Hunter Education Courses
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission offers free hunting and safety courses. Click on one of the choices below to learn more.
Hunter Education Course
This course
includes information about hunter responsibility, wildlife
identification/conservation/management, firearms, survival and first aid,
specialty hunting and tree stand safety.
Replacement Hunter/Boater Education Card Instruction Page
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman
The Becoming
an Outdoors-Woman program (BOW) is a multi-day workshop designed
to provide
opportunities for women to learn skills that enhance
and encourage
participation in hunting, angling and other outdoor activities. Skills offered
in the BOW program may include, but are not limited to, Outdoor
Cooking, Fly Tying and Fishing, Canoeing, Hunter Safety, Archery, and Firearms
Usage.
Annual Fur, Fish, 'n Game Rendezvous
This
camp is an opportunity for youth to earn their hunter safety
certification. The
Rendezvous is a week-long camp for boys and girls ages 12-15, held at Millstone
4-H Center, in the beautiful Sandhills
game lands.
Hunter Education Course
Pre-registration is required:
Tree Safety Public Service Announcement
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission offers a free Hunter Education Course. Scheduled throughout the year in every county, the courses are taught by wildlife enforcement officers and volunteer hunter education instructors. The Hunter Education Course includes information about hunter responsibility, wildlife conservation and management, firearms, wildlife identification, survival and first aid, specialty hunting and tree stand safety. The course is a minimum of 10 hours and is accepted in every state and province in North America. All first-time license buyers must successfully complete a hunter education course before they can hunt in North Carolina or purchase a hunting license. There is no minimum age required to take the course.
Due to hunter education, hunting accidents have decreased by over 50% during the last twenty years making hunting one of the safest recreational activities.
Contact the Wildlife Enforcement office at (919) 707-0031 or the hunter education specialist for your district area (see below) if you have any questions.
| North Carolina Hunter Education Specialists | ||
| District 1 | David Denton | (252) 482-7105 |
| david.denton@ncwildlife.org | ||
| District 2 | Stacy Kempf | (252) 521-5190 |
| stacy.kempf@ncwildlife.org | ||
| District 3 | Hilton Best | (252) 291-2863 |
| hilton.best@ncwildlife.org | ||
| District 4 | Kevin Crabtree | (910) 648-4034 |
| kevin.crabtree@ncwildlife.org | ||
| Distric 5 | Fred Rorrer | (336) 623-8435 |
| fred.rorrer@ncwildlife.org | ||
| Distric 6 | Randy Thomas | (704) 782-9097 |
| randy.thomas@ncwildlife.org | ||
| District 7 | Tim Lemon | (336) 957-4382 |
| tim.lemon@ncwildlife.org | ||
| District 8 | Wesley Blair | (828) 726-1160 |
| wes.blair@ncwildlife.org | ||
| District 9 | Darrin Ball | (828) 891-4093 |
| darrin.ball@ncwildlife.org | ||