MDC's hunter education certification
Hunting seasons will approach quickly as summer wanes. Now is a good time to become hunter education certified through the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) training to be prepared for autumn hunts. Missouri’s Hunter Education Course is required for anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1967, and buys a firearms season hunting permit, or any person age 11 to 15 who hunts alone. The course teaches safety, skills and ethics
MDC provides several ways to become hunter education certified. The course is divided into a knowledge section and a skills session that includes an exam. Both the knowledge and skills portion must be completed to become certified.
For the knowledge section, an online study program is available. Participants must complete all chapter reviews online to take the skills session. The cost for those who complete the course and pass the exam is $15. Participants can also obtain study guides for free at MDC offices or by ordering them online. They must present completed chapter reviews in the study guide to instructors at the skills session. MDC also offers a free, four-hour classroom session for learning the hunter education requirements that includes lectures, videos and filling out chapter reviews.
Missouri Hunter Education skills sessions are offered at varying dates at MDC offices and nature centers, as well as at conservation partner locations. In the Kansas City area, MDC’s Lake City Shooting Range and Parma Woods Shooting Range are among the sites that offer skills sessions, which include hands-on safety demonstrations and exams. Several other sites also offer skills sessions including MDC offices in Sedalia and St. Joseph.
MDC’s Hunter Education Course has a webpage that will lead to links to use the online study guide, to order printed study guides, to find class schedules, to find outdoor skills sessions, or to register for a session. Visit http://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/hunter-education-skills-training.
I will be teaching a Hunter Education Skills Session on September 9, 2015. The course will be taught at the Hamilton Middle School Commons from 4:30pm-8:30pm.
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Chase Wright
Caldwell County Conservation Agent
660-605-2912
Chase.Wright@mdc.mo.gov
Missouri is a great place to hunt. For more information, visit http://www.mdc.mo.gov.
