hunters safety?

All states and Canadian provinces require hunter safety to my knowledge.

It's a requirement. The majority of hunting related deaths in Colorado are due to hypothermia; this should be emphasized in the safety classes taught in CO.

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Originally Posted by mpatch

From what I have gathered there is no way around taking the damn hunters safety course? I am a transplant and didn't need it where I'm from. I have been hunting both archery and gun for years but now I need to take some BS class? I get a kick out of the "since we started making hunters ed mandatory deaths have dropped by X" when the case is fewer and fewer people are hunting due to a lot of reasons regulations being one of the bigger ones so of course accidents are going to be reduced.

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If you want to hunt in Colorado, suck it up and take the class. It's not that big of a deal. There are night classes that span over three or four days. Even the online class requires some actual classroom time and a mandatory live fire class.

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Originally Posted by barney fife

It's a requirement. The majority of hunting related deaths in Colorado are due to hypothermia; this should be emphasized in the safety classes taught in CO.

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Yep, I discuss it. Unfortunately, as much as people complain about the length of the class, there is so much material that is required and should be taught that we can't get into the depth we'd like to.

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Originally Posted by Irving

That's what I've been told. I looked on the Sportsman's Warehouse site and it looks like their class spans over three days, is that correct?

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I think it depends on the class type. I thought it was 2 full days for the "sit down" class. I took mine a few years back when they just started the online/home study course. For me the 1st class was in Wheatridge, took about 3 hours. Over the next week or so you do the online home study. Went to the DOW office in Denver for the final written test and firearm/shooting safety test. I remember the website said to print out the homestudy results to take them to the instructor but he said they were changing that rule and didn't have to do that.

internet course info link
http://wildlife.state.co.us/Hunting/...EInternet.aspx

home study link
http://homestudy.ihea.com/

I think it is a good thing, I still remember some of the stuff I was taught in 1980. The wife took it before we got married and she enjoyed it.