Oswegatchie Camp to Offer Hunter Education Course!
Hunter Education on Pause at Oswegatchie...
Oswegatchie will not offer Hunter Education onsite currently.
However, NYS has made the opportunity to certify online easier.
In the earlier days of Oswegatchie programming, conservation skills including hunting, fishing, trapping, and forestry were common place activities in our program. As times changed and camper interested shifted, Oswegatchie changed many of its programs to be more physically active and share new innovative challenges like the ropes course.
In an effort to offer new skills to our modern campers, Oswegatchie is offering the New York DEC's Hunter Education Programs during our 5 weeks of camp. Youth ages 12 and older are eligible to participate in the 10 hour course and additional firearms training. (Due to regulations, 11 year old youth can take the course, but they will not be able to fire a rifle).
Be Advised! The course is 10 hours and roughly 7 hours of those hours are inside! This is a great certification to get accomplished, but prepare for indoor instruction. Think ahead about how you want to spend your week.Campers will still get to experience the ropes course, boats, and bikes, but more of their daytime programming will be in a workshop setting.
Trained Oswegatchie staff, professional high school agricultural educators, and DEC officers will train youth in what is required of them as responsible sportsmen in the 21st century.
The course being taught at Oswegatchie does not require any homework before arriving, but we do suggest becoming familiar with some hunter safety material in advance which is view-able on the DEC Website at this link.
If you child is interested in taking this course, a parent will need to sign the "permission form" shown on this page. To learn more about what the Dept of Environmental Conservation covers in their Hunter Education Course, please go to http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7860.html
For an online study guide to review in advance, go to http://www2.huntercourse.com/newyork/study . We do not need you to register with this site, but their study guide is done well and would be helpful in advance.
In an effort to offer new skills to our modern campers, Oswegatchie is offering the New York DEC's Hunter Education Programs during our 5 weeks of camp. Youth ages 12 and older are eligible to participate in the 10 hour course and additional firearms training. (Due to regulations, 11 year old youth can take the course, but they will not be able to fire a rifle).
Be Advised! The course is 10 hours and roughly 7 hours of those hours are inside! This is a great certification to get accomplished, but prepare for indoor instruction. Think ahead about how you want to spend your week.Campers will still get to experience the ropes course, boats, and bikes, but more of their daytime programming will be in a workshop setting.
Trained Oswegatchie staff, professional high school agricultural educators, and DEC officers will train youth in what is required of them as responsible sportsmen in the 21st century.
The course being taught at Oswegatchie does not require any homework before arriving, but we do suggest becoming familiar with some hunter safety material in advance which is view-able on the DEC Website at this link.
If you child is interested in taking this course, a parent will need to sign the "permission form" shown on this page. To learn more about what the Dept of Environmental Conservation covers in their Hunter Education Course, please go to http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7860.html
For an online study guide to review in advance, go to http://www2.huntercourse.com/newyork/study . We do not need you to register with this site, but their study guide is done well and would be helpful in advance.
Important*
Register for the Hunter Ed Class online before you show up for camp. To ensure availability, make sure you sign up in advance. It is a quick and easy way to hold a spot for your child and to sign the needed permission form for those students 15 and under. To complete online permission form, scroll down.
Register for the Hunter Ed Class online before you show up for camp. To ensure availability, make sure you sign up in advance. It is a quick and easy way to hold a spot for your child and to sign the needed permission form for those students 15 and under. To complete online permission form, scroll down.
