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Hunter Education Program Course Mission To improve hunter ethics, teach hunting safety, promote landowner-hunter relations, encourage knowledge of laws and regulations, and learn about wildlife resources. History Optional hunter education began in North Dakota in the 1970s. In 1979 hunter education became mandatory through legislative process and required that all people born after 1961 complete a certified course in order to purchase a hunting license. Since then more than 130,000 persons have been certified. The program is funded on a seventy-five/twenty-five percent split between the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act and the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Course Content The minimum 14-hour course includes lectures, demonstrations, discussion, videos, guest speakers, and explores a wide range of firearms and their safe use and the ethics required to be a modern hunter. Who Can Take Course? Students must be at least 11 years old to attend and be certified. Note: Adults not required to have the course to hunt in North Dakota (i.e., born before 1962) but who want to hunt in other states should check those states' requirements early in the year. Then if certification is required they have time to arrange to take a North Dakota course. When Are Courses Held? Courses are most often taught in the first half of the year in most North Dakota communities. Students should inquire early in the year to assure course completion before the upcoming hunting season. Adults are encouraged to attend. Who teaches the course? Courses are taught by volunteer, certified hunter education instructors. |