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Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation
What is R3?
Recruitment
Retention
Reactivation
The purpose of the R3 Program is to place a priority on recruiting, retaining and reactivating sportsmen and women into active hunting, angling, and shooting sport participants. This is done through new innovative programs and workshops, improved management of wildlife species and habitats, as well as developing a conservation stewardship.
Featured Programs
Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area Managed Waterfowl Hunt
Take A Kid annual Pheasant Hunt
Pheasant Stocking Program
Mentored Hunt and Hunting Workshop Programs
- Mentored Turkey Hunt – April 26 to 28, 2026
- Talkin’ Turkey Seminars – March 21, 2026
- Fur Handling Workshop – February 8, 2026
- Joint Veterans, Active Military and Youth Day Waterfowl Hunting Experience – January 31, 2026
- Deer Butchering Workshop – Northern Location – January 10, 2026
- Women’s Mentored Waterfowl Hunt – Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area – December 12 and 13, 2025
- Deer Butchering Workshop – Northern Location – November 22, 2025
- Veterans and Active Military Waterfowl Hunting Experience – November 8, 2025
- Intro to Small Game Workshop – October 22 and 24, 2025
- Mentored Waterfowl Hunt – October 20 and 22, 2025
- Youth Waterfowl Day Hunt – October 11, 2025
- Deer Butchering Workshops – Southern Locations – September 26 and October 3, 2025
Programs the R3 Hunting & Shooting Sports Program Offer
- Deer Butchering Workshops
- Mentored Waterfowl Hunting Workshops
- Waterfowl Hunting Seminars
- Intro to Small Game Hunting Workshops (Mentored Squirrel Hunts)
- Turkey Hunting Seminars
- Mentored Turkey Hunting Workshop
- Fur Handling Workshop
- Cable Restraints Workshop
- Introduction to Shooting Sports Clays Workshops
- Women’s Programming
Programming
NJ Fish & Wildlife Mentoring Program
Becoming a Mentor
This program includes hunters and shooting sports enthusiast willing to share their knowledge and passion to new and inexperienced hunters through various workshops and mentored hunts. Anyone interested in becoming an R3 Mentor and participate in our Programs must complete a Mentor Application , as well as complete the required Training Videos and questionnaire. Failure to complete the training requirements will result in an invalid application.
Once you fill out a R3 Mentor Application our R3 Staff will contact you via email regarding your next steps of completing Mentor Training.
The Training videos are produced by The Council To Advance Shooting Sports, a nationwide partnership to which their mission is to facilitate the promotion and growth of hunting and the shooting sports and the education of the public on the contributions that hunters and shooters make towards wildlife conservation.
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Contact Us
Email: R3MentoredHunt@deptest.nj.gov
