The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety courses in five counties in March. (List follows).
Students who have taken the online course and wish to complete the classroom portion must bring the online-completion report with them. Traditional course students must complete the entire course in person.
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:
Online Completion Courses
Liberty
March 5 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Woodmen of the World Camp,
22459 NE Woodmen of the World Road in Hosford
Escambia
March 7 (6 to 10 p.m.) and March 19 (7 to 10 a.m.)
Booker T. Washington High School,
6000 College Parkway, Pensacola
Jefferson
March 12 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Bar-C Ranch, 6022 Old Lloyd Road, Monticello
Calhoun
March 26 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office,
20091 NW Maxie Waldorff Road, Blountstown
Traditional Courses (must complete all days)
Bay
March 5 & 6 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
BayCountyRange,
10900 Steelfield Road, Panama City Beach
Escambia
March 7, 9, 15, 16 (6 to 10 p.m.) and March 19 (7 to 10 a.m.)
Booker T. Washington High School,
6000 College Parkway, Pensacola
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.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Hunter safety courses offered in March