Want to help out new hunters? Volunteer hunter education instructors needed

February 17, 2016

Idaho’s hunter education program is looking for new volunteer instructors to help ensure that the newest generation of hunters has a thorough understanding of safety, ethics and conservation. “The backbone of Idaho’s hunter education training effort rests on the volunteer instructors, who give their time, passion and energy to the program,” said Brenda Beckley, Fish and Game’s Hunter Education Program Coordinator. “Our goal of recruiting new instructors is to help lighten the load on our current volunteers and to provide additional classes needed to satisfy student demand.” Learn more about the program and how to become an instructor by contacting your local Fish and Game office today. Additional information can be found at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/hunterEducation/volunteer. Fish and Game often hosts orientation meetings where the instructor certification process is explained, as well as how to organize classes, select meeting sites, how to order supplies and register students. Participants will also learn how to use lesson plans and how to employ effective teaching techniques in the classroom and at the rifle range. Each year, over 11,500 students complete the state’s hunter and bowhunter education courses. The courses are offered throughout the state, on weekends and weekday evenings, and are taught by veteran hunters who volunteer their time.