RE: For or Against Mandatory Bowhunter Education
Both firearms and bowhunting ed. We have mandatory bowhunter and muzzleloader ed classes here but not basic hunter ed for firearms. You have to have a class and pass a proficiency test to hunt with a bow or muzzleloader but not a high power rifle... now where's the sense in that?! I've seen some damn terrifying behavior with rifle safety up here and most of it has been from guides! Just because someone does it a lot or has done it since childhood, doesn't mean they do it right!!