Maron McConnell has been actively involved in teaching hunter safety for over twelve years. He is an avid outdoorsman who has an unselfish desire to help young hunters and has dedicated countless hours to the program.

Alabama has one of the best hunter safety records in the Southeast, and Maron’s leadership is partly responsible for that accomplishment. In 2004, Maron became certified as a Hunter Education Instructor Trainer and in 2006 he worked tirelessly throughout the summer to construct a new shooting range for use by the Tallapoosa Hunter Education program. The range added greatly to overall safety and increased the overall effectiveness of the course.

Always looking for improvement, he has been involved in numerous activities to advance youth and women participation in outdoor education and shooting sports and has helped plan and conduct a firearm safety program and live fire exercise for disabled youngsters during special deer hunts held at Camp ASCCA.

He continually goes above and beyond what is required to give attendees of his hunter safety classes a first rate experience. While live fire exercises are not mandatory in today’s hunter safety classes, Maron and his fellow instructors insist on giving their students this opportunity so that they feel comfortable and competent when heading to the woods. In addition, they have one of the only classes in the state with stimulated hunting exercises featuring shoot/don’t shoot scenarios.

Maron has given of this time and wisdom to the Alabama Hunter Education Association, a state-wide association for volunteer instructors, by serving on the board of directors for his district. Furthermore, he has volunteered countless hours manning Hunter Education booths at Conservation expos, working at the Archery in the Schools State Championships and coaching youth at skeet ranges.

For his outstanding commitment to Hunter Safety Education we present the 2007 Hunter Safety Instructor of the Year, Mr. Maron McConnell.