should be cared for. Putting views of helping for the future and not just benefiting them now is important for saving wetlands and creating safe water for ducks.
“Any new way to form a community. Clubs are all about making friends and meeting new people and having a place to go and hang out. Usually there’s something that you agree on. There’s some like-minded activity, but it’s just about getting people together… I think anything that gets people and teenagers thinking about conservation is important. Conservation of any habitat or any species is always important and usually benefits everybody in the community,” Science Teacher Mrs Iversen said.
