MDC offers adult all-online hunter education course
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Missouri Department of Conservation now offers an all-online hunter-education course for Missouri residents 16 years or older to provide a more flexible and convenient option to become hunter-education certified. The all-online course includes videos and animation to teach hunter safety, firearm safety, ethics, regulations and wildlife management.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Students will receive a temporary hunter-education certificate once they complete and pass the 60-question final exam with a score of 80 percent or higher. Individuals 15 years or younger are still required to complete the blended hunter education course requiring both a knowledge portion and in-person skills session to receive certification.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Missouri’s hunter education course is required for any hunter born on or after Jan. 1, 1967. Hunters who plan to hunt during a Missouri firearms season or are acting as an adult mentor must first complete an approved hunter-education certification program and provide proof of completion unless they:</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">• Are 15 years of age or younger and will be hunting with a properly permitted adult mentor 18 or older.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">• Were born before Jan. 1, 1967. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">• Have a disability exemption from MDC’s Protection Division. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">• Are 16 years of age or older and have purchased an apprentice hunter authorization and will be hunting with a property permitted adult mentor 18 or older.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">• Are a landowner or lessee hunting on self-owned land or land of residence. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">For more information, visit </span><span class="s2">http://on.mo.gov/2suc7sc</span> <span class="s1">or </span><span class="s2">http://on.mo.gov/1YYbxMZ</span><span class="s1">.</span></p>
all-online hunter education course
