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2012 Hunter Safety Course Dates, Locations and Info by State

January 24, 2012

It is tough to beat the excitement of a first time hunter or an outdoor enthusiast. Introducing a child into the great outdoors is something that cannot under-valued. To keep the outdoor traditions we love so much, strong – we need a flurry of new participants, and taking your child or any young hunter to a hunter safety clinic or course in 2012 is a great way to do your part. Hunter eduction is a big first step in getting youths hooked on hunting and the outdoors.


Be sure to check with your state as well- nearly every state offers special youth hunts that are a great source of fun! We will be listing and highlighting hunter safety course dates, locations and information for each state in the blog post below. Some states might now be there – but check back! In the coming days this list will be completed.

2012 Alabama Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Alaska Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Arizona Hunter Safety Course Dates

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Hunter Safety Course Tip: Don’t be afraid to ask questions and take detailed notes. The tests that you will be taking are not difficult, but they do require some thinking. Taking notes and asking detailed questions will help your chance of passing!

2012 Arkansas Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 California Hunter Safety Course Dates

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 2012 Colorado Hunter Safety Course Dates

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 2012 Connecticut Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Delaware Hunter Safety Course Dates

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 2012 Florida Hunter Safety Course Dates

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 2012 Georgia Hunter Safety Course Dates

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Hunter Safety Course Tip: Be sure to go with a friend or parent. It never hurts to take someone along with you – and the more the merrier! Practicing handling an unloaded firearm before and after the class with help you feel more comfortable come test time.
2012 Hawaii Hunter Safety Course Dates

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 2012 Idaho Hunter Safety Course Dates

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 2012 Illinois Hunter Safety Course Dates

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 2012 Indiana Hunter Safety Course Dates

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Trail Cameras are a great way to get young hunters involved in the outdoors.

 

2012 Iowa Hunter Safety Course Dates
2012 Kansas Hunter Safety Course Dates
2012 Kentucky Hunter Safety Course Dates
2012 Louisiana Hunter Safety Course Dates

2012 Maine Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Maryland Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Massachusetts Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Michigan Hunter Safety Course Dates
2012 Minnesota Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Mississippi Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Missouri Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Montana Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Nebraska Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Nevada Hunter Safety Course Dates

2012 New Hampshire Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 New Jersey Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 New Mexico Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 New York Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 North Carolina Hunter Safety Course Dates

2012 North Dakota Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Ohio Hunter Safety Course Dates

2012 Oklahoma Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Oregon Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Pennsylvania Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Rhode Island Hunter Safety Course Dates
2012 South Carolina Hunter Safety Course Dates

2012 South Dakota Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Tennessee Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Texas Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Utah Hunter Safety Course Dates
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2012 Virginia Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Washington Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 West Virginia Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Wisconsin Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Wyoming Hunter Safety Course Dates

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2012 Youth Turkey Season Dates

January 4, 2012

2012 Youth Turkey Hunts and 2012 Youth Turkey Hunting Seasons

Below is a list of 2012 youth turkey season dates, and youth turkey hunts in 2012. Obviously, the list is not finished, but I hope to complete it over the next week or two. I’m aiming to finish a “regular” turkey season dates for adults as well in the coming weeks. As always - don’t forget to follow us on Facebook! 

A great way to preserve a great turkey hunting memory is by quality trophy photos. Don’t forget to take a few minutes a create a great picture setting for your future memories!

You can practice too much. Whether it’s gun or bow hunting for turkeys – practice.

2012 Alabama Youth Turkey Season Dates

March 10-11 2012

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2012 Alaska Youth Turkey Season Dates

No Season

2012 Arizona Youth Turkey Season Dates

Apr 20 – Apr 26, and May 11 – May 24, 2012

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2012 Arkansas Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 7-8, 2012

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2012 California Youth Turkey Season Dates

Mar 24 – 25, 2012

May 7 – 20, 2012

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2012 Colorado Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 14 – May 27 2012

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2012 Connecticut Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 14th, 21st 2012

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2012 Delaware Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 7th, 2012

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2012 Florida Youth Turkey Season Dates

February 25-26 2012 and March 10-11 2012

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 2012 Georgia Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Hawaii Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Idaho Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 8-14, 2012

2012 Illinois Youth Turkey Season Dates

Northern Zone April 7-8

Southern Zone March 31-April 1

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2012 Indiana Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Iowa Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Kansas Youth Turkey Season Dates

Youth and Disabled  April 1 – 10, 2012

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2012 Kentucky Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 7-8 2012

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2012 Louisiana Youth Turkey Season Dates

Private Land Youth & Physically Challenged Hunt: March 17-18, 2012

 

2012 Maine Youth Turkey Season Dates 

Youth Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Day – April 28, 2012

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2012 Maryland Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 14, 2012

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2012 Massachusetts Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 28th, 2012

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2012 Michigan Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 28-29, 2012

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2012 Minnesota Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 21-22, 2012

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2012 Mississippi Youth Turkey Season Dates

March 8-14, 2012

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2012 Missouri Youth Turkey Season Dates

March 31 – April 1, 2012

2012 Montana Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Nebraska Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 7 – May 31, 2012

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 2012 New Hampshire Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 28-29, 2012

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2012 New Jersey Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 21-May 25, 2012

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2012 New Mexico Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 7-8, 2012

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2012 New York Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 21-22, 2012

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2012 North Carolina Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 North Dakota Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Ohio Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Oklahoma Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Oregon Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Pennsylvania Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 23, 2012

2012 Rhode Island Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 South Carolina Youth Turkey Season Dates

March 31, 2012

2012 South Dakota Youth Turkey Season Dates

 

2012 Tennessee Youth Turkey Season Dates

March 24-25, 2012

2012 Texas Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Utah Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Vermont Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Virginia Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 7, 2012

2012 Washington Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 West Virginia Youth Turkey Season Dates

2012 Wisconsin Youth Turkey Season Dates

April 7-8, 2012

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2012 Wyoming Youth Turkey Season Dates

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Big Buck Down for Cody Altizer @ Bowhunting.Com

January 4, 2012

Well, well, well. By now you may, or may not have heard that Mr. Cody Altizer got the job done on a dandy Virginia buck.

It was just any run of the mill deer either – Cody and his family had been following this buck for awhile. I got ahold of the young whipper snapper and got him to fill us in on the details!

From Cody:

Going into the 2011 hunting season, I was as ready as ever to arrow a big buck on my Virginia hunting property.  Going into the fall my food plots were flourishing and I was confident that come the rut, there would be shooter bucks chasing does like crazy through the funnels and pinch points leading from my food plots to known doe bedding areas.  I had worked hard during the offseason, and was prepared for my best hunting season to date.  I remained humble, but I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t confident in my chances at taking a big buck by mid-November.

Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other ideas, as she often does.  She force fed me a healthy dose of humble pie, starting opening day.  I one lunged a doe just two hours into my 2011 season.  It was a tough pill to swallow, but I had to keep moving forward.  I hunted mostly evenings throughout October, close to my food plots.  I had several good trail camera photos of a couple good bucks using my food plots at night, and I didn’t want to over hunt them, and pressure them off the property.  Slow and steady seemed like the right strategy, and it was a strategy I was comfortable adopting.

By the time November rolled around, I was ready to hunt rutting whitetail bucks.  Giant rubs and scrapes were popping up all around my food plots, so I knew it was just a matter of time.  Right on cue, however, Mother Nature kept me humble.  A full moon, high winds, warm temperatures and dumping rains brought rutting activity to a screeching halt.  In fact, this was the slowest rut I have ever experienced in my 22 years of hunting Virginia whitetails, but I kept hunting hard.

By the Thanksgiving Holiday, I was exhausted.  I had been hunting harder than ever, just trying to cross paths with a shooter buck.  I knew they were there, but the poor hunting conditions just had them moving exclusively at night.  All that changed on the morning of November 25th.  I was perched in my favorite stand on the entire property.  At 7:00 am, I spotted a good buck walking on a trail that would eventually take him right under my stand.  He stuck to that trail, and when he entered my shooting lane I stopped him with a soft grunt, and placed my cross hairs right behind his shoulder.  A short tracking revealed my trophy, a 127” 11 pointer than I had hundreds of trail camera pictures of after the 2010 season feeding in my food plots.  Sure enough, I caught him going back to his bed after feeding in the exact same food plot he enjoyed so much during the winter.  He was one of the bucks I was most excited about hunting this year, and after a lot of hard work, persistence and good fortunate, I was blessed with an opportunity to take him.  Big buck down, mission accomplished!  Bring on the late season!

To hear more from Cody – check out his blog at Bowhunting.Com
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Beginning of a Deer Season

September 29, 2011

Well, it’s almost here. Across the country some bow seasons have been open for a couple of weeks, but the majority of bowhunters can hit the woods starting this Saturday – October 1st. This is literally the Catalina Wine Mixer for deer hunters across the country. Granted, it may not be the best time to get a chance at the monster you’ve been watching all Summer – but it’s a chance to get in the woods and get after the whitetails that we love to chase. So have at it! Good luck this year, I’ll be here to update you on my season, and talk about some of the strategies and gear I’ll be using to have a fun and successful season! Hunt Safe!

 

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2011 QDMA Convention and Expo

August 15, 2011

This past weekend I headed down to Nashville to attend the 2011 QDMA Convention. It was a quick trip, but it was certainly was educational. I’ve never been to a place where improving land and animals was first and foremost, until now. The 2011 QDMA Convention was packed full of great seminars, products and folks that make your land a better place for wildlife. I snapped a couple of pictures while I was there. I’ll be following up with some thoughts on my great time at this event. If you could take the time out of your schedule next year to attend – I certainly recommend it!

These kids were not short of things to do at the Wildlife Expo!

TONS of great information about how to help improve your land and the wildlife around the land you manage!

Dr. Grant Woods talking about problem wildlife and how to keep them under control. Very informative!

Again, if you can make to next years Convention, or any QDMA event, I highly recommend it. A wonderful source of knowledge is the Quality Deer Management Association.

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