Hunter Safety

[robb92]

If you did take hunters safety your # should be in the system when you use your wild id number, I know mine is. So you wouldn't have to carry the certificate around with you. i just print out a copy of the page with all my info on it and leave in my wallet.

[shoot-em-dead]

The rule has always been that you need either a hunter ed class or a privious licence to get a licence in Washington. That is what is throwing me for a loop here. If you have a wild ID in washington state then how can they turn it and say you now need the class? That is why I think the origional post is refering to another state.

[bobcat]

Because not everybody that has a WILD ID number has had hunter's ed. They are just going to enforce the law that requires anybody born after January 1, 1972 to take hunter's ed before purchasing a hunting license. A previous license is no longer accepted as proof that a person has had hunter's ed. At least that is the way I understand it.

[Curly]

I don't think my hunter safety number is in the system.  I'll have to check, but I don't think it is.  Doesn't matter for me though, since I'm as old as dirt and I am not required to provide proof of hunter ed.  If I go to hunt some other state someday that requires proof, I'll have to figure out how to prove that I took the course in 1978.....or was it 1979?

[Skyvalhunter]

Or 1950?

[andrew_12gauge]

i have a wild id # and took hunters ed but somehow wa state has never had my hunter ed # on my licenses o well not planning on hunting in washington this next year anyway if i ever do again i can do the online course here in idaho pretty easily

[huntnphool]

 I took the class back in the 70's, long before they made it a requirement but dont have anything to show that I did. Is there a place to contact to get a certificate?

[bobcat]

Yes, contact the WDFW in Olympia. I had to get a new certificate 10 years ago when I hunted in Utah. They'll have you fill out an affidavit stating where and when you took the course and you'll get a new card. I got a plastic orange card to replace the green paper one I got when I took the class in '79.

[huntnphool]

Right on, thanks Bobcat. I know where and approximately when but not exactly sure.

[bobcat]

http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/huntered/duplicate_card.html

[.Forty_One]

Hey all-
I was born in '72 and just restarted hunting this year- first season since the early '90's, when the Hunter Safety class mandate first showed up.
As I remember, early on the rule was that you could buy a license if you had one from the previous year, even if you hadn't taken the course and were born after '71. At one point I think I ended up unable to find my old license, too late in the year to take a course- so no hunting that year for me.
A person who'd been buying a license every year probably never needed to prove having taken the course.
As for taking the course, it was actually pretty rewarding. If you have to go take it, just go do it- just make sure to sign up really early!

[Pathfinder101]

FOr those of you who are planning to take the course as adults (either because you want to or because you have to for some reason), grab a kid and take it with them.  Son, daughter, neice, nephew, neighbor's kid...  Kids generally have an open mind about hunting, and are willing to go into the class with a blank slate.  You might prevent someone from joining PETA one day.
I have been instructing Hunters Ed for about 4 years, and we get the same comment over and over from adults who attend the course with their kids:  "Wow, I've been hunting for ____ years, and I didn't know that!"  In fact, because of guest instructors teaching their specialties, I learn something every time I teach the course. 

[runningboard]

FOr those of you who are planning to take the course as adults (either because you want to or because you have to for some reason), grab a kid and take it with them.  Son, daughter, neice, nephew, neighbor's kid...  Kids generally have an open mind about hunting, and are willing to go into the class with a blank slate.  You might prevent someone from joining PETA one day.

great idea Pathfinder!

the original poster's friend may have gotten a ticket for a game violation and the judge ordered him/her to take the course, more common than you might think.