Hunter Safety Internet Completion Course Offered Sept. 27

             The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety Internet completion course in Franklin County.

            The course will be at the Franklin County Sheriff's Department, 270 North State Road 65 in Eastpoint. Instruction will take place 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27 and will include the mandatory firing range portion of the course.

            Individuals must bring a copy of the final report from the computer portion of the course to be admitted.

            Children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Students are encouraged to bring a pencil and paper with them to take notes.

            The hunter safety course is required for anyone born on or after June 1, 1975, to purchase a Florida hunting license. The FWC course satisfies hunter safety training requirements for all other states and Canadian provinces.

            People interested in attending this course can register online and obtain information about future hunter safety classes at MyFWC.com/huntered or by calling the FWC's regional office in Panama City at 850-265-3676.