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In-person hunter education courses offered in Eastern Idaho

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Sign up now to make sure you are eligible to apply for big game controlled hunts

Instructor-led hunter education courses have ramped up all across the state and Eastern Idaho is no exception. A wide variety of course types and scheduling options are now available for students to begin registering. Among the upcoming offerings are Hunter Education Certification, Hunter/Bowhunter Combo Education Certification and Trapper Certification with more classes and types soon to come. Sign up now to make sure you are eligible to apply for big game controlled hunts.

Here is a list of upcoming courses and their scheduled start-dates. Follow the links to see more information about each class and to register. Note: If a particular course has filled up, check if there are other options that will work for you in the list below. If not, be sure to provide your information to join the waitlist. Seats may open up for the course in which you are interested, and/or it could help us schedule additional classes to meet demand

 

Why sign up for an instructor-led course?

Learn from experienced hunters/instructors: Maybe you have a question about something that wasn’t directly covered in the coursework, or maybe you just want a little more explanation. With instructor-led courses, you have the opportunity to dive a little deeper than what you find in the Hunter Education book. Instructors provide person-to-person interaction that you won’t find through a strictly online course.

It’s hands-on: In-person instruction provides a hands-on component to hunter education that simply isn’t available in the online format. So, what exactly do we mean by “hands-on?” While both the online and in-person courses cover the same information, in-person students have the benefit of putting the concepts they learn into practice under the guidance of Hunter Education instructors who can explain and demonstrate.

For example, in every instructor-led course (including hybrid courses), students have the opportunity to practice safe firearm handling with inert firearms in the classroom, and receive specific training based on scenarios that most often lead to hunting-related accidents.

It’s affordable: The cost for enrolling in instructor-led certification courses is less than a box of shotgun shells: just $9.75.

To see a full list of instructor-led courses scheduled go to https://register-ed.com/programs/idaho.