Youth hunter education course offered on base

Published Aug. 3, 2008
By Stephanie Wynn
189th Airlift Wing Family Program

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- The 189th Airlift Wing's Youth Group will sponsor a youth hunter education class during the September unit training assembly weekend. The class is open to all military youth ages 10 and over.

The class will be held Sept. 13-14, in the 189th Operations Group auditorium, Building 118. Class times are Sept. 13, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., with an hour break for lunch and Sept. 14, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission instructors will teach the course. The training is structured to acquaint children with the many wildlife oriented recreational opportunities and recreational shooting sports available to them.

Any hunter in the state of Arkansas born after 1968 must carry a valid hunter education card. A card is required of youth applicants for permit hunts. Attendees will receive their hunter education card.

Parents are urged to register their children by Aug. 30. For more information or to register, call Staff Sergeant J.D. Crawford at (501) 987-1091.