Sports and Outdoors

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Free hunter safety course upcoming

FORT WAYNE — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Allen County 4-H Shooting Sports program will host a free, two-day hunter safety education class at the Allen County Extension Office.

The course will be Feb. 5 and 12, from 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Participants must attend both days. The course will take place at the Allen County Extension Office, 4001 Crescent Ave, Fort Wayne (on the east side of IPFW Campus). Class size is limited. Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own sack lunch.

Topics to be covered at the course include hunting heritage, early firearms history, firearms safety, hunter responsibility, wildlife conservation and management, wildlife identification, care of game, specialty hunting (muzzleloading, handguns, bow hunting), survival and first aid and water safety.

Persons born on or after Dec. 31, 1986, must successfully complete a hunter education course in order to purchase a hunting license. Anyone age 12 and under must be accompanied during the course by a parent or guardian.

Instructors for the course are certified by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

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