DNR Safety Program Instructor Trainings

If you are currently a safety instructor and want re-certification or would like to be certified for the first time there are a number of instructor certification classes coming up statewide. These courses are set up to make it easy for you - done in one session.

These courses are for ATV/ Boat/ Snowmobile, hunter ed, archery ed.

They are held in a few locations mainly up north from late January - early May.

I took a picture of the course sheet which I hope anyone reading this is able to view.

A class that doesn't appear on the sheet and which is going to be held at the Brice Prairie USFWS Visitors Center near La Crosse is an an internet hunter's education field day course on Sunday, January 29th. It is open to currently certified hunter's ed instructors or someone who isn't already certified. The non-certified people would have to take a test on open book test using an on-line manual (it's easy) and help with one class.

I've been teaching hunter's ed on and off since the 1990's and enjoy meeting new people and introducing them to firearms safety.

Maybe you have a passion for your outdoor sport and would like to teach someone new to be safe while their getting started.

Any questions P.M. me please.

These are the current spring he classes listed in the La Crosse area. They are made possible by devoted volunteers, several of whom became certified through the DNR's safety program instructor trainings that this thread is about.

What is not mentioned is an upcoming internet field day hunters education class currently being planned for June. This class will appear in the Onalaska Parks and Rec catalog and Go Wild.

I took out the lead instructor's contact info - it is their own business where their phone number and e-mail appear in public. This is just an informational message. You can look them up on GoWild if interested..

Traditional Hunter’s Education Classes -

West Salem Elementary - March 25th 8:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M., April 1st 8:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. 

April 4th 6:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. 

Unknown class size, but last year it was 35.

La Crosse Archery, Onalaska - March 27, 28, 30,31 6:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. April 1st - morning field day.

Will be capped at 20 students

Bethany Free Church, Cty Highway B - March 14, 16, 21,23,28,30. 6:00 - 8:30 P.M.

Unknown class size

Living Word Christian Church, Ward Avenue, La Crosse - March 21,23, 28,30 6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. April 1st - field day. 

Unknown class size

Don’t see a class that fits your schedule? There will probably be a few in August.

We had an on-line field day instructor certification class in Onalaska on January 29th. There were four from La Crosse, three from Marshfield, and three from Hudson.  I thought the DNR did a nice job with it. It was fun. They also brought in gun sets (excellent condition), laser training (modified air rifles) units, deer model, fences, safety harnesses for us to use for upcoming classes. The sets, of course, come with some paperwork.

They said once you run a couple online field day classes, you won't want to go back to the traditional classes. my understanding is that on this side of the state, online field day instructors are far and few between. That might explain why the DNR has been running their own field days in the area once in awhile.

As far as our group goes, we will probably offer our first field day in late spring or June. The DNR guy said that he would be glad to come in and offer support for running the first class.

Log into your GoWild account and click on the Instructor Dashboard.  All the upcoming classes should be listed there.  Also easy to contact the RSW in your area for class schedules......

You just gotta get in the habit of looking at class listings frequently or contact the RSW to find out about class sessions in your area.

If you're due for recertification you should be getting notices.

Tim

Do you know if there are any more scheduled training days for the Field Day Instructors?  Or is this a once a year thing? 

The on-line Field Day Hunter's Education Instructor training is going to be held at the Onalaska Community Building on Quincy Street on January 29th. There are 9 signed on so far - a group from Marshfield and the rest from the La Crosse area. If interested, please pm me and I'll include you on the roster. It's for folks who want to help people of all ages get their final requirements for hunters ed after taking the on-line course. I'm guessing this is the direction hunters ed is increasingly moving in the future.