MDHA Forkhorn Camps
Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, 460 Peterson Road, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
About
MDHA Forkhorn Camps offer youth hands-on activities that include firearm safety certification, beginning rifle, archery, shotgun, and safe shooting scenarios. Campers take part in marksmanship training, advanced marksmanship, wing shooting training, and learn specialty hunting techniques, deer hunting techniques, and other hunting techniques. The program also includes bow hunting certification, bow hunting tips, tree stand safety, outdoor survival skills, map and compass orienteering, wildlife management, whitetail deer ecology, big game ecology, big and small game biology, game preparation, and instruction in ethical hunting practices and hunter ethics and responsibilities.
• Ages: 11–17 years old
MDHA Forkhorn Camps are part of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, founded in 1980. The organization’s stated mission is “Protecting the future of deer and deer hunting through Habitat, Education, Advocacy and Legislation.” Forkhorn Camps are described as premier youth educational programs for young hunters in Minnesota and neighboring states, with a focus on teaching essential hunting safety, environmental sustainability, and the importance of protecting natural resources, along with conservation-focused education beyond firearm safety. The camps offer hands-on experiences that build confidence and foster respect for the outdoors, and thousands of young outdoor enthusiasts have taken their first steps into hunting and conservation through these camps. Forkhorn Camps provide firearm safety certification and bow hunting certification, and scholarships are available for children of Minnesota Deer Hunters Association members, subject to local chapter requirements.
MDHA is a Minnesota-based conservation organization built by and for Minnesota deer hunters, and local chapters lead projects in Minnesota communities. MDHA partners with Arctic Cat and Floe Trailers to advance conservation, support hunter education, and keep hunting a Minnesota tradition. The Cuyuna Range Whitetails chapter partnered with the CRES Firearm Safety program to support local youth outdoor education.
Last updated July 26, 2026.
• Ages: 11–17 years old
MDHA Forkhorn Camps are part of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, founded in 1980. The organization’s stated mission is “Protecting the future of deer and deer hunting through Habitat, Education, Advocacy and Legislation.” Forkhorn Camps are described as premier youth educational programs for young hunters in Minnesota and neighboring states, with a focus on teaching essential hunting safety, environmental sustainability, and the importance of protecting natural resources, along with conservation-focused education beyond firearm safety. The camps offer hands-on experiences that build confidence and foster respect for the outdoors, and thousands of young outdoor enthusiasts have taken their first steps into hunting and conservation through these camps. Forkhorn Camps provide firearm safety certification and bow hunting certification, and scholarships are available for children of Minnesota Deer Hunters Association members, subject to local chapter requirements.
MDHA is a Minnesota-based conservation organization built by and for Minnesota deer hunters, and local chapters lead projects in Minnesota communities. MDHA partners with Arctic Cat and Floe Trailers to advance conservation, support hunter education, and keep hunting a Minnesota tradition. The Cuyuna Range Whitetails chapter partnered with the CRES Firearm Safety program to support local youth outdoor education.
Last updated July 26, 2026.
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