The hunter education course instills in students the knowledge, skill and attitude to be a responsible and safe hunter. The basic course consists of 10 lessons during a minimum of 10 hours.
Students learn how hunting accidents are caused and how they can be prevented.
Hunter responsibility and safety are stressed throughout the classes, which consist of lectures, demonstrations, group discussions, practical exercises, and individual study and activity assignments. Hunter education graduates receive a certificate that is accepted in every state, Canadian Province, and Mexico. For Wisconsin residents, a Wisconsin certificate is valid in lieu of a small game hunting license from the date of issuance until March 31 of the following year. Also, a person who graduates from the Wisconsin Hunter Education course for the first time may take an anterless deer in the deer season immediately following graduation with the regular gun deer license. The anterless deer must be tagged with your valid gun deer carcass tag which the graduate has purchased.