A recent review of students enrolled in hunter education training classes since 2002 shows that our student population is distributed broadly into the following four age classes:
Age Group / Total Enrollments
Less than 10 years of age 7,209 students
10 - 20 years of age 49,102 students
20 - 30 years of age 13,343 students
More than 30 years of age 11,652 students
As might be expected, successful student performance improves with age, as noted below:
Age Group Successful / Performance Level
Less than 10 years of age 75% of students pass
10 - 20 years of age 80% of students pass
20 - 30 years of age 95% of students pass
More than 30 years of age 93% of students pass
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Instructors Invited To Observe November 1 Online Session
"The whole atmosphere is really nice! I like it much better than the traditional hunter education class format!" That's what hunter education instructor Frank DuMars says about online evaluation sessions for students. Frank's phone has been ringing off the hook all October, and he's now inviting fellow instructors to observe his upcoming evaluation session to see if they, too, might like the online approach.
If you're interested, please contact Frank directly at (360) 482-2945. Frank welcomes all instructors and invites your feedback. The program starts at 10:00 a.m. at the Star Lake Community Club, between Shelton and Elma. Call Frank for specific driving instructions since Star Lake doesn't appear on all maps. (NOTE: Even the online search functions can't find Star Lake!)
As a reminder, all instructors must be approved by Chuck Ray to conduct online evaluation sessions. This is a great way to find out what's involved in online education.
If you're interested, please contact Frank directly at (360) 482-2945. Frank welcomes all instructors and invites your feedback. The program starts at 10:00 a.m. at the Star Lake Community Club, between Shelton and Elma. Call Frank for specific driving instructions since Star Lake doesn't appear on all maps. (NOTE: Even the online search functions can't find Star Lake!)
As a reminder, all instructors must be approved by Chuck Ray to conduct online evaluation sessions. This is a great way to find out what's involved in online education.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Summer And Fall IHEA Journals Now Online
The Winter 2009 issue of the IHEA Journal are now available online to Washington's hunter education instructors. Access directions are printed below.
(NOTE: Beginning with this issue the Journal will only be available to instructors with web access. Mailing and shipping costs have continued to escalate, and everybody in Washington State now understands the magnitude of the budget crisis facing our state. We hope that every hunter education team has at least one person they can rely upon in the future for such e-communications.) As we have noted in the past, the file size is H-U-G-E, so if you only have dial-up access be prepared for a long, slow process. With high-speed access the file only takes two minutes to load.
Please notify me directly (mikitmjm@dfw.wa.gov) if you experience any problems accessing the file.
The Journal is available at: huntershandbook.com/hej
The user name for all Washington hunter education instructors is: instructor (case sensitive).
The password for all Washington hunter education instructors is: wa123 (case sensitive).
(NOTE: Beginning with this issue the Journal will only be available to instructors with web access. Mailing and shipping costs have continued to escalate, and everybody in Washington State now understands the magnitude of the budget crisis facing our state. We hope that every hunter education team has at least one person they can rely upon in the future for such e-communications.) As we have noted in the past, the file size is H-U-G-E, so if you only have dial-up access be prepared for a long, slow process. With high-speed access the file only takes two minutes to load.
Please notify me directly (mikitmjm@dfw.wa.gov) if you experience any problems accessing the file.
The Journal is available at: huntershandbook.com/hej
The user name for all Washington hunter education instructors is: instructor (case sensitive).
The password for all Washington hunter education instructors is: wa123 (case sensitive).
Friday, August 22, 2008
New Instructor Training Changes In 2009
The former Pre-Service Training (PST) program will be discontinued in 2009.
Although the PST program was well-received by both staff and prospective instructors, the program's costs, the time involved and its effectiveness (only 1/3 of candidates actually completed the instructor certification process in an average year) mean that it's now time for a change and a new approach.
Our new instructor certification process places a much greater premium on mentoring as new candidates prepare to become fully certified instructors. The basic instructor certification process in 2009 will involve the following steps:
(1) Application - Unchanged from previous years
(2) Mentoring - Working with a mentor approved in advance by Dan Boes or Chuck Ray, the new candidate will complete a series of items on a checklist. The approved mentor will guide the new applicant and review candidate performance, and the applicant will benefit from the close involvement provided by an existing teaching team. Successful candidates are nominated by their mentor to participate in the third and final step. Unsuccessful candidates may require additional time or be denied the opportunity to become certified hunter education instructors.
(3) Full Class Participation / Evaluation - All new applicants will join other prospective instructor applicants in conducting a class in an underserved area of the state. Held five or six times per year, the applicant teaching session will allow the applicants to demonstrate their skills and abilities while Dan Boes and Chuck Ray provide evaluation and feedback. Applicants will receive per diem and mileage reimbursement for participating in the mandatory weekend training program.
The obvious emphasis in this new approach is on local instructor support as we develop new instructor talent. Printed material will soon be available (by the first week in November) from Dan Boes and Chuck Ray, to whom you should direct questions.
Although the PST program was well-received by both staff and prospective instructors, the program's costs, the time involved and its effectiveness (only 1/3 of candidates actually completed the instructor certification process in an average year) mean that it's now time for a change and a new approach.
Our new instructor certification process places a much greater premium on mentoring as new candidates prepare to become fully certified instructors. The basic instructor certification process in 2009 will involve the following steps:
(1) Application - Unchanged from previous years
(2) Mentoring - Working with a mentor approved in advance by Dan Boes or Chuck Ray, the new candidate will complete a series of items on a checklist. The approved mentor will guide the new applicant and review candidate performance, and the applicant will benefit from the close involvement provided by an existing teaching team. Successful candidates are nominated by their mentor to participate in the third and final step. Unsuccessful candidates may require additional time or be denied the opportunity to become certified hunter education instructors.
(3) Full Class Participation / Evaluation - All new applicants will join other prospective instructor applicants in conducting a class in an underserved area of the state. Held five or six times per year, the applicant teaching session will allow the applicants to demonstrate their skills and abilities while Dan Boes and Chuck Ray provide evaluation and feedback. Applicants will receive per diem and mileage reimbursement for participating in the mandatory weekend training program.
The obvious emphasis in this new approach is on local instructor support as we develop new instructor talent. Printed material will soon be available (by the first week in November) from Dan Boes and Chuck Ray, to whom you should direct questions.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Instructor Suggestion Will Lead To Better Communications
Instructor Brian Peters, Vancouver, offered an excellent suggestion for staff to implement: Why not send an e-mail confirming that student and course records have been received in the Olympia office?
It's a great suggestion and one that the Olympia office will implement. Obviously, to make it work we need e-mail addresses from all chief instructors who want to participate. Right now, for example, the Olympia office has e-mail addresses for less than 50% of instructors. We cannot provide confirming e-mails unless we have the correct e-mail address, so interested instructors should be sure to check with Jan, Mik or Tracy to make sure we have e-mail addresses on file.
Great suggestion, Brian! Keep 'yer thinkin' cap on!
It's a great suggestion and one that the Olympia office will implement. Obviously, to make it work we need e-mail addresses from all chief instructors who want to participate. Right now, for example, the Olympia office has e-mail addresses for less than 50% of instructors. We cannot provide confirming e-mails unless we have the correct e-mail address, so interested instructors should be sure to check with Jan, Mik or Tracy to make sure we have e-mail addresses on file.
Great suggestion, Brian! Keep 'yer thinkin' cap on!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Instructor Offers Compiled Online
For the latest offers available to hunter education instructors nationwide, please go to the IHEA web site below.
http://www.ihea.com/instructors/special-offers-for-instructors.php
http://www.ihea.com/instructors/special-offers-for-instructors.php
Read This: Reprinted With Permission
Written in stone
by Larry Simoneaux
Do you know what a "hunting accident" is?
A hunting accident is when you're hunting and a volcano blows up behind you. Poof. You're gone. Nothing to be done. An accident pure and simple.
A hunting accident is when you're under a tree and a branch chooses that moment to snap and level you.
Again, just one of those times when the stars align against you. Those, and similar events, are hunting accidents.
It isn't, however, an accident when one individual shoots another while hunting.
Sorry, but when that happens, some very basic rule was broken and what you're now dealing with is a completely preventable tragedy.
Last week, Pamela Almli was out hiking. As she bent over to put something into her pack, a young teenage boy mistook her for a bear and shot her. Pamela Almli died and two families have now been permanently harmed. One through the needless loss of a loved one and the other because a 14-year-old boy - no matter the legal fallout - will, for the rest of his life, endure the pain of knowing that through some combination of inattention, inexperience, excitement, negligence, or what have you, he killed another human being.
Want to know how long it takes to positively identify a target when you're hunting? Simple. It takes every bit as long as you need to answer every darned question that had better be in your mind before you bring that firearm to your shoulder. In other words, you can never, ever shoot at "I'm pretty sure it's this." Nor, for that matter, can you even consider shooting at movement or sound.
As a good friend has said to me on many occasions, "I don't quite know the sound or movement that identifies something as a game animal, but I'm sure I've made that noise or movement while I've been out there."
So to be safe, here's a suggestion that I borrowed from another hunter more than 30 years ago: When you see something, hear something, or notice movement while hunting, train your mind so that your first thought is that what you see, the noise you hear,
or the movement you notice is the one person that you love the most coming out to be with you. Do this and your first instinct will never be to aim a firearm at something you haven't positively identified.
The bottom line in hunting is always this: If you've made up your mind to shoot, then you need to be somewhere well beyond certain that what you're about to shoot at is precisely what you think it is. And here, a point needs to be made. The scope that sits atop many rifles and shotguns is not an identification tool. It is an aiming tool.
When you use that scope to look at something, you are also pointing your muzzle at that same thing. And if you justify this particular type of foolishness by
saying that you have the safety on, then you could be hanging another person's life on a mechanical device that's been known to fail. So, if you're going to take up this sport, spend the money to buy a set of binoculars. When you buy those binoculars, make it a rule to use them
religiously because you can never - absolutely never - aim a firearm at anything that you do not intend to kill.
If you can't make this kind of commitment to identifying your target, then forget about hunting. You aren't mature enough for this sport and we don't need you out there.
Ms. Almli didn't die because of an accident. She died because someone didn't take the time to properly identify her. Further, no matter how much time was taken, it wasn't anywhere near enough because someone is now dead - and if that sounds harsh, it's because it's meant to.
There are no "do-overs" once you pull a trigger. That bullet that you fired is now on a ballistic path and it will hit whatever it was pointed at no matter how badly you wish to call it back. That one, very simple point has been set in stone more times than I care to count.
Unfortunately, too many of those stones are found in cemeteries where they're used to mark the graves of those needlessly gone.
by Larry Simoneaux
Do you know what a "hunting accident" is?
A hunting accident is when you're hunting and a volcano blows up behind you. Poof. You're gone. Nothing to be done. An accident pure and simple.
A hunting accident is when you're under a tree and a branch chooses that moment to snap and level you.
Again, just one of those times when the stars align against you. Those, and similar events, are hunting accidents.
It isn't, however, an accident when one individual shoots another while hunting.
Sorry, but when that happens, some very basic rule was broken and what you're now dealing with is a completely preventable tragedy.
Last week, Pamela Almli was out hiking. As she bent over to put something into her pack, a young teenage boy mistook her for a bear and shot her. Pamela Almli died and two families have now been permanently harmed. One through the needless loss of a loved one and the other because a 14-year-old boy - no matter the legal fallout - will, for the rest of his life, endure the pain of knowing that through some combination of inattention, inexperience, excitement, negligence, or what have you, he killed another human being.
Want to know how long it takes to positively identify a target when you're hunting? Simple. It takes every bit as long as you need to answer every darned question that had better be in your mind before you bring that firearm to your shoulder. In other words, you can never, ever shoot at "I'm pretty sure it's this." Nor, for that matter, can you even consider shooting at movement or sound.
As a good friend has said to me on many occasions, "I don't quite know the sound or movement that identifies something as a game animal, but I'm sure I've made that noise or movement while I've been out there."
So to be safe, here's a suggestion that I borrowed from another hunter more than 30 years ago: When you see something, hear something, or notice movement while hunting, train your mind so that your first thought is that what you see, the noise you hear,
or the movement you notice is the one person that you love the most coming out to be with you. Do this and your first instinct will never be to aim a firearm at something you haven't positively identified.
The bottom line in hunting is always this: If you've made up your mind to shoot, then you need to be somewhere well beyond certain that what you're about to shoot at is precisely what you think it is. And here, a point needs to be made. The scope that sits atop many rifles and shotguns is not an identification tool. It is an aiming tool.
When you use that scope to look at something, you are also pointing your muzzle at that same thing. And if you justify this particular type of foolishness by
saying that you have the safety on, then you could be hanging another person's life on a mechanical device that's been known to fail. So, if you're going to take up this sport, spend the money to buy a set of binoculars. When you buy those binoculars, make it a rule to use them
religiously because you can never - absolutely never - aim a firearm at anything that you do not intend to kill.
If you can't make this kind of commitment to identifying your target, then forget about hunting. You aren't mature enough for this sport and we don't need you out there.
Ms. Almli didn't die because of an accident. She died because someone didn't take the time to properly identify her. Further, no matter how much time was taken, it wasn't anywhere near enough because someone is now dead - and if that sounds harsh, it's because it's meant to.
There are no "do-overs" once you pull a trigger. That bullet that you fired is now on a ballistic path and it will hit whatever it was pointed at no matter how badly you wish to call it back. That one, very simple point has been set in stone more times than I care to count.
Unfortunately, too many of those stones are found in cemeteries where they're used to mark the graves of those needlessly gone.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Bear Hunting Incident Generates Many Questions
The recent fatal incident in Skagit County has raised questions from both the general public and the media. Some were surprised that hunting seasons have already begun while hikers and families were afield, while others wondered aloud how juvenile hunters could legally hunt alone. (NOTE: Bear season in western Washington historically starts on August 1. A 14 year-old shooter shot and killed a female hiker at a distance of approximately 120 yards, mistaking her for a bear. The youth successfully completed hunter education and had all necessary license documents--making him completely legal afield despite his age and the fact that he was not being supervised by an adult hunter.)
We all know that every hunting incident is a terrible tragedy, regardless of the underlying facts. We also know that strict adherence to basic hunting safety rules could have prevented the incident. The official investigation in this hunting incident continues and we will provide additional details as they become available.
Youth under 15 years of age have been responsible for roughly 12 per cent of hunting incidents here in Washington since 1980. During that time 61 individuals 15 or younger have been involved as shooters in hunting incidents (NOTE: This 61 figure includes about 20 self-inflicted injuries.).
We all know that every hunting incident is a terrible tragedy, regardless of the underlying facts. We also know that strict adherence to basic hunting safety rules could have prevented the incident. The official investigation in this hunting incident continues and we will provide additional details as they become available.
Youth under 15 years of age have been responsible for roughly 12 per cent of hunting incidents here in Washington since 1980. During that time 61 individuals 15 or younger have been involved as shooters in hunting incidents (NOTE: This 61 figure includes about 20 self-inflicted injuries.).
Thursday, August 07, 2008
News Flash: Licenses Soon To Require Middle Initial
Beginning August 12th all new hunting license buyers will be asked to provide a middle initial before they may purchase a license. For hunter education instructors, this means a polite reminder for all students (and parents filling out bubble forms for students) to include the middle initial on our registration form.
How big a deal is this? Well, a quick review of 149,689 hunter education records earlier today revealed that a staggering 25,192 individuals did not provide us with a middle initial. (NOTE: The middle initial is very helpful in distinguishing individuals with similar first/last names.)
The obvious question from instructors is, "What about students who do not legally have a middle name/initial?" Rather than leave a blank field (and leave Olympia staff wondering whether or not the field was simply bypassed), please direct students without middle initials to use an asterisk (*). Currently the scanner cannot read an asterisk character, but at least we will know that the student does not have the required field. (NOTE: The license document will contain an asterisk (*) field for students without legal middle names.
How big a deal is this? Well, a quick review of 149,689 hunter education records earlier today revealed that a staggering 25,192 individuals did not provide us with a middle initial. (NOTE: The middle initial is very helpful in distinguishing individuals with similar first/last names.)
The obvious question from instructors is, "What about students who do not legally have a middle name/initial?" Rather than leave a blank field (and leave Olympia staff wondering whether or not the field was simply bypassed), please direct students without middle initials to use an asterisk (*). Currently the scanner cannot read an asterisk character, but at least we will know that the student does not have the required field. (NOTE: The license document will contain an asterisk (*) field for students without legal middle names.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Pilot IST In Spokane - July 26
(An open invitation from Chuck Ray, eastern Washington hunter education field coordinator.)
Please reserve Saturday, July 26th for an important training date!
I have scheduled a pilot, in-service training (IST) for the 2009 chief instructor (C.I.) IST requirement, for July 26th at the Spokane Gun Club. The times will be from 8 am till noon.
You are invited to helps us pave the way for the new in-service training requirement for 2009. We want your input and ideas on how the new IST format should look. There will be four subject topics for the training; which will be the revamping of the instructor’s evaluation matrix, enforcement participation in the classroom, on-line hunter education update and an update on class registration via the Internet. Staff attending will be; Lt. Steve Crown, Mik Mikitik, Mike Kuttle, Captain Mike Whorton and other Region One enforcement officers.
Due to space constraints, I must limit participation to 50 chief instructors, so register early. If you plan on attending, you will need to pre-register by July 21st no later than noon. The club will be open for trap or skeet shooting after our meeting, so bring a shotgun along and enjoy an afternoon of killing some clay birds. Shooting will be on your own hook.
If you have any questions please call me in Ephrata at 1-800-468-5006.
NOTE: Attendance at the pilot training program is optional--not required--and there is no reimbursement offered for per diem or mileage for this pilot program.
Please reserve Saturday, July 26th for an important training date!
I have scheduled a pilot, in-service training (IST) for the 2009 chief instructor (C.I.) IST requirement, for July 26th at the Spokane Gun Club. The times will be from 8 am till noon.
You are invited to helps us pave the way for the new in-service training requirement for 2009. We want your input and ideas on how the new IST format should look. There will be four subject topics for the training; which will be the revamping of the instructor’s evaluation matrix, enforcement participation in the classroom, on-line hunter education update and an update on class registration via the Internet. Staff attending will be; Lt. Steve Crown, Mik Mikitik, Mike Kuttle, Captain Mike Whorton and other Region One enforcement officers.
Due to space constraints, I must limit participation to 50 chief instructors, so register early. If you plan on attending, you will need to pre-register by July 21st no later than noon. The club will be open for trap or skeet shooting after our meeting, so bring a shotgun along and enjoy an afternoon of killing some clay birds. Shooting will be on your own hook.
If you have any questions please call me in Ephrata at 1-800-468-5006.
NOTE: Attendance at the pilot training program is optional--not required--and there is no reimbursement offered for per diem or mileage for this pilot program.
Two Region 5 Instructor Incentive Deer Permits Remaining
Two instructor incentive deer permits remain available for Region 5 (southwest Washington).
If you (1) submitted an application earlier this year, (2) are eligible to receive an instructor incentive permit, and, (3) have not previously received an instructor incentive permit, you can be a lucky winner! Just e-mail Mik (mikitmjm@dfw.wa.gov) or call the Olympia office (360-902-8408) and claim it. It's that simple!
More information on the instructor incentive permits is found in other blog articles or on page 95 of the 2008 Big Game Hunting Seasons & Regulations pamphlet.
If you (1) submitted an application earlier this year, (2) are eligible to receive an instructor incentive permit, and, (3) have not previously received an instructor incentive permit, you can be a lucky winner! Just e-mail Mik (mikitmjm@dfw.wa.gov) or call the Olympia office (360-902-8408) and claim it. It's that simple!
More information on the instructor incentive permits is found in other blog articles or on page 95 of the 2008 Big Game Hunting Seasons & Regulations pamphlet.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Online Registration Could Be Available Within A Year!
Mik Mikitik just completed a very productive WebEx meeting with one potential vendor and is now cautiously confident that WDFW can have affordable, efficient online registration for hunter education students by the end of this year. Remember, online registration for students will be an option instructors decide upon--not one they are forced to live with.
A number of vendors have invested substantial resources into development of winning products/services. No application contains all of the online features staff and instructors want or need, but we have found a vendor that believes "Everything is possible." This is the kind of development team we need to make our dreams become online realities.
Various vendors feature all of the "basic" elements of any online registration system--super-user controls, administrative controls, instructor controls and student controls--which don't mean anything in today's whiz-bang world of e-wonders. What we need to distinguish the competition are an absolute commitment to hunter education, a strong service support record behind the product line, and a `can do' willingness to build applications that our fit end-user needs (rather than one which molds the user into an off-the-shelf product).
There is a lot of thought and process required before we arrive at the final online registration solution, but the benefits--to hunter education staff, instructors, and students--make it all worthwhile. Costs won't be insignificant, but they will be realistic and affordable.
Instructors will have an opportunity to help us craft a best-in-class online product/service, and several instructors have agreed to assist in reviewing proposals and offering suggestions for improvements. At this point there's nothing visual to offer instructors but there should be something available for review in the month(s) ahead.
A number of vendors have invested substantial resources into development of winning products/services. No application contains all of the online features staff and instructors want or need, but we have found a vendor that believes "Everything is possible." This is the kind of development team we need to make our dreams become online realities.
Various vendors feature all of the "basic" elements of any online registration system--super-user controls, administrative controls, instructor controls and student controls--which don't mean anything in today's whiz-bang world of e-wonders. What we need to distinguish the competition are an absolute commitment to hunter education, a strong service support record behind the product line, and a `can do' willingness to build applications that our fit end-user needs (rather than one which molds the user into an off-the-shelf product).
There is a lot of thought and process required before we arrive at the final online registration solution, but the benefits--to hunter education staff, instructors, and students--make it all worthwhile. Costs won't be insignificant, but they will be realistic and affordable.
Instructors will have an opportunity to help us craft a best-in-class online product/service, and several instructors have agreed to assist in reviewing proposals and offering suggestions for improvements. At this point there's nothing visual to offer instructors but there should be something available for review in the month(s) ahead.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Check Out The Revised Online Hunter Education Class
Online hunter education has a new look and feel, available at the web site below:
http://www.hunter-ed.com/wa/index.htm
If you or your teaching team are interested in evaluating online hunter education students, please contact Chuck Ray directly at the Ephrata office. The new approach requires instructor evaluations, and additional support is always welcome!
http://www.hunter-ed.com/wa/index.htm
If you or your teaching team are interested in evaluating online hunter education students, please contact Chuck Ray directly at the Ephrata office. The new approach requires instructor evaluations, and additional support is always welcome!
IHEA Journal Now Available In .pdf
Great news--at least for those instructors that have Internet access: The IHEA Journal is now available online to Washington's hunter education instructors. Access directions are printed below.
This is another first-in-the-nation opportunity, made possible with the very helpful support of Brian Thurston (Journal publisher) and others. Brian agreed to make us his "test case" after we explained our twin sustainability and cost-saving goals of transitioning from paper to "e" products. (NOTE: Eventually the Journal will only be available to instructors with web access. Mailing and shipping costs continue to escalate, and every dollar spent on mailing and shipping costs represents money that is not spent on either student or instructor training or materials. We hope that every hunter education team has at least one person they can rely upon in the future for such e-communications.)
One word of caution: The file size is H-U-G-E, so if you only have dial-up access be prepared for a long, slow process. With high-speed access the file only takes two minutes to load. Please notify me directly (mikitmjm@dfw.wa.gov) if you experience any problems accessing the file.
The Journal is available at: huntershandbook.com/hej
The user name for all Washington hunter education instructors is: instructor (case sensitive).
The password for all Washington hunter education instructors is: wa123 (case sensitive).
The quality and resolution is excellent and I hope you and your fellow instructors enjoy the new format.
Future enhancements include adding past issues so that the entire history of the IHEA Journal is available as reference material for hunter education instructors.
Thanks again to Brian and his very capable team at Focus Group, Inc.!
This is another first-in-the-nation opportunity, made possible with the very helpful support of Brian Thurston (Journal publisher) and others. Brian agreed to make us his "test case" after we explained our twin sustainability and cost-saving goals of transitioning from paper to "e" products. (NOTE: Eventually the Journal will only be available to instructors with web access. Mailing and shipping costs continue to escalate, and every dollar spent on mailing and shipping costs represents money that is not spent on either student or instructor training or materials. We hope that every hunter education team has at least one person they can rely upon in the future for such e-communications.)
One word of caution: The file size is H-U-G-E, so if you only have dial-up access be prepared for a long, slow process. With high-speed access the file only takes two minutes to load. Please notify me directly (mikitmjm@dfw.wa.gov) if you experience any problems accessing the file.
The Journal is available at: huntershandbook.com/hej
The user name for all Washington hunter education instructors is: instructor (case sensitive).
The password for all Washington hunter education instructors is: wa123 (case sensitive).
The quality and resolution is excellent and I hope you and your fellow instructors enjoy the new format.
Future enhancements include adding past issues so that the entire history of the IHEA Journal is available as reference material for hunter education instructors.
Thanks again to Brian and his very capable team at Focus Group, Inc.!
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
2009 Incentive Permit Choices - Lucky Winners Get To Choose
The special deer, elk and moose permits listed below will be selected in order by the instructors on the list of permit winners randomly selected April 6 at WDFW headquarters.
Beginning Monday, April 20, instructors will have 48 hours to select a permit option. Instructors choose in rank order (#1 chooses first, #2 chooses second, etc.). Instructors who fail to select a permit option within the required 48 hours will be "bumped" and the next lucky instructor will get to make a choice instead. (Instructors without e-mail access should notify Jan Ulijohn immediately!)
To avoid confusion and to insure accuracy, instructors must provide selections in writing to ulijojlu@dfw.wa.gov
The permit selections below are taken directly from the draft 2009 Hunting Seasons & Rules pamphlet.. Permittees may hunt in all general season and permit seasons established for GMUs included with these permits except for the antlerless only moose permits, which is limited only to October 1 - November 30.
Regions / Areas / GMUs / Restrictions
Region One (Two permits)
GMU 113. Antlerless only moose; October 1 - November 30.
Region One (Two permits)
Any 100 series GMU except GMU 157. Any white-tailed deer.
Region Two (Two permits)
GMUs 204-215, any white-tailed deer.
Region Two (One permit)
GMUs 215-251, any deer
Region Two (One permit)
GMU 290, any deer.
Region Three (One permit)
GMUs 336 - 368, 382, 388, any deer.
Region Three (Two permits)
GMUs 335 - 368, any elk.
Region Four (Two permits)
Any 400 series GMU except GMUs 485 and 490. Any deer.
Region Five (Six permits)
Any 500 series GMU open for a general deer hunting season or a special deer permit hunting season. Legal buck for 500 series GMU of choice or antlerless.
Region Five (Four permits)
All 500 series GMUs except GMU 522. Any elk.
Region Six (One permit)
GMUs 654, 660, 672, 673, 681. Legal buck for GMU of choice.
Region Six (One permit)
GMUs654, 660, 672, 673, 681. Any elk.
All permit recipients will receive a confirmation letter after all incentive permits have been awarded. The blog will be updated daily to reflect the current permit selections and instructors next in line to select a permit.
A total of 25 permits are available. If any of the individuals below waive a permit for this year, they may reapply in 2010. Waived permits will be available to instructors 26 - 36 on the second list below.
1 Bruce Trusty
2 Greg Koehn
3 Stephen Emery
4 Helen Trusley
5 Tommy G. Brown
6 Jim Benedict
7 Richard Vanderlip
8 Michael Moody
9 Mike Curry
10 Lyle Lewis
11 Mark Lippincott
12 Gary Emerson
13 Don Moyer
14 Tom Panosh
15 Scott Hageman
16 Larry Simoneaux
17 Sam Weatherford
18 Mike Kuttel, Jr.
19 Valgene Power
20 Rueben Hernandez
21 George Lang
22 Gary Bjorson
23 Ron Pease
24 John Schaefer
25 David Garrison
If any instructors above waive their permit option for 2009, the following instructors are next in line to choose a permit—again in rank order—until all permits have been awarded.
26 David Vanderhoek
27 Don Hawkins
28 Neal Allen
29 Robert Margulies
30 Jeff Lich
31 Cody Lovelace
32 Cameron Field
33 Sean Isaac
34 Richard Mason
35 John Kokinda
Beginning Monday, April 20, instructors will have 48 hours to select a permit option. Instructors choose in rank order (#1 chooses first, #2 chooses second, etc.). Instructors who fail to select a permit option within the required 48 hours will be "bumped" and the next lucky instructor will get to make a choice instead. (Instructors without e-mail access should notify Jan Ulijohn immediately!)
To avoid confusion and to insure accuracy, instructors must provide selections in writing to ulijojlu@dfw.wa.gov
The permit selections below are taken directly from the draft 2009 Hunting Seasons & Rules pamphlet.. Permittees may hunt in all general season and permit seasons established for GMUs included with these permits except for the antlerless only moose permits, which is limited only to October 1 - November 30.
Regions / Areas / GMUs / Restrictions
Region One (Two permits)
GMU 113. Antlerless only moose; October 1 - November 30.
Region One (Two permits)
Any 100 series GMU except GMU 157. Any white-tailed deer.
Region Two (Two permits)
GMUs 204-215, any white-tailed deer.
Region Two (One permit)
GMUs 215-251, any deer
Region Two (One permit)
GMU 290, any deer.
Region Three (One permit)
GMUs 336 - 368, 382, 388, any deer.
Region Three (Two permits)
GMUs 335 - 368, any elk.
Region Four (Two permits)
Any 400 series GMU except GMUs 485 and 490. Any deer.
Region Five (Six permits)
Any 500 series GMU open for a general deer hunting season or a special deer permit hunting season. Legal buck for 500 series GMU of choice or antlerless.
Region Five (Four permits)
All 500 series GMUs except GMU 522. Any elk.
Region Six (One permit)
GMUs 654, 660, 672, 673, 681. Legal buck for GMU of choice.
Region Six (One permit)
GMUs654, 660, 672, 673, 681. Any elk.
All permit recipients will receive a confirmation letter after all incentive permits have been awarded. The blog will be updated daily to reflect the current permit selections and instructors next in line to select a permit.
A total of 25 permits are available. If any of the individuals below waive a permit for this year, they may reapply in 2010. Waived permits will be available to instructors 26 - 36 on the second list below.
1 Bruce Trusty
2 Greg Koehn
3 Stephen Emery
4 Helen Trusley
5 Tommy G. Brown
6 Jim Benedict
7 Richard Vanderlip
8 Michael Moody
9 Mike Curry
10 Lyle Lewis
11 Mark Lippincott
12 Gary Emerson
13 Don Moyer
14 Tom Panosh
15 Scott Hageman
16 Larry Simoneaux
17 Sam Weatherford
18 Mike Kuttel, Jr.
19 Valgene Power
20 Rueben Hernandez
21 George Lang
22 Gary Bjorson
23 Ron Pease
24 John Schaefer
25 David Garrison
If any instructors above waive their permit option for 2009, the following instructors are next in line to choose a permit—again in rank order—until all permits have been awarded.
26 David Vanderhoek
27 Don Hawkins
28 Neal Allen
29 Robert Margulies
30 Jeff Lich
31 Cody Lovelace
32 Cameron Field
33 Sean Isaac
34 Richard Mason
35 John Kokinda
Good luck and good hunting to all!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Instructor Incentive Permit Names Drawn
The following 35 instructor names were randomly selected from the pool of instructors eligible for a special hunter education incentive permit. As of this post there are no additional details on the permits available, but all permit selections are made in rank order (first instructor chooses first, second chooses next, etc.).
All instructors in the list below will receive a letter from hunter education division staff as soon as permits choices are known. Each instructor will have a maximum of five days to choose a permit--or forfeit their ranking--before moving to the next name on the list.
Congratulations to all....and stay tuned!
John Blatchford
David Pittman
Rick Lind
Ben Engelking
Dan Kivi
Michael Dombrowski
Jim Parman
J.B. Robinson
Brent Ferguson
Noel Willet
Teddy Rothrock
Terry McMaster
Tim Nizich
Gus Dorati
David Hughes
Wilson Worthen
JamieLynn Schmitz
Robert Keating
Warren Burgess, Jr.
James Kramer
Frank Dumars
Stephen Emery
Anthony Pfeiffer
Charles Nadgwick
Tommy Brown
Tom Oxford
Buddy Davis
Mychael gheparde
Charles Fairbanks
Larry Simoneaux
Paul Weekley
Judy Littlefield
John Caputo
Al Littlefield
Andy Sponberg
All instructors in the list below will receive a letter from hunter education division staff as soon as permits choices are known. Each instructor will have a maximum of five days to choose a permit--or forfeit their ranking--before moving to the next name on the list.
Congratulations to all....and stay tuned!
John Blatchford
David Pittman
Rick Lind
Ben Engelking
Dan Kivi
Michael Dombrowski
Jim Parman
J.B. Robinson
Brent Ferguson
Noel Willet
Teddy Rothrock
Terry McMaster
Tim Nizich
Gus Dorati
David Hughes
Wilson Worthen
JamieLynn Schmitz
Robert Keating
Warren Burgess, Jr.
James Kramer
Frank Dumars
Stephen Emery
Anthony Pfeiffer
Charles Nadgwick
Tommy Brown
Tom Oxford
Buddy Davis
Mychael gheparde
Charles Fairbanks
Larry Simoneaux
Paul Weekley
Judy Littlefield
John Caputo
Al Littlefield
Andy Sponberg
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Murphy Lives!
All of us in the hunter education division strive to do a good job in meeting instructor needs. Sometimes we stumble, and occasionally we fail, but we always remember that we have to provide the best service we can so instructors can conduct training classes.
Over the past several weeks we have received reports from instructors about missing or partial shipments of supply orders. While weather is rarely a problem in getting supplies to instructors in a timely manner, in each of these cases the unusually heavy snows were the root cause. To give an idea of just how big a problem weather can sometimes be, consider the circuitous route this 27.5 pound hunter education package has taken....and it still hasn't been delivered!
1/29 Depart Tumwater
1/29 Arrive Fife
1/30 Arrive Moses Lake - adverse weather notice
1/30 Out for Spokane delivery
1/31 Adverse weather - rescheduled
2/8 Service area inaccessible
2/15 Service area inaccessible
2/20 Arrive Hodgkins, Illinois
2/21 Arrive Indianapolis, Indiana
2/22 Arrive Lexington, Kentucky
2/22 Arrive Spartanburg, South Carolina
2/25 Multiple errors: UPS attempting to determine correct information
2/25 Package rerouted to West Columbia, South Carolina
2/26 Greensboro, North Carolina - Departure scan
We're here to help in this--and similar situations! Just give us a call and let us know when your packages don't arrive as a complete shipment. While we may never find the original shipment, we can always resend additional materials.
Over the past several weeks we have received reports from instructors about missing or partial shipments of supply orders. While weather is rarely a problem in getting supplies to instructors in a timely manner, in each of these cases the unusually heavy snows were the root cause. To give an idea of just how big a problem weather can sometimes be, consider the circuitous route this 27.5 pound hunter education package has taken....and it still hasn't been delivered!
1/29 Depart Tumwater
1/29 Arrive Fife
1/30 Arrive Moses Lake - adverse weather notice
1/30 Out for Spokane delivery
1/31 Adverse weather - rescheduled
2/8 Service area inaccessible
2/15 Service area inaccessible
2/20 Arrive Hodgkins, Illinois
2/21 Arrive Indianapolis, Indiana
2/22 Arrive Lexington, Kentucky
2/22 Arrive Spartanburg, South Carolina
2/25 Multiple errors: UPS attempting to determine correct information
2/25 Package rerouted to West Columbia, South Carolina
2/26 Greensboro, North Carolina - Departure scan
We're here to help in this--and similar situations! Just give us a call and let us know when your packages don't arrive as a complete shipment. While we may never find the original shipment, we can always resend additional materials.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Special Pricing On Henry Firearms Once Again Available To Instructors
Henry Repeating Arms is once again offering special discount pricing to certified hunter education instructors. Copies of the 2008 Instructor's Order Form are available from Olympia headquarters staff.
Henry limits instructor orders to two guns per instructor. A completed order form, a photocopy of the instructor certification card, a signed copy of a Federal Firearms License and payment (in the form of check or credit card) are required to submit an order.
Henry also provides free firearm safety literature and catalogs to instructors upon request. If you have specific questions regarding the Henry Instructor Purchase Program, you can contact the staff of Henry Repeating Arms directly at: info@henryrepeating.com
Henry limits instructor orders to two guns per instructor. A completed order form, a photocopy of the instructor certification card, a signed copy of a Federal Firearms License and payment (in the form of check or credit card) are required to submit an order.
Henry also provides free firearm safety literature and catalogs to instructors upon request. If you have specific questions regarding the Henry Instructor Purchase Program, you can contact the staff of Henry Repeating Arms directly at: info@henryrepeating.com
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
16 MM Films, Target Throwers 'N More Available!
Instructor teams in need of a clay target thrower should contact John Wisner at the hunter education warehouse. John has two or three throwers that are now in need of a good hunter education home!
If you use 16 mm films in your classes (yes, some instructors still do!), John also has a supply of 16 mm films.
All items are available for permanent loan to instructors. Items not cleared from the warehouse by the end of March will be placed on the surplus property list....and we'd rather see these items used by instructors in future classes.
First come, first served!
If you use 16 mm films in your classes (yes, some instructors still do!), John also has a supply of 16 mm films.
All items are available for permanent loan to instructors. Items not cleared from the warehouse by the end of March will be placed on the surplus property list....and we'd rather see these items used by instructors in future classes.
First come, first served!
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