Hunter Safety course requirements

Don't know about other state's, but Maine's DIFW Hunter Safety Office keeps impeccable records and is super helpful. I quit hunting after college, and didn't have a hunting license between about 1990 and 2005. When I wanted to start again, I called the state and asked if they'd still have a record of my having passed Hunter Safety at summer camp in the early 80's. All I could remember was the name of the camp where I took the course, and that it was in 82 or 83. Two minutes later the lady on the other end of the phone had my record, and in two days I received a new hunter safety card in the mail.

Now, if only the DMV could function with that level of service . . . .
 
I took it in Alabama, back around 1984, for deer hunting in Georgia. I lost the card over the years, and the state lost all the records...seems the instructor kept them and had passed. Anyhoo, I had to take it again, so I could hunt Mississippi and Arkansas, etc....even after running rages, training, and weapons repair, etc. in the military for years. Go figure. Anyhoo, I don't plan on losing a copy of that again...even if I can't find my passport right now. LOL
 


Bill: One of the problems with NH records, as I'am sure you will recall, is that when the main Concord office burned down all the paper records were lost. So in the past two decades or so they have good records- but before that - out of luck. I agree with other comments in that I've seen some people who could certainly use a refresher course for muzzle control.
 
I recieved my Hunter Safety Training Certificate on August 26,1972 from the State of Pennsylvania Game Commission. On the back, it reads "Cannot be replaced". This may have been changed since the program started. I had to get the Hunter Saftey Course back then to get a Canadian moose hunting license. That has been changed up there in Quebec as you only need an old hunters licenses or a Hunter Saftey Card. I still have my original card that I have carried with me since I got it.
I would do a "Search" before I wanted to go to any State or Province to hunt, all States and Provinces have their own reguirements and hunting laws. Good Luck!
 
Most points have been covered and since I teach the course in Minn. I am a bit one sided. Here the state will put Firearms safety on your drivers license. I have never had to prove the point for ND though?? Absolutly the states need to get together with a system. I hunt three states and never have had a problem. The classes themselves are so different between states I am not sure reciprocacy alone is the answer. Just one more thing to keep track of. Oh yeah age and years of carring a gun do not mean safe hunting practices. "I'm just saying"
 
As far as I know the Province of Ontario does not issue a Hunter Safety Card, just a license. I wonder what folks from here use to get a permit in states requiring a Safety Card?

In order to hunt with a gun here you need to hold both a hunting license and a firearms license. To obtain both requires a 20 hour training course, a practical examination and a written examination. Once completed you get your licenses. The firearms license is federal and the hunting license is provincial. The entire 20 hours is devoted to safe hunting and handling of firearms.
 
I just answered my own question. I did a little checking on the government website and discovered there is an H1 code on my Outdoors Card (license) that indicates if I have completed the safe hunting course and the firearms license. I checked my card and it is indeed there. I had never noticed it before. I took the information below from the website. Now I wonder if other jurisdictions know about this. LOL

Ontario recognizes two types of resident hunters: gun hunters and non-gun hunters.
  • Gun Hunting - The Class H1 Outdoors Card allows hunting with all the methods permitted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (guns, archery and falconry). To qualify for a H1 Outdoors Card, the applicant must provide proof of passing both the Ontario Hunter Education Course exam and the Canadian Firearms Safety Course exam.
  • Non-Gun Hunting - The Class H2 Outdoors Card allows hunting with all the methods permitted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act except guns (primarily archery and falconry). To qualify for a H2 Outdoors Card, the applicant must provide proof of passing the Ontario Hunter Education Course exam.
 
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