4-H Wildlife Judging

Wildlife Judging trains young people in decision making skills related wildlife management. Team members will learn:

• To determine wildlife management practices needed for a given situation
• To match foods to the different species of wildlife which eat them
• To match the different habitats used by each species of wildlife

The contest has three parts. In Part I, members are taken to a site to judge. They will evaluate the site and determine the wildlife management practices that are needed for each individual species of wildlife. This should include a pond for aquatic species. Members then place sites marked on aerial photos for each species of wildlife in Part II. In Part III, members are given wildlife foods and asked to determine which species of wildlife will each of the foods.