Originally Posted by
jicand
Wait? How ethical is it to have a kid who has never shot a gun take a hunter's safety course? They need more gun time that 3 days during a course with a 22 to be comfortable with a deer rifle. Some people just don't think
to some hunter ed class is first experience they have to hunting and/or guns,
class is to make sure that individual is safe with that gun,
not to make him a good shot,
safe around other people is priority,
personally i would like to see hunter ed expanded to cover more things in detail,
current hunter ed is 10-12 hrs
would extending it to 12-20 hrs be fair?
my gripe with hunter ed is why make gun basic class, then additional for bow?
shouldnt it be other way around, basic class can hunt with a bow,
then additional class covering gun hunting alone?