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Practical Approach:
I was lucky enough to be born in 1972, so I took the hunter education course when it became mandatory.  Even though I had been hunting with the family since I was 8 years old.  If everyone born from 1972 on has to take the course, I feel that those hunters born before 1972, that are applying for their first license should have to take the class as well.  I have several friends that would like me to take them hunting who are born before 1972 and the thought of those guys buying tags and heading out into the woods without any formal education and not coming from a hunting family scares the hell out of me.  

lokidog:
I think every hunter should have to take it no matter how old or how long you have been hunting!  I also think that any person who has a firearm in the house, whether they hunt or not, should have their kid(s) go through hunter safety.

Special T:
I think stupid people don't take well to being educated.  :twocents: If you need a class to tell you to look at your target more closely to make sure its a bear/deer/elk your probably beyond help... If you actually give   :twocents: you will probably figure it out.  :bash:

Practical Approach:
I agree the stupid and careless will probably not gain a thing from a class. However, someone with some intelligence that has never hunted before might learn something that would make them a safer hunter.  Little things that I learned from my dad such as how to hold a gun, always have your gun safety on, never leave your gun loaded when your not hunting, never look down a barrel, always treat a gun as if it is loaded.  Simple stuff that a newbie may have never heard before.  It may be commonsense to hunters and people who handle guns, but not to someone new to guns and hunting.  :twocents:

Bob33:
Being a hunter education instructor, I think it is a good idea because the class covers more than firearm safety.  However, the point about some people not learning is valid. Younger students typically learn more than older students in my experience.

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