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Welcome to NKHEA
The 2012 class schedule for the NKEA is now complete. You can register for classes on line or email
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. Please include Course date, name, address, and a contact phone number if you register by email.
As an alternative you may take the classroom portion of the Hunter Education course via the internet, click here www.hunter-ed.com/Kentucky/index.html. The cost of this course is $15.00. Upon completion of the website homestudy, you must attend a range day. The range day consists of live fire exercises and requires completion of our written exam
March 3 - Campbell County at the Bob White Club
March 17 - Pendleton County at the Pendleton County Sportmants Club
April 6,7 - Boone County at Boone County Public Admin Building and Lloyds WMA
June 2 - Boone County at Moonlite Hunting and Fishing Club
Aug 11 - Grant County at Lloyds WMA
Aug 25 - Campbell County at Campbell County Game & Fish
Sep 8 - Boone County at Dutchmans Rod & Gun Club
Sep 19,20,, 22 - Kenton County at Kenton Game and Fish
Oct 31, Nov 1,3 - Boone County at Ryle High School |
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This site is dedicated to providing information on Hunter Education Classes offered by members of the Northern Kentucky Hunter Education Association. Classes are presented in Boone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton and Pendleton counties. We will also provide general information on Hunting, Fishing, Outdoor Activities, and how to enjoy all of these activities safely. For specific laws and regulations please consult the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Web Site or applicable publications. We are glad to have you here and hope you enjoy your visit. |
Since Kentucky Hunter Education became mandatory in 1991:
• Hunting incidents involving a firearm have decreased 23%.
• Fatalities in hunting incidents involving a firearm have decreased 50%.
• Fatalities in all hunting incidents in have decreased 38%.
• Hunter Education is working in Kentucky .
**Source: Bill Balda KDFWR |
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All hunters born after Jan. 1, 1975, shall have a valid hunter education card IN POSSESSION WHILE HUNTING. A card is not needed for purchase. Exceptions: 1) Children under 12 may hunt without a card if accompanied by an adult. 2) Persons exempt from a hunting license are also exempt from hunter education card requirements (i.e., landowners; military on furlough). 3) Persons with a Hunter Education Exemption Permit may hunt without a card while accompanied by a legal adult hunter.
Thanks to hunter education, hunting is safe and getting safer! Hunter education covers the skills, regulations and responsibilities of hunting, wildlife conservation and the outdoors. In this class you will not learn how to hunt but will learn how to hunt safely.
THE COURSE COVERS:
• Ethics and Responsibilities
• Wildlife Management/Conservation
• Modern and Primitive Sporting Arms/ Ammunition
• Safe Firearm Handling, Cleaning and Storage
• Outdoor Skills, Survival and First Aid
• Wildlife Identification
• Trapping
• Bow Hunting /Tree Stand Safety
• Live-Firing and Field Exercises (You are required to fire at least one firearm to pass the course |
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Hunter Education in 2011:
• 13,002 people were certified in 273 hunter education courses.
• 883 people participated in 16 advanced hunter education events.
• 98 new hunter education instructors were added.
• 761 hunter education instructors currently in the program.
• 12,969 hours - education instructors spent teaching hunter education courses, instructor courses, and advanced events.
• 216 Students certified in 10 Bowhunter Education Classes
• 930 Students used one of the alternative means of classroom instruction
• 2790 exemptions were issued on line (One time only HE exemption)
• 8998 replacement cards were issues abd 489 duplicate cards.
• Hunter Education Instructor Time was worth $250,441.00 in Federal Matching Funds
**Source Bill Balda KDFWR |
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The NKHEA is comprised of volunteers who have been certified to instruct the KDFWR Hunter Education Course and who are dedicated to promoting the SAFE enjoyment of our Hunting Traditions and Heritage. By working together to present the most comprehensive and enjoyable Hunter Education classes possible we hope to encourage everyone to have many years of safety in their enjoyment of our Hunting Traditions. |
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