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Post by badbrad on Jul 23, 2019 8:23:10 GMT -6
My boy has done all the classroom work and field day and has his verbal and written test today. He has studied pretty hard. It seems to me the class is harder than it was when I took it as a kid. And they expect you to do and know more. Maybe its just because two sheriffs are teaching the class and they are no nonsense or maybe the coursework requires more. Not sure The verbal is 13 verbal questions he has to answer and also perform with a firearm. The written is 40 questions. He needs 80% on both.
Wish us luck!
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Post by wklman on Jul 23, 2019 8:30:49 GMT -6
Dang! That's a lot more then I remember doing as a kid here in az. Seems our test was just on paper and then we had the field day but that was mostly going over gun safety and situations in the field like crossing fences and stuff.
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Post by batman on Jul 23, 2019 9:10:06 GMT -6
My kid took an online pistol class from New Jersey or somewhere out east
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Post by badbrad on Jul 23, 2019 10:03:50 GMT -6
My kid took an online pistol class from New Jersey or somewhere out east I wanted my boy to take the in class version. I think you get more out of the personal stories and having the warden come in and talk than staring at a computer screen.
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Post by benmnwi on Jul 23, 2019 11:01:04 GMT -6
That's sounds more difficult than I remember.
When we took the class I don't think it was possible to fail. It's probably good that has changed.
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Post by Tooln on Jul 23, 2019 12:42:15 GMT -6
Good luck. I hope he does good.
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Post by jbird on Jul 23, 2019 17:19:14 GMT -6
Good luck to him.
I have sat thru the one our state requires all young hunters to take 4 times now....I think I could teach it! Because of my age I am not required to take it, but I have anyway in case I ever need it for hunting out of state. It's not really as difficult as I would like to see it, but its better than nothing and I make my kids take it 100% on their own. It pisses me off to see kids in there that can't even read and have Dad "help them" with the test. If your so young you can't read, you shouldn't be hunting alone in my opinion. Lots of those guys buy tags under their kids names and then harvest more than they should (Indiana is a One buck state - 1 buck for the entire deer season regardless of weapon) and this is how some folks get around it. My kids have all done fine, but I start with them well before then as well.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 23, 2019 19:20:35 GMT -6
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Post by daydreamer on Jul 23, 2019 19:39:15 GMT -6
, Congrats to the kid!!
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Post by badbrad on Jul 23, 2019 20:14:44 GMT -6
One wrong on the verbal. Two wrong on the written. And it sounded like they were dumb mistakes. He did good. Proud of him
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Post by daydreamer on Jul 23, 2019 20:50:07 GMT -6
Good job to you as well dad, he learned it from you and less from the class...
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Post by badbrad on Jul 24, 2019 7:58:46 GMT -6
Good luck to him. I have sat thru the one our state requires all young hunters to take 4 times now....I think I could teach it! Because of my age I am not required to take it, but I have anyway in case I ever need it for hunting out of state. It's not really as difficult as I would like to see it, but its better than nothing and I make my kids take it 100% on their own. It pisses me off to see kids in there that can't even read and have Dad "help them" with the test. If your so young you can't read, you shouldn't be hunting alone in my opinion. Lots of those guys buy tags under their kids names and then harvest more than they should (Indiana is a One buck state - 1 buck for the entire deer season regardless of weapon) and this is how some folks get around it. My kids have all done fine, but I start with them well before then as well. I sat with him through the class and helped him with the study work but he took all the test alone. I don't think those cops would have allowed spoon feeding their students.
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