Online class - safety test - 2 months wait :rotf:
Sorry, I couldn't resist. It's just the way things are, nothing against you. I understand it can be annoying when you are into shooting and hunting and then have to take the class. But as the others said it is still helpful to be reminded and maybe actually learn something from an "old geezer" who is hunting his whole life...
Imagine you would life in a country like the one I am living in and you be interested in starting to hunt...
You have to take a "hunters education course" to even be able to buy a rifle and shotgun for hunting unless you are a sport shooter but that is a story for another night around the campfire. It takes about 4 to 6 months - every weekend 8 am to 5 pm (both days) for the class with six major topics: firearms and safety, dogs, wildlife (flora+fauna), practical hunting, farming, environmental protection. You have a card to report practical hours, you need about 250 to be even allowed to take the tests. The hours will be noted on your card by the teachers or hunters who take you along - it's an official document. That means working and being in the woods, carrying trash out help feeding in the winter, build blinds and stands etc.
Covering the six mentioned topics above you need to be learning for the written test and the face to face test. You fail the written test once - start over, you fail the face to face test you get another set of questions you fail - you start over. Then the shooting and safety test - you fail ... you guessed it: you start over.
Really, nothing against you but it gave me a little chuckle when I read your post.
Much the same when I was fishing in Michigan and the guy behind the counter asked me about my size weight, home address and such and then asked me to pay $12 and gave me the fishing license. I couldn't believe it. For the fishing license it not as strict but pretty much the same time like the hunters ed. I am not defending the system here it's just the way it is.
So be a little patient do your test and you'll be fine.
Good hunting
Silex
:grin: Rat Trapper - beat me to it....