San Jacinto Wildlife Area will be hosting a free state-mandated Hunter’s Education course on Saturday, April 27th, 2019. If you want to get a hunting license this is the class you need to take to get your license.
Tom Trakes, of San Jacinto Wildlife Area, advised that the students should assemble at the SJ check station by 6:30 am with the course beginning promptly thereafter.
The Class is free to all, no tuition or materials fee. Students must read the Hunter Education manual prior to attending this class and bring it along to the class. (Check a little further down for more about the manual). The weather at San Jacinto in April varies but can be quite warm and it’s suggested that everyone attending would probably want to bring a good supply of bottled water.
Lunch will be at noon, food provided, sponsored by Quail Forever.
The class should last until about 5:00 pm and everyone successfully completing the course can then head out to their local DFW license agent (aka: sporting goods store, Walmart, DFW Office, etc.) and buy their hunting license.
Every person who wishes to take this course must register for the class. Before registering the student must obtain a Get Outdoors (GO ID) number. Students must download, sign, and bring to the class with them a Student Consent Form.
To get a GO ID number, start here:
https://www.ca.wildlifelicense.com/InternetSales/CustomerSearch/Begin
To register for the class and get your Student Consent Form, go to:
https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/139960
…and follow the instructions to register.
On the registration page, they request that you “Please read your manual before April 27th and be prepared for a 9 hour class…”. printed copies of the Hunter Education Manual are available at your local DFW office or, as soon as they get them, at San Jacinto Wildlife Area. I checked with the DFW Los Alamitos Office and the manual is not available online as a pdf, however, I did obtain a printed copy and on the cover is a web address that takes you to a Hunter Education page. If you scroll down that page a short way you will see a link to the “Official California Department of Fish and Wildlife hunter safety course”. Click on that link and it takes you to the “Official California Hunter Safety Course Online” page. At the very top of that page, right in the middle is a link that says “Study Guide” (there’s also another link to the same study guide further down the page). Click on either of those links and it will take you to an online version of the Hunter Education Manual. I checked a few pages of this link as compared to the printed manual and it appears to follow the printed manual I obtained from the DFW Office fairly closely. If you can’t make it to a DFW office or to SJWA before the class to pick up a manual this is a substitute, although I believe the manual is slightly more detailed. Here’s the link to the web address to find the online version of the manual:
Here’s a link to a page with a map and addresses for all the DFW Offices so you can find the one near you:
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=55162&inline
Direction to the San Jacinto Wildlife Area:
From the 215 South freeway:
-Exit Ramona Expressway going east towards Lake Perris, go 7 miles to Davis road, turn left and go up Davis road 2 miles to the Wildlife Headquarters office.
From the 79:
-Exit Ramona Expressway going west towards Lake Perris, go to Davis road, turn right and go up Davis road 2 miles to the Wildlife Headquarters office.
Any questions regarding this free Hunter’s Education course should call Tom Trakes at 951-236-3040.
SoCalHunt 
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