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HAVRE – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education classroom course dates have been set for the Havre area for this year. There will be at least two regular youth classroom courses offered this year. The courses will be held at MSU-Northern at Cowan Hall, room 300, and are free of charge. The course dates are as follow:
Class 1:
o March 16, 6-7 p.m. - orientation
o March 20-24, 6-9 p.m.- class
o March 25- field day/live shoot
Class 2:
o April 20, 6-7 p.m.- orientation
o April 24-28, 6-9 p.m.- class
o April 29- field day/live shoot
In-person, instructor-led hunter education classroom courses are available to anyone age 10 and older and provide new hunters with a hands-on learning experience. In-person courses are led by volunteer instructors who are passionate about preserving Montana’s hunting tradition, teaching firearm safety, ethics, and other outdoor skills.
Hunter education courses cover basic information and skills related to the safe handling of firearms as well as basic instruction in wildlife management, game identification, landowner/hunter relations, hunter ethics and Montana hunting laws and regulations.
For youth to be eligible to hunt and be fully certified during the 2023 season, they must be 12-years old by January 16, 2024. Students aged 10 and 11 can take the course and hunt as an apprentice but will not be fully certified until the year they turn 12. All registrants for this event must be 10 years of age by the first day of class. Note: Classroom seats may be limited, and those students turning 12 or older may be given priority over younger students.
Classroom students need to pick up the Hunter Education Manual from either the Havre FWP office, Bing N Bob’s, Stromberg’s Sinclair, or the North 40. Students are to read each chapter and complete all review sections before the start of class.
