Mark Twain
Lake, Monroe City, MO, February 16, 2016 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
will skill session of the Missouri Department of Conservation Hunter Education
Class. The class will be on Tuesday,
March 8, 2016 at the M.W. Boudreaux Memorial Visitor Center 15 miles south of
Monroe City, Missouri. The skill session
of the class will start at 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
Class registration
must be made on-line at the Missouri Department of Conservation web site: www.mdc.mo.gov to “Hunter Education” under Regs and areas, then
“Find a Hunter Ed Class” under Learn to Hunt, then go to Missouri Hunter
Education Classroom Course” and register at the date of the classroom
course. Students must complete the knowledge part and earn your
skills-session qualifier certificate before attending skills-session.
If you plan to hunt during a Missouri
firearms season or you are acting as an adult mentor, you MUST first complete
an approved hunter-education certification program and provide proof of
completion UNLESS:
- You are 15 years or younger and will be hunting with a
properly permitted adult mentor 18 years of age or older.
- You were born before Jan. 1, 1967.
- You enrolled in a hunter-education course but failed to pass
the certification tests due to a developmental disability, and you received an
exemption from MDC’s Protection Division.
- You are 16 or older and have purchased an Apprentice
Hunter Authorization and will
be hunting with a properly permitted adult mentor 18 years of age or older.
- You are the landowner or lessee hunting on land you own or
upon which you reside.
In order to complete the certification you
must Choose ONE of three
convenient ways to complete the knowledge part. Then you must attend a
four-hour skills session.
1. Hunter Education
Online. You MUST complete all the chapter reviews in order to receive
your skills-session qualifier certificate, which you MUST show (bring a printed
copy or display the PDF on your mobile device) to enter the skills session. Log
on to MDC.MO.GOV to take this option. ($15 will be charged with completion of
this option)
2. Self-study guide. Order
a study guide by phone from an MDC office. Then study the illustrated guide, complete all chapter
reviews, and present your completed guide at the skills session in step two.
3. Classroom session. Register and attend a four-hour
classroom session featuring lectures and videos. Log
on to MDC.MO.GOV to register for this option.
No matter how you
complete the knowledge part and earn your skills-session qualifier certificate
in step one, you must register for and attend a four-hour skills session. You must also bring your skills-session qualifier
certificate or study guide with all chapters’ reviews completed to gain
entry. The skills session includes a
mandatory 35 question, multiple-choice final exam. After completing step two successfully, you
will receive a temporary certificate so you can purchase a permit and hunt
immediately. MDC recommends that youth begin hunting with
an adult mentor to become familiar with hunting and terminology before taking
the course. Youths younger than 16 years
of age DO NOT need hunter education to hunt any game species in Missouri until
they are ready to hunt alone.
Hunter education training is a form of life insurance. This type of training decreases the chance
of being injured in a hunting-related accident
as it serves to educate those who will take to the woods. If you have questions please contact the Mark
Twain Lake Project Office at 20642 Highway J, Monroe City, Missouri 63456 or by
telephone at (573)735-4097.