Stressless
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Interesting - As a certified Hunter Safety Instructor in Ohio, New Hampshire, Colorado and Florida I just went and looked to see what changed in the last 20 years or so. Each state I taught in from Ohio in the late 80's to 2007 or so in FL, each course had a segment that only did 'FAM' training for Bowhunting, i.e., familiarize with the weapon back then crossguns weren't legal in two of four states so it was Longbow, Recurve and Compound. Really just ID the components, since I bowhunted I got that segment and the ethics portion when we broke it up to teach. Nothing on-line in those days. As you point out it brushed on the accepetable angles, distance and method of kill, blood loss rather than organ shock from bullets. There was no hands on, no focus on ... technique? ... Not sure that's the right discriptor.I could see it definitely being implemented with your Hunter's Safety course. Just another section in it to learn. They touch on it up here in Michigan, acceptable shot angles, vitals, etc. but for both bow and gun (deer hunting in general).
https://myfwc.com/hunting/safety-education/bowhunter/
https://www.bowhunter-ed.com/ohio/
http://nhoutdoorlearning.com/master-outdoorsman/archery/
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None of the four states 'requires' a separate class to purchase a Bowhunting tag or like in OH using that class of weapon to fill the tag. Each state now has a "add-on" class that is optional. As hunters in the sport with over half the WTD take in OH now coming from 'archery' it seems it's clear it should be done but as Brock points out that will limit the 'Opportunity' without regard to the ethical take of legal game by the ODNR (and all three other states I looked at).
Does anyone have first hand knowledge of the Bowhunter Ed course ODNR has approved? Might be a good segway to another thread training specific not on drones...