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Massachusetts Basic Hunter Education Objectives Basic Hunter - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Massachusetts Basic Hunter Education Objectives Basic Hunter - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Massachusetts Basic Hunter Education Objectives Basic Hunter Education Course Instructors Name Background/Profession Hunting/Shooting Interest Housekeeping Parking Rest Rooms Breaks Firearms Phones Agenda The Dates and Times
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Instructors
- Name
- Background/Profession
- Hunting/Shooting Interest
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Housekeeping
Parking Breaks Firearms Phones Rest Rooms
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Agenda
The Dates and Times for this course are:
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Agenda
The Dates and Times for this course are: Some of the topics we will be teaching:
- Introduction
- Firearms Basics & Safety
- Laws & Ethics
- Hunting Opportunities
- Firearms Handling & Field Safety
- Personal Preparedness & Survival
- Wildlife Conservation & Game Care
- Final Exam
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- Lecture
- Open discussion
- Hands-on activities
- Small group work
Activities
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All graduates receive a certificate of completion
- 80% or better on exam
- Express mature and responsible attitude
- Give honest effort in class
- Demonstrate safe gun handling
Certificate of completion used
- to purchase MA hunting or sporting license
- to make application for MA Firearms License
Certificate recognized in North America
Successful Completion
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Questions?
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- Introduction to Hunter Education
Chapter 1
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At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- identify the purpose and importance of hunter
education;
- identify hunters and recreational hunting as key
to wildlife conservation;
- describe the central principles of the N. A.
Model of Wildlife Conservation;
- and describe how license fees and excise taxes
support wildlife conservation.
Objectives
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Hunter Education is important because it:
Course Importance
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Hunter Education is important because it:
- decreases hunting-related shooting
incidents and other hunting injuries
- promotes responsible hunter behavior
to ensure the future of the tradition
Course Importance
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The goal of hunter education is to produce hunters that are ….
Course Goal
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The goal of hunter education is to produce hunters that are …. safe, responsible, knowledgeable, and involved.
Course Goal
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- State/Provincial Wildlife Agencies
- Sportsmen and Sportswomen pay for
conservation
Conservation Funding
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- State/Provincial Wildlife Agencies
- Sportsmen and Sportswomen pay for
conservation
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act – 1937 “Pittman-Robertson”
Conservation Funding
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- International Hunter Education Association
Conservation Funding cont…
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- International Hunter Education Association
- Other Non-governmental Organizations
(NGOs)
- Some promote shooting sports
- Some work for species/habitat conservation
Conservation Funding cont…
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- International Hunter Education Association
- Other Non-governmental Organizations
(NGOs)
- Some promote shooting sports
- Some work for species/habitat conservation
- Local Sportsmen’s and Civic Clubs
Conservation Funding cont…
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- International Hunter Education Association
- Other Non-governmental Organizations
(NGOs)
- Some promote shooting sports
- Some work for species/habitat conservation
- Local Sportsmen’s and Civic Clubs
- Local Businesses
Conservation Funding cont…
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- Wildlife as a Public Trust Resource
The Seven Pillars:
N.A. Model of Wildlife Conservation
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- Wildlife as a Public Trust Resource
- Elimination of Markets for Game
The Seven Pillars:
N.A. Model of Wildlife Conservation
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- Wildlife as a Public Trust Resource
- Elimination of Markets for Game
- Allocation of Wildlife by Law
The Seven Pillars:
N.A. Model of Wildlife Conservation
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- Wildlife as a Public Trust Resource
- Elimination of Markets for Game
- Allocation of Wildlife by Law
- Kill only for legitimate purposes
The Seven Pillars:
N.A. Model of Wildlife Conservation
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- Wildlife as a Public Trust Resource
- Elimination of Markets for Game
- Allocation of Wildlife by Law
- Kill only for legitimate purposes
- Wildlife as an International Resource
The Seven Pillars:
N.A. Model of Wildlife Conservation
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- Wildlife as a Public Trust Resource
- Elimination of Markets for Game
- Allocation of Wildlife by Law
- Kill only for legitimate purposes
- Wildlife as an International Resource
- Science-based Wildlife Policy
The Seven Pillars:
N.A. Model of Wildlife Conservation
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- Wildlife as a Public Trust Resource
- Elimination of Markets for Game
- Allocation of Wildlife by Law
- Kill only for legitimate purposes
- Wildlife as an International Resource
- Science-based Wildlife Policy
- Democracy of Hunting
The Seven Pillars:
N.A. Model of Wildlife Conservation
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Questions?
- What is the goal of the hunter education
program?
- What does the Pittman Robertson Act
accomplish?
- What makes the North American Model of