Indiana Hunter Education Association

ICOO Karl E Kelley Memorial Youth Camp Volunteer Form

Ross Camp, West Lafayette, Indiana – June 21 -27, 2026

The 2026 ICOO Karl E Kelley Memorial Youth Camp will be held June 21 – 27, 2026 at Ross Camp, West Lafayette. Each year IHEA assists the camp with the manpower needed to assist the Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division putting on the Hunter Education portion of the camp. This also includes the Range Day that will be held on Tuesday, June 23rd. This is a monumental task where each camper gets the opportunity to experience the hands on training of shooting Archery, Shotgun, Black Powder, Rifles and Pistols.

Hunter & Trapper Education Award Nomination Form

Awarded at The Pines Evergreen Room, Seymour, Indiana – October 10th, 2026

The Indiana Hunter Education Association, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, Outdoor Education Section sponsors the Indiana Volunteer Instructor, Indiana Teaching Team and Indiana Conservation Officer district recognition awards. This is an opportunity to show our appreciation to the men and women who go beyond what is required of them as Hunter and Trapper Education Instructors. The Association is very proud to sponsor this instructor recognition. The volunteer instructor, teaching team and Indiana Conservation Officer who are chosen from each district will be honored at the Indiana Hunter Education Association Banquet on Saturday, October 10th, 2026, at the Pines Evergreen Room in Seymour, IN.

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Upcoming Registrations

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Indiana State Fair DNR Booth Volunteer – July 1st, 2026

Hunter Education Academy – July 7th, 2026

volunteer instructor helping youth shoot a cross bow outdoors

Mission Statement

…to promote hunter education by providing a medium for the exchange of views and experience; by fostering individual, federal-state, and state cooperation and coordination in mutual problems; by promoting the reciprocal recognition of properly educated hunters between districts of the state of Indiana; by cultivating characteristics of honesty, self-discipline, self-reliance, mutual consideration, essentials of good sportsmanship and good citizenship; by promoting programs to prevent hunter accidents; by upholding the image of hunting both as a legitimate tool of wildlife management and as a recreational sport throughout the state of Indiana and to carry out the effective presentation and dissemination of these purposes.