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Join us at Hitchcock Nature Center on Saturday, August 27th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for an Iowa DNR-certified Hunter Education Field Day course where students will learn the vital basics of hunting including wildlife identification, first aid, firearm and archery safety, and more.
Hunter Education Field Day courses are offered by knowledgeable and certified volunteer instructors and Iowa Conservation Officers.
Advance registration is required to attend this Field Day. For more information and to register please click the registration button or click here.
Please meet at the Loess Hills Lodge. This event is free with a $5 per vehicle park entry fee.
Please note: In order to receive certification, a student must successfully complete an Iowa-approved online Hunter Education Course prior to registering and attending a field day. To locate an approved Iowa Online Hunter Education Course, please visit www.iowadnr.gov/huntered.
About Hunter Education Field Days
Field Day courses are typically four to five hours long and include firearms handling, ethics & responsibility, Iowa hunting laws, and a final exam.
In order to receive certification, a student must successfully complete an Iowa-approved online Hunter Education Course prior to registering and attending a field day. To locate an approved Iowa Online Hunter Education Course, please visit www.iowadnr.gov/huntered. Students will be required to provide a field day voucher, received after completion of the online course, to the instructor upon arrival to the field day. Students must also pass the final exam in order to receive certification.
Hunter education is a mandatory program that is designed to introduce students to several life-long skills that are important to many different types of outdoor recreational opportunities. The course teaches students basic survival and first aid skills, water safety, wildlife identification, and the basics of wildlife management, hunting laws, and firearm/archery safety. Hunter education also stresses the importance of individual responsibility and outdoor ethics.
Iowa law requires that anyone born after January 1, 1972 must be certified in hunter education before they are eligible to purchase an Iowa hunting license.
