BABCOCK -- Sportsmen interested in learning the basics of hunting waterfowl can attend an upcoming Beginner Waterfowl Hunting Clinic at the Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center.

The clinic will be held Saturday, Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Bring clothing suitable for the out-of-doors.

The clinic in being held in cooperation with local chapters of Ducks Unlimited and will cover duck identification, hunter ethics, shotgun shooting, and demonstrations on decoying, calling, use of retrieving dogs, boating safety tips and more.

Registration is limited to the first 30 people, ages 12 and up, who mail in their $15 registration fee by Sept. 12.

Participants may stay overnight in the center dorm either prior to or following the event for a donation of $15 per person per night.

Checks should be made out to DNR-Skills Center. Include the name of each participant, and the address and daytime phone number of one person in each party.

Send the registration fee to: Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center, PO Box 156, Babcock, Wis., 54413. Inquiries on the status of registrations may be sent via e-mail to: Richard.Thiel@wisconsin.gov.

The Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center is located 35 miles northeast of Tomah on County Highway X, one mile north of Highway 80 near Babcock, Wisconsin on the 9,000 acre Department of Natural Resources Sandhill Wildlife Area.