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Supposedly, if you want a hunting license, you have the option to take an Internet course, per the California Dept of Fish and Game, at http://hunter-ed.com/ca/ca_internet.htm.
The advertised idea is supposed to be a time-saver, in which you take the Internet course and after paying $15, passing an online test, get a pre-certification. Then, you are eligible to take a 4-hour live course of instruction instead of the usual full-day or two-day course, to get your license.
The problem (for Los Angeles and Orange County areas) is that there are no 4-hour live courses available. None of the instructors want to offer it, and instead are only offering the full-day or two-day course.
This renders the online course as useless, not to mention a waste of your time and money ($15 to receive pre-certification), so if you want to get the hunter license, you have to do it the old-fashioned way anyway--- full-day or two-day course. So if you've already invested time and money on the pre-certification, you're screwed.
I complained to the CA Fish & Game about this. I received a response that the Internet class is new and they don't have enough instructors certified for the shorter class. WTH! Anyway, I'm waiting for them to give a referral on an instructor who can do this. Man, I sure hope it's not some solution like fly off to another city to take the 4-hour course, and maybe available once or twice in the year, like after the summer, or something!
The advertised idea is supposed to be a time-saver, in which you take the Internet course and after paying $15, passing an online test, get a pre-certification. Then, you are eligible to take a 4-hour live course of instruction instead of the usual full-day or two-day course, to get your license.
The problem (for Los Angeles and Orange County areas) is that there are no 4-hour live courses available. None of the instructors want to offer it, and instead are only offering the full-day or two-day course.
This renders the online course as useless, not to mention a waste of your time and money ($15 to receive pre-certification), so if you want to get the hunter license, you have to do it the old-fashioned way anyway--- full-day or two-day course. So if you've already invested time and money on the pre-certification, you're screwed.
I complained to the CA Fish & Game about this. I received a response that the Internet class is new and they don't have enough instructors certified for the shorter class. WTH! Anyway, I'm waiting for them to give a referral on an instructor who can do this. Man, I sure hope it's not some solution like fly off to another city to take the 4-hour course, and maybe available once or twice in the year, like after the summer, or something!
