RE: Hunter's Ed Class
I'd like to weigh in on a couple of statements I have read here on this thread so far.
As to the "Brat" kids, I guarantee you that in our classes we don't have that! I have a three strike rule and just like baseball, you get three strikes for being unruly, disruptive, talking out of turn, or goofing off and you're GONE!
Remember our teaching staff are all volunteers and as such I require that students who want to take our classes, rather it be the two weekend (35 hour) resident or the one day (12 hour) supplemental (NR)or R,class or the six hour online (R or NR)class stay focused.
As to this is a joke comment.
Hunter education and all it stands for such as safety, rules, regulations, survival situations and laws, and firearm/bow use is no JOKE!
We strive hard to make sure our graduates are lawful, ethical sportsmen and women,no matter how old they are.
We take our teaching very seriously and anyone who takes the class should to.
Like one person said, you don't have to take an Arizona Hunter Ed class, but there are definitely some good incentives to take it.
Those are the rules. We live in a society governed by rules and regulations and this is the way it is in Arizona. By the way, do you know that Arizona has one of the lowest hunter accident rates in America? There might just be a reason for that...
Anyway, I don't want to get into any shouting matches with folks about hunter education, but please understand and respect what the hundreds of dedicated volunteer instructors are trying to accomplish here in our state.
Don Martin
Master Instructor
AZ Hunter Education
Region III (Kingman)