Basic Hunter Education

[DJF3864]

I have been trying to get into the Basic Hunter Education course, however the second the schedule is up they are all full or a hundred miles away.

Does anyone know another place to take this course? Would the instructors do a private course over two days or something like that? I wanted to get out hunting next year and need to get this taken care of, been trying since the fall classes.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Dan

 

[pupchow]

Did you sign up for notification? I recieved notices of class openings via the mail, while there were none shown available on the site.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/education/hed/forms/basic_request_form.htm

 

[ochmude]

Did you sign up for notification? I recieved notices of class openings via the mail, while there were none shown available on the site.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/education/hed/forms/basic_request_form.htm

Do you have to sign up annually for notification? I signed up in the fall and received one post card for a course that I was unable to make due to work. I haven't received any notices since.

 

[pupchow]

Do you have to sign up annually for notification? I signed up in the fall and received one post card for a course that I was unable to make due to work. I haven't received any notices since.

While I'm not aware of the ins/outs of how the DFW runs this, I'd sign up again. I received two notices within a few months, then none.

 

[DJF3864]

I did sign-up to receive the postcards and got nothing.

After signing up online I called the Wildlife office and spoke with someone to make sure that everything was all set. I would be willing to travel to a weekend course, however I can't get anywhere by 6pm during the week thats more than 20 mins away (thats with traffic).

 

[ochmude]

Thanks. I just signed up again. I can't believe there was a course at Agawam that's already full. That's my club and I never even heard that there would be a course there .

 

[Ma$$hole]

If a club is full call and ask anyway. They used to turn no one away when classes were full. I think they'll put as many bodies in there as they can fit. we had 50+ people in my class in a room that was no larger than 12' x 25'.

 

[Aube]

Crap. I didn't know they started that already. I need to take mine.

 

[cockpitbob]

The one at Danvers F&G filled up about 2 weeks after I got the notice (I was out of town) and they closed it when they got 10 on the waiting list.

Reading has one every starting 3/4/2010 and running every Thurs pm for 6 weeks. It's not public knowledge yet, but there will be one starting in April in N. Andover.

Give the DF&W Hunter Education program a call and ask. (978-772-0693) That's how I found out about the N. Andover one before being publicly announced.