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  • CANCELLED 2-day Bowhunter Safety Course. Day 1: September 1, 6pm -9pm Day 2 September 11, 8am-4pm

    Category: General CANCELLED 2-day Bowhunter Safety Course. Day 1: September 1, 6pm -9pm Day 2 September 11, 8am-4pm


    September 1, 2021

    Date and time

    Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 6:00 PM –

    Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT

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    To register follow link: Bowhunter Safety Traditional Course- Skowhegan Tickets, Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

    Location

    Skowhegan Sportsman Club

    857 East River Road

    Skowhegan, ME 04976

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    About this event

    The first session is September 1st from 6pm-9pm. This is when students receive their homework assignment, complete the administrative requirements and start in on the class lessons.

    The second session, the Skills and Exam day, is September 11th from 8am-5pm.

    This Skills and Exam Session will include 8 hours of classroom instruction on the follow topics:

    • Survival/first aid
    • Landowner relations
    • Hunter ethics
    • Maine hunting laws
    • Hands-on practice of safe bow equipment handling
    • Hands-on instruction of map and compass and outdoor survival

    At the skills and exam session, students must demonstrate to the instructor that they can safely handle a bow, and must participate in workshop and session activities, bring a survival kit and pass a 50-question exam with a score of at least 70%.

    For more information about options for Firearms Hunter Safety, click here.

    **Crossbow course immediately following course day 2. If interested in the crossbow course you must register for that course separately.**