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Firearms Hunter Safety Courses

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The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Hunter Education Course is more than a "gun safety" class. The basic mandatory course consists of classroom instruction. Each course is taught by a trained, certified volunteer instructor according to statewide standards. The course covers the following topics:

Total Course = 12 Hours

  • Proper Handling = 2 Hours
  • Rifle and Shotgun = 2 Hours (1 hr. each)
  • Survival/First Aid = 2 Hours
  • Hunter Responsibility = 2 Hours
  • Map and Compass = 2 Hours
  • Landowner Relations = 1 Hour
  • Time as Needed in Course = 1 Hour

Students are provided with a course handbook, outdoor survival information, and additional handouts. Courses involve lectures and demonstrations by instructors, homework, field experiences and a final written exam. The minimum course length is 12 hours, although many will average more. You must attend every day of the class in order to receive your certificate.

New courses will be posted below as they become available.

Androscoggin County
Location
Contact
Date/Time
No classes availabe at this time
Aroostook County
Location
Contact
Date/Time
Caribou - Adult Ed Karen
(207) 493-4272
January 12, 13, 19, & 20, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
Cumberland County
Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes availabe at this time

Franklin County
Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes availabe at this time

Hancock County
Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes availabe at this time

Kennebec County
Location
Contact
Date/Time
Chelsea - Elementary School Adult Ed
(207) 549-4687
March 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
Winslow - Fire Department Don Perrine
(207) 660-6382
June 1, 3, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
June 5, 2010
8 - 4:30 p.m.
Winslow - Fire Department Don Perrine
(207) 660-6382
August 31, 2010
and
September 2, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
September 4, 2010
8 - 4:30 p.m.
Winslow - Fire Department Don Perrine
(207) 660-6382
October 5 & 7, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
October 9, 2010
8 - 4:30 p.m.
Knox County
Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes availabe at this time

 

Lincoln County
Location
Contact
Date/Time

 

No classes availabe at this time

Oxford County
Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes availabe at this time

Penobscot County
Location
Contact
Date/Time
Newport - Nokomis High School Adult Ed
(207) 368-3290
July 10 & 11, 2010
9 - 4 p.m.
Corinth - Central Middle School Jean Chesley
(207) 285-3334
October 16 & 17, 2010
9 - 4 p.m.
Newport - Nokomis High School Adult Ed
(207) 368-3290
October 23 & 24, 2010
9 - 4 p.m.

Piscataquis County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Guilford - High School

Piscataquis Valley Adult Ed Coop.
(207) 564-6525 or

Woody Thompson
(207) 876-3497

April 12, 13, 14, & 15, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
Dover Foxcroft - Sedomocha Middle School

Piscataquis Valley Adult Ed Coop.
(207) 564-6525 or

Woody Thompson
(207) 876-3497

September 11 & 12, 2010
9 - 4 p.m.
Greenville - High School Supt of Schools - Leave Message
(207) 695-3708
September 17, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
September 18, 2010
8 - 5 p.m.
Guilford - Piscataquis Comm. Hogh School Piscataquis Valley Adult Ed Coop.
(207) 564-6525
September 20, 21, 22, & 23, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.

Sagadahoc County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
No classes available at this time

 

Somerset County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Fairfield - VFW Post #6924 Don Perrine
(207) 660-6382
April 13 & 15, 2010
and
April 7, 2010
8 - 4:30 p.m.
Fairfield - VFW Post #6924 Don Perrine
(207) 660-6382
August 3 & 5, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
August 7, 2010
8 - 4:30 p.m.
Pittsfield - Vickery School

Don Perrine
(207) 660-6382 or

Peggy at school
(207)487-5145

September 20, 21, 22, & 23, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
Harmony - Middle School School
(207) 683-3115
October 25, 26, 27, & 28, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
Waldo County
Location
Contact
Date/Time
No classes availabe at this time
Washington County
Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes availabe at this time

 

York County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time