id have to call you LUCKY. i cant find a class anywhere in the area to attend!!! ours is optional and we have to PAY for it, but i heard it teaches you some good stuff. im going to be new to bowhunting this fall though i been hunting 8 years. id like to take one.

bloodbro, i dont see how a hunter saftey course can make people NOT want to hunt. i know its long and can be boring, i suffered through it and been in the woods and shooting for almost 10yrs prior. i knew gun and hunting saftey but had to have the course. it didnt turn me away from hunting. i understand its their way of educating hunters and getting everyone on the same page. some guys dont know what end of a gun the bullet goes in or comes out. some guys know their stuff. but they gota regulate it and make sure. i think the hunter saftey courses are a good thing. if someone dont want to take the time to take the course they are better off not in the woods.