Hunter safety internet-completion courses offered in October

 

For immediate release: Oct. 5, 2017

Media contact: Bekah Nelson, 850-265-3676

 

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Hunter safety internet-completion courses offered in October

 

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety internet-completion courses in eight counties in October (list follows).

 

Students who have taken the online course and wish to complete the classroom portion must bring the online-completion report with them.

 

All firearms, ammunition and materials are provided free of charge. Students should bring a pen or pencil and paper. An adult must accompany children younger than 16 at all times.

 

Anyone born on or after June 1, 1975, must pass an approved hunter safety course and have a hunting license to hunt alone (unsupervised). The FWC course satisfies hunter-safety training requirements for all other states and Canadian provinces.

 

The locations and times are:

 

Bay County

Oct. 28 (8 a.m. to 1 p.m. CDT)

Bay County Shooting Range

10900 Steelfield Road in Panama City Beach

 

Calhoun County

Oct. 14 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT)

Calhoun Correctional Institution

19562 SE Institution Drive #1 in Blountstown

 

Franklin County

Oct. 7 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT)

Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Training Facility

270 State Road 65 in Eastpoint

 

Gadsden County

Oct. 7 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT)

Talon Range

550 Commerce Blvd. in Midway

 

Jefferson County

Oct. 21 (8 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT)

Old Fields Plantation

396 Booth Lane in Monticello

 

Liberty County

Oct. 21 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT)

Woodmen of the World Camp

22459 NE Woodmen of the World Road in Hosford

 

Wakulla County

Oct. 14 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT)

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

St. Marks, FL 32355

 

Washington County

Oct. 14 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m. CDT)

Hard Labor Creek Shooting Sports

2131 Clayton Road in Chipley

 

Those interested in attending a course can register online and obtain information about future hunter safety classes at MyFWC.com/HunterSafety or by calling the FWC’s regional office in Panama City at 850-265-3676.

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