Ranger leans down as she's teaching a young girl how to shoot a bow and arrow at an archery range.

Hosting more than 325,000 recreational visitors each year, Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge is a popular area for hiking, fishing and watching wildlife. Partnering with the state of Rhode Island and nonprofit organizations, the refuge offers occasional archery-only deer hunts on a limited basis to targeted hunter groups. For hunting opportunities on other Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuges, visit the websites for the other Refuges in the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex: Ninigret, Trustom Pond, John H. Chafee, and Block Island