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Officially got my hunters ed done today and man...

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jeffhalfrack:
I'm sure glad you are in Kentucky ! ,,,,,,,,,I lost a best friend to a hunting accident ,,,,it was a young hunter ,,that made the mistake ,,,,with all due respect ,,,your attitude could use some improvement . Unless I read this the wrong way ,don't expect an apology ,,from me good luck Jeff w

Hawkdancer:
Been teaching Hunter Ed in Colorado since 1980.  It is required if you were born after 1January 1949.  I teach mostly small classes and prefer youth oriented groups.  The course is designed to emphasize safety.  The program is credited with reducing firearms related incidents by about 90%.  The online portion of the "academics" is in keeping with modern learning processes, and allows greater numbers to experience the training.  We generally have Internet Conclusion" classes available almost every weekend within a reasonable distance(out here, that about 100 miles, or so).  We now allow veterans and experienced Hunter's to test out.  All the states meet guidelines established by the International Hunter Education Association, are reviewed periodically.  Also, you may have gotten caught in the midst of a system wide ammo shortage that only let up this spring.  FYI, in order to hunt certain federal areas, you must have a hunter d cad, regardless of age.  Sorry for the long drive, but you got your card.  Hunt safely!  Personally, I believe there should be a mandatory refresher course every 5 years, especially for Hunters over  40! They tend to forget things!
Hawkdancer, Hunter Ed Instructor

Parnell:
I took the Florida course about 10 years ago and thought it was a very valuable course.  My range day wasn't so far away, thankfully.

It was pretty involved.  3 separate class days...2 evenings and a Saturday and then the range day we qualified archery, bolt action, and I believe shotgun?  It was a very good experience.  I especially thought being able to ask a fish and wildlife officer questions was great.

Tracker0721:
I believe we should have a much better hunters ed and some sort of firearm safety. I took hunters ed when I was 8. It took a week after school, had homework, hands on rifles/shotguns/pistols/muzzleloader/bow and we shot everything at the end. Also had multiple trips up the hill to learn and show safety while walking and with vehicles. Also did a bunch on shoot or don’t situations and animal ID.

Fast forward to last year my girlfriend got hers. She did the online class in a few hours. Signed up for a field day and we went there. I corrected the old guy teaching the class on multiple laws he had wrong. I had him take an antique shotgun out of his rotation due to the firearm having an illegal barrel length and no serial numbers. They did a written test in 10 minutes and he passed everyone. Wrong answers and all. They did a hands on tell calibers, show handling, etc and the guy said “I’m an archer so I’m not sure about all this”. Couldn’t even find the caliber on one or tell if it was a rifle or shotgun. I made my thoughts on this guy well known and he’s still teaching classes. Classes are total jokes. I’m gonna get my cert to teach one day so at least some people will learn the correct laws and how to safely handle firearms.

Nidhoggr:
That's about how I feel about it.  I've been using firearms for years and bows for years.  It made me very uneasy knowing people are permitted to hunt and will point guns indirectly at me in the woods while I am hunting and have virtually no idea what they are doing.

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