hunters safety?

[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.

[brokenscout]

I had to find my little HSC from MO 1987. You can take part of it online I think? It sucks , but I only hunt on private land, because people are stupid. good luck.

[SA Friday]

No way around it unless you were born before 1940something.

[mpatch]

I have no problem taking the online class if it was offered more often, like on Sundays or at least in N CO more often. A couple of hours of "home study" and a couple more hands on is fine by me. Might have to just knuckle up and take a Saturday off and miss out on some OT to take the class.

[TriggerHappy]

I need to take it as well, i think it is dumb, but i am also from a state where 90% of the population grew up hunting...Alaska.

[pumpgun]

bottom line is if you were born after Jan 1st 1949 you have to take it. tom

[spqrzilla]

Colorado will recognize proof of completion of a hunter safety course from another state but if you were exempt for some reason in another state but were born after 1949, you will have to take it to hunt in Colorado.

I teach some courses in the Brighton Recreation Center monthly that occur over a weekend.

We even try hard to make sure that there is some useful information even for the old know-it-alls...

[Snowman78]

Myself and my 11 year old daughter just took the class and it was great! Lots of good info.

[newracer]

I took my original class several years ago. Last year I sat through another class when my son took it, it's not that bad. You might even learn a thing or two.

[spencerhenry]

fewer and fewer hunters?
not exactly, hunter numbers are higher than in the past. just take the class, it is not a big deal and you might actually learn something. most states require a hunter safety class. every state i have hunted in requires it.