February 7. Overton Wildlife Management Area. Headlamps on, coffee hot, and a pack of young hunters ready for the last shoot of the Nevada duck season.
The youth closer is the final weekend of waterfowl season set aside for young hunters. WHIN volunteers got kids fed and out to the blinds before dawn, then helped them clean birds and talk through the hunt when they came back in. Plenty of them walked out with straps full of ducks.
NDOW manages Overton and makes the youth hunt possible. WHIN volunteers, mentors and parents did the rest.
Why it matters for wildlife: hunters fund conservation. License and duck stamp dollars pay for the wetlands at Overton, Key Pittman and across Nevada. A kid who learns to hunt ducks today is the one who protects their habitat tomorrow.
Cold morning. Full straps. Next generation.
WHIN is a volunteer-run Nevada conservation nonprofit. Every dollar stays in Nevada. Join at whinlv.org/membership. Donate at whinlv.org/donation. Want in on the next one? Email Whin@whinlv.org or call 702-449-2560.