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Katygunnut wrote:

mr surveyor wrote:along the same lines, should firearms proficient 35 year olds that never "hunted" be required to take the "Hunter's Safety Course" with 12 year olds in order to get a (rather expensive) hunting license?

Some times the "rules" really don't make sense.

I've never hunted (animals), and I am fairly proficient with firearms having served in the Army during Desert Storm and given the fact that I have been shooting rifles and handguns for over 20 years.

I recently decided that I want to get into hunting. After doing some research on various hunting rules and restrictions, I quickly decided that I should probably take the Hunter Safety Course just because I have no experience in the field and could use that level of education. I am not "required" by the state to take the course due to my age, but I still feel compelled. It does not bother me at all that there will be 12 year old's in the same class and I'm sure that some of them will be more educated than I am about some aspects of what we are learning.

So I guess my answer is that a similarly situated 35 year old "should" take the course. I don't know that I would make it a "requirement", but I do know that their lack of knowledge should give them ZERO excuse if they negligently injure someone or violate a law while they are hunting.