RE: does your state require you to prove you can shoot
ABM- THE FIRST PROFICIENCY TESTING WAS JUST THAT FOR THE HILLSIDE ANCHORAGE MOOSE HUNT AND I BELIEVE FOR THE FORT RICH HUNTS AT THE SAME TIME ( 4 SHOTS AT A BIGGER THAN LIFE SIZE MOOSE TARGET) NO CLASS... THEN THE CLASS WAS STARTED AND THE SHOOT WAS DOUBLED. AND WAS EXPANDED TO OTHER HUNTS. WE (BOWHUNTERS) GOT A BLACK EYE FROM THE HILLSIDE HUNT BECAUSE OF RIFLE HUNTERS GETTING PERMITS AND THEN BUYING A BOW. THEY PASSED THE SHOOT...SOME AFTER MANY TRYS. AND IT WAS STILL A REAL MESS ... OVER ALL I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO PASS IT ONCE AND YOU MAY NOT GET A PERMIT FOR 10-12 YEARS THEN KNOCK THE DUST OFF AND GO AFTER THE MOOSE. UNFORTUNATELY THATS HARD TO REGULATE.