LAKEPORT, Calif. – The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is pleased to offer a free traditional hunter education course.  

Training topics include Hunter and firearms safety, ethics and hunter responsibility, basic survival and first aid, wildlife identification and management, hunting techniques and equipment, and wild game care.

This class is required to be eligible to hunt in California.

The class will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, May 7, through Wednesday, May 9, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Highland Springs Range at 3600 E. Highland Springs Road in Lakeport.

Students are required to attend all days and hours to receive full credit and must pass the required written and practical tests for certification of completion.

Registration must be completed online by visiting the CDFW Web site at www.wildlife.ca.gov/Hunter-Education and following the step-by-step instructions.

Class space is limited to 15 students on a first-come, first-served basis.

Additional course dates and locations are also located at this site.   

For additional information or if your organization would like to host a course, please contact Wildlife Officer Mike Pascoe at 707-263-1044 or Roland LeDoux at 707-994-0637.