DNR HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE SCHEDULED
For Immediate Release
Source: Katie Turkal, Jasper County Extension, Program Coordinator 618-783-2521
Area residents will have an opportunity to learn basic principles of safe hunting at a
Department of Natural Resources hunter safety course scheduled August 5 from 6:00
p.m. – 9 p.m. and August 7 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Latona Christian Church
south of Wheeler.
A 1996 state law requires that all hunters born on or after January 1, 1980, successfully
complete the hunter education course before they can receive their first hunting license.
Participants completing the hunter education course receive a Hunter Education
Certification card verifying that they have passed the course of instruction.
The minimum ten-hour course includes instruction in wildlife management, firearms
safety, hunter ethics, game identification, first aid, survival techniques and regulations.
If you are 18 years old or older you may complete the online course and receive your
Hunter Education certification. This option is provided by outside companies and there is
a fee charged for the service. The Illinois authorized providers for the online course are,
www.huntercourse.com or www.hunter-ed.com
Volunteers with the Department of Natural Resources and University of Illinois
Extension are offering the course.
Reservations are required, by calling the Jasper County Extension at 618-783-2521 or
register online at: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cefj/
*University of Illinois Extension, 2011. College of Agricultural, Consumer &
Environmental Sciences. University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in
programs and employment.*
*If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in programs, please contact the
Jasper County Extension Office*
