I've never been hunting before, and my state requires you to take a student course to get your hunting license.Anyone do one of these? What am I in for?
>>2864752It was easy and boring when I did it, granted this was a decade ago and in a state where they let you own guns pretty freely.We had two classes that were about 3 hours. The first one was on gun safety and was followed up with practice shooting, and the second one was about hunting safety (like not pointing guns at people, what to wear, how to get tags, etc). Then there was a written test that was mostly multiple choice with a few written question and a shooting test. One guy waved his gun around too much and shot the ceiling and still got his license so I don't think they're typically very strict.
>>2864752These days, they have online classes. I would jump at the opportunity to take an online class if I had to do hunter's safety over.You can expect in-person classes in mid to late summer.
When I got my hunter's license in Norway, it was a few evenings over four days or something. Theory about the relevant laws/seasons, animal behavior, how wildlife populations are managed and what happens if they aren't managed, identification of a great many species, a little bit firearm theory and firearm safety, bullets and ballistics (this was in that lull between lead ammo bans), and a good number of reminders to behave ourselves and keep the public opinion of hunters in mind. One evening at the gun range, where we shot rifle and shotgun to familiarize ourselves with them.One written exam to wrap it up.Nothing hard, and the knowledge was a good help on the way. Even the things I thought I'd never need helped out. I even recognized a common snipe by its call, just like in the exercises we did.
>>2864752>hunting licenseoi m8 yuve got yur loicence?land of the free btfoed again
>>2864752You can usually do this shit online, and it’s a bunch of multiple choice questions like “how should you carry your rifle? A: in your ass like a buttplug, B: pointed directly at uncle cletus, or C: safely”The only semi interesting or difficult stuff I’ve ever seen is some states have specific tests for certain licenses/tags. I know there’s a grizzly va black bear ID test, and Oregon had a dusky goose vs other geese test, which is actually kinda hard because they’re just a subspecies of Canada goose. The general hunting courses are basically just to make sure you have at least a double digit IQ and to scam some money.
>>2864752where I live it was an 8 hour class and a written test that was retard easy.>>2864819Nigger.
Ended up doing it and it was the easiest shit imaginable, half the questions were stupid shit like "when is it okay to point a gun at someone.", the little hunting related stuff was just pictures of animals one might hunt in our state and how to set up stands, basic shit not even on the test either.The range portion was literally just firing a 22 twice.A little disappointing to be honest, I thought they'd teach some interesting stuff. Instead it's just common sense questions 99% about not shooting yourself or others.
Its easier than a driving test.
>>2864752Easy as hell. You can take an online course through the state, or a private company (this option costs more than state test). The private company's test is faster, I completed it in under 2 hours. It's literally "how should you shoot at a moving bird?", "is it safe to point a firearm at another human being?" Or "does this shotgun shell fit inside of a 30-06 rifle?"Don't worry about it.
>>2864752i did it in colorado when i was 11. it was ezpz. its mostly just common sense safety rules, hunting ethics, handling game after the kill, and a bit of survival stuff. my school offered it.
>>2864752these hunting classes are designed so 10 year olds can pass them, just study and pay attention in class and you'll pass
>>2864752>Anyone do one of these?Yeah.>What am I in for?A few hours of class, a piss-easy written test and maybe a little bit of range time.
>>2864767'Nother Norwegian here. Got my license a few years ago. What I remember is that it was VERY focused on the whole spectrum of huntable animals. We just had the bare minimum on how guns work, but they sure thought us all about waterfowl and the four types of seal. Anyway, the exam was dead easy and I forgot all of it when I walked out of the building. Notably, it's far harder to get a hunting license in Sweden, like; you actually have to hit long-off targets instead of "trying it out with a 22." Mabye to do with EU idk.
>>2864752got my hunting lisence at 15/16 through school. that and "traffic" (was approved as the theory of all 16 year old drivers lisences here) was the only usefull classes i had back then. it wasnt just knowing what to hunt, where and when and a day at the range but some good ole /out advise from experienced boomers. you cant deny the knowledge of boomer stories.ironicly one of these teachers drowned a few years back being just as irresponsible as he warned us not to be (fishing pissed drunk)then again, his mate now has a boomer story to teach younglings.
>>2864752Depends where you live, from what I understand North American hunting classes are pretty much to weed out anyone with a mental capacity behind an 8yr, very quick and easy to do. Outside NA there's a bit more to them, I know from talking to eurofags that some are actually fairly involved, the only hunting course I've done is the R-license course in in Australia which was easy.
>>2866808I can honestly get behind them drilling the boring bits. Everyone's going to get a gun and have fun shooting it and practicing it, nobody's going to sit down and study the difference between a great snipe and a woodcock, calibre and projectile requirements, "up to hare's size, but not hare", and a whole lot of the other technical stuff you learn.I don't think we'd be better served with a longer course either. It takes time and practice to develop good shooting technique, and that would make the course prohibitively expensive and long.
>>2864752>hunting license"land of the free"
