November 20, 2012
By Florida Sportsman Newswire
From FWC Press Release
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will host a free hunter safety course on Dec. 1 from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m.
Participants must successfully complete the online portion of the course prior to attending and bring the final Web report to the FWC course on Dec. 1. It does not have to be notarized.
Students will learn about hunting laws, safe gun handling and hunter ethics/responsibility, among other topics, before taking the final test. The course also includes live-firing instruction on a shooting range.
The class will be held at the Glades County Sheriff's Office Shooting Range in Moore Haven on Gun Club Road (north of the city barn), three miles north of U.S. 27 on S.R. 78, and six miles south of Lakeport, near the Fisheating Creek entrance. (GPS will not work for this location.)
Participants can sign up at MyFWC.com/HunterSafety or by calling the FWC's South Region Office at 561-625-5122. A link to the online part of the course and a statewide schedule of hunter safety classes are available at MyFWC.com/HunterSafety.
Anyone born on or after June 1, 1975, must pass an approved hunter safety course before purchasing a Florida hunting license. Parents or legal guardians must accompany children under 16 years of age to all classes. To participate in live-fire exercises, children under 18 years old must present a parental release form signed by a parent or legal guardian.
