Hunter's Safety Class 2011

Sponsored for the 7th year by the Island Community Center, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife held this year’s Hunter Safety education course on the evening of October 17th and all day Saturday, October 22nd.  Students, required to attend all class time, were provided with a course handbook and other pertinent safety materials that included homework study between classes.  Lectures, demonstrations and field experience were instructed by Harland Hitchings of Princeton and Ernie West from Gouldsboro, retired DIFW fish and game wardens.  Course content included rifle and shotgun safety instruction, proper handling, outdoor survival, first aid, map and compass, hunter responsibility, landowner relations and written final exam (pictured) that graduated 23.  Successful completion of the Hunter Safety is required for a Maine hunting license. 

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In some places we would be called a "recreational center" or "YMCA". In this community we are called simply the Community Center. Here, our senior citizens gather to socialize and play cards; children participate in summer camp and private birthday parties; classes such as aerobics and hunter's safety are taught; and town's people gather for public hearings and meetings.