SOMERSET COUNTY FISH AND GAME PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION |
HUNTER EDUCATION
| SCFGPA has a long history in assisting the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife with ensuring that prospective archery hunters (we can only host archery classes, as we can not use firearms outdoors) in New Jersey meet a certain level of proficiency. This helps safeguard against the unnecessary wounding of animals, and also ensures a high level of safe equipment handling before hunters go afield to hunt deer and other game in NJ’s woods and waters. |
The hunter education program is an integral part of the club’s original tenets, and is required to meet our mission statement dating back to the club's inception. Back in the day, prior to conservation officers (AKA game wardens) existence, the members of SCFGPA actually helped patrol the area for game violators. Speaking of C/Os, all our current classes have a C/O in attendance to greet the students and explain exactly what they do in the field and to offer a bit of outreach to future hunters in NJ.
In order to participate in a New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife archery hunter education class at our club, you can go online at https://dep.nj.gov/njfw/hunting/hunter-education/ and sign up for your online course, and then schedule your on site proficiency test at our club location.
This procedure, the online workbook and test, and then the in person shooting proficiency portion, has been in place since the COVID restrictions were put into place several years ago. This procedure actually streamlines the in person portion of the qualification to approx. a two hour session.
If anyone has any interest in joining the Hunter Ed instructor team, please contact our Hunter Ed Chairman to learn more about how to become a qualified NJ Div of F&W instructor.
If anyone needs assistance in signing up a prospective archery hunter you can also contact our Hunter Ed Chairman, and he will do his best to get you on the right track to becoming a safe and effective bow hunter in NJ.