[DANA]

68 people passed my Hunter Safty course today. Only four dropouts all with the same last name and only one class to go. Took all morning on the range to fire all the students.

DANA

hopefully they don't get buck fever and shoot at movement they can't identify :insane:

[Oxford]

DANA...were they named Loser, Losser, Loser and Loser. Musta been a bunch of lawyers. They missed out on a chance of a lifetime to learn those skills and knowledge.

[Bookman]

That's a big class, Dana. I just certified a group of 26 over the weekend. Took us about 45 minutes to shoot the .22 rifle part of the course (two shooters at a time).

[jerry]

I found my hunter safety card from 1980 while I was looking for duck stamps. We appreciate the time the instructors put into it. :right:

[hounddawg]

Reading this thread reminds me....

I do not need to complete a Hunter Safety course, because in the state of Tennesse people born before 1969 are considered to be

a) too old of a dog to learn new tricks,
b) safe enough, having survived this long, or
c) too decrepid to hunt anyway.

My 15 year-old daughter is expressing a desire to accompany me when the deer season opens, and therefore she needs to complete the aforementioned course. Who do I contact in the Coffee County area?

[DANA]

Check with your Fish & Wildlife Dept and they should be able to tell you

DANA

[wirehunt]

In New Zealand part of getting your firearms liceince is a hunter training course. They do two, four hour sessions from memory. Personally I like them because they do make people a lot more aware.

[Dakota_kid]

here in South Dakota we don't have to take the class if we are older than 16 so if I just decided that I wanted to hunt after I was 16 I wouldn't have to take any classes (unless It was for bowhunting then we need to have a bowhunting certificate)
DANA, what do you shoot? what my class shot was shotgun. I didn't get to go, I had to go to the State Fair instead.

[DANA]

We use 22's and can use 20Ga Shotguns

DANA

[Bookman]

We use .22's and 20 ga. shotgun also. We allow students to bring their own guns for the shooting part of the class.

[DANA]

Same here

DANA

[Bookman]

Dana - do you ever get grief over letting the students bring their own guns to a safety class?

Some instructors are dead against it. They say they can't control what the student brings.

My philosophy is to let the student bring a gun he's familiar with, rather that force one of our guns on him.

[gunssb]

I know an instructor here who got yelled at because he didn't verify if the guns people brought to his rifle course were registered with the state if they were "assault weapons" under the cali ban. I think he now requires students to specify what gun they will bring beforehand so he can say yay or nay.

[DANA]

I have them bring their firearm on the next to the last night to class to see what shape it is in. They must follow all the rules when they bring the firearm. It stays on the table and they can't touch it till time to leave. Most can use what they bring but some wouldn't make a good fence post. Also I don't allow tube mags as the coach on the range hands one shell at a time to the shooter. I.E. they load one at a time from the breech.

DANA

[camo]

I hear of people walking into stores and just filling out a form for there hunting lincense no questions ask.. how is this possible ?? makes you feel a little unsafe in the woods