Hunter safety courses (March)

Hunter safety internet-completion courses offered in March

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety internet-completion courses in eight counties in March. (List follows.)

Students who have taken the online course and wish to complete the classroom portion must bring the online-completion report with them.

All firearms, ammunition and materials are provided free of charge. Students should bring a pen or pencil and paper. An adult must accompany children younger than 16 at all times.

Anyone born on or after June 1, 1975, must pass an approved hunter safety course and have a hunting license to hunt alone (unsupervised). The FWC course satisfies hunter-safety training requirements for all other states and Canadian provinces.

The dates and times are:

Alachua

March 11 (8 a.m. until complete) Gainesville

Baker

March 11 (8 a.m. until noon) Macclenny and (1 p.m. until complete) Lake City

Citrus

March 4 (9 a.m. until complete) Lecanto

Clay

March 7 (6 to 9 p.m.) Keystone Heights and March 11 (8 a.m. until complete) Graham

March 23 (6 to 9 p.m.) Middleburg and March 25 (8 a.m. until complete) Graham

Columbia

March 2 (6 to 9 p.m.) and March 4 (8:30 a.m. until complete) Lake City

Duval

March 23 (6 to 9 p.m.) and March 25 (8:30 a.m. until complete) Jacksonville

Nassau

March 3 (6 to 9 p.m.) and March 4 (8 to 11 a.m.) Yulee

Union

March 2 (6 to 9 p.m.) Worthington Springs and March 4 (11 a.m. until complete) Gainesville.

The specific locations for these classes will be given to those who register in advance. Those interested in attending a course can register online and obtain information about future hunter safety classes at MyFWC.com/HunterSafety or by calling the FWC’s regional office in Lake City at 386-758-0525.