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Hunters safety course has 32 graduates
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TWRA Agent Joe Fortner demonstrates the proper way to use a rifle at this weeks hunters safety course at the countys main fire station. Emma Martin loads the gun, while Tyler Estes looks on.

 

A total of 32 people graduated from the TWRA hunter’s safety course last week, a great percentage of which were under the age of 18.

 

TWRA agent tony Cross said he enjoyed seeing young men and women participate in the course.

 

“It’s good to see so many young people get involved. We go over not only the basics of firearm safety, but also survival and first aid, home firearm safety, field safety, archery and bow hunting, tree stand safety, early firearms, modern firearms, it’s an all-encompassing class.”

 

The class was held at the DeKalb Fire Department’s main station, and was offered free of charge to interested parties nine years of age or older. According to Tennessee law, all hunters who were born on or after January 1, 1969, must complete hunter education certification in order to hunt in Tennessee. The Tennessee Hunter Ed Course is approved and accepted by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

 

Since 1975, when a formal hunter education program was introduced, the number of hunting and firearm related accidents in Tennessee has declined dramatically, demonstrating that Tennessee’s hunter education program has saved lives.