Are the hunter safety classes the same all over?

[rem700]

You may be exempt in Alabama but if you should some day wish to hunt another state they may have different requirments that you must meet.

Just checked the Alabama website. If your born after Aug. 1, 1977 you have to take a safety course. Either a 10 hour classroom class followed by a written test OR a CD-ROM course followed by a field day, includes basic safety ( how to cross fences and stuff) plus how to load and unload various weapons. Its FREE for folks 10 years and older. Since I was born in 1961 I am exempt. Learned all about how to handle and be safe with guns from my dad when I was around 10 by shooting my dads .22 auto. My first gun was a .410 H&R full choke single shot on my 12th birthday. BTW I still have it.

 

[S.Kenton]

I agree.. the online classroom, when it comes to H.S., should not be allowed. As an instructor I have two options for my courses I teach, one is an online study course.. where the students study online, then refer to me to take the test. The second option is the traditional H.S. class..I choose the second option, I believe the students get more out of the material in a classroom setting. It also allows me to help different students on a one on one basis. A good instructor can read a student and tell what areas he/she may be struggling in.. a computer can't.
Just my 2 cents

 

[Scorpmann3518]

Talked to someone today and found out that the classroom course is free and includes the field part. Best part is there is one close to where I live so I'm going to go do that. Makes more sense than a 90 mile round trip in December just for a field course. Just annoying the web site didn't point all this out before hand. Would have saved me 19.50. Oh well. Sure it will be far more interesting with the instructor I was told about.