FWC offers hunter safety course in Walton Co.
News Release
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Media contact: Dave Crosariol, 850-265-3676
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety course in Walton
County.
The course will be at the Shooting Range, 955 Smith
Rd. in DeFuniak Springs. Instruction will be from 6-9 p.m.
Feb. 5 and 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Feb. 6. The range portion of the
class will be Feb. 7.
Those who have taken the Internet course and wish
to complete the classroom portion must bring the online-completion
report and attend only the Feb. 5 class from 6 to 10 p.m. and the
Feb. 7 range day.
An adult must accompany children under age 16 at
all times. Students should bring a pencil and paper with them
to take notes.
The hunter safety course is required before anyone
born on or after June 1, 1975, can purchase a Florida hunting
license. The FWC course satisfies hunter safety training
requirements for all other states and Canadian provinces.
People interested in attending this 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 Panama City at 850-265-3676.
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