Anyone have any luck sitting in for no-shows at the hunters ed course at Nimitz Center? Some friends and I were told we could replace them if they don't come. Is this true? I wanted to register but they're booked until March. Just wanted to see if it was worth our time to wait and see if we could get in, or just register and wait for our turn. Thanks for the help guys...

Register and try to sit in an earlier class.  That way you're covered either way.  I went about 2 hours prior to try and sit in and was third in line when i went.

My guess is this isn't the first time people have done this resulting in the open seats.

I know someone who teaches a section of the hunter ed here on Maui. And from what he has heard is that anti gun people have been calling in for spots and not showing so less people who really want the class can actually take it. Might be just a Maui thing but never know.

I heard the same rumor about the Oahu class.  Don't know if it is true but me and a friend went about 2-3 hours early and got in.  In fact, I think they let everyone on standby into the class.  They had to get extra chairs from the office and stuff.  It was pretty crazy tight seating but they didn't want to turn anyone away.

I don't know if it's because of anti's or just people that registered and got into the class early failing to cancel their reservation, but I did the same thing. Go down early and sit on standby, they generally take as many as they can and most get in.

Same here but it was years ago. Showed up early and made it in no problem.

Same here, showed up and took a no-show seat.
 

took mine a few years ago
when there, they took all the stand by's. and there was plenty.
the room was really crowded, but nobody was turned away.
might be up to the person at the hunters ed course that makes the call. 

Yup, lots and lots of no-shows, but stand-bys start lining up before 3pm - my girlfriend put us down for class around 3:15pm back in November 2015 and we JUST squeaked in.

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Think you can start standing in line at 3:00PM (call yourself to double check) and I like to say there were about 24 people on standby, everyone got in. Only 13 registered people showed up. Go for it, go early, go check out Prime Sports, go stand in line. This was in August 2014. At the time, they were pretty strict on keeping the room capacity to fire code as they mentioned they were visited by the fire inspectors, probably because some anti-gun guy brought it up. They said previously they took everyone and jam packed the room. Maybe it's like that again?

They took all the stand by people in my December class.

When I took mine many years ago, the class was full. They made room for the standbys but they didn't have a desk.

When my daughter and son took it a few years back, I do not believe there was any standbys.

Come by the day of class around 3pm and sign-in on the stand-by list. There's a good chance you will be accepted.

To limit the amount of "groups" (mostly the kind that doesn't eat meat, for instance) registering and filling up classes, the State Hunter Education Program limited registrations to two-months out. A second, mid-week class was implemented to take overflows from the prior week's weekend class.

To cover all bases, I'd recommend trying to register for the weekend class, and if it's full, register for the weeknight class, if that's full, come stand-by regardless to get in early. The class sizes are more regulated than they were three years ago.

Hope that helps, see you in class.

If availability is an issue, I'm not certain if there has been an effort to have the Boy Scouts of America open up their Pupukea facilty for Hunter Education.  As a former certified member of Aloha Council outdoor training staff, I believe the facilities at Camp Pupukea should be well suite to accommodate if #'s become an issue.  I am aware that annual Boy Scouts of America "Sportsman's Challenge" at Camp Pupukea, Oahu, Hawaii is conducted there every year.  I used to work with DNLR whenever our Troop went out on hikes in case they wanted to have signs or trail markers posted to make sure hikers stay on the trail...no trail blazing (another subject).  Hence, perhaps in a pinch this should be considered and coordinated.

If availability is an issue, I'm not certain if there has been an effort to have the Boy Scouts of America open up their Pupukea facilty for Hunter Education.  As a former certified member of Aloha Council outdoor training staff, I believe the facilities at Camp Pupukea should be well suite to accommodate if #'s become an issue.  I am aware that annual Boy Scouts of America "Sportsman's Challenge" at Camp Pupukea, Oahu, Hawaii is conducted there every year.  I used to work with DNLR whenever our Troop went out on hikes in case they wanted to have signs or trail markers posted to make sure hikers stay on the trail...no trail blazing (another subject).  Hence, perhaps in a pinch this should be considered and coordinated.

Not sure how the Boy Scout Council is insured, but when my 2 girls were in Girl Scouts, adults who wanted to use the camp (father/daughter weekend camp) needed to be insured, which required us to join Girl Scouts as adult volunteers.

The Boy Scouts might not have insurance limitations for visitors.  Something to check into maybe?

 

Not sure how the Boy Scout Council is insured, but when my 2 girls were in Girl Scouts, adults who wanted to use the camp (father/daughter weekend camp) needed to be insured, which required us to join Girl Scouts as adult volunteers.

The Boy Scouts might not have insurance limitations for visitors.  Something to check into maybe?

 

I understand, the adult participants had to be signed up as Adult Leaders (Scoutmaster / A. Scoutmaster) or Member of Committee (Committee Chair, Finance, Parent.) being part of a Boy Scout Troop or Pack.  I believe Parental (or Guardian) forms was not to difficult to fill out but should always be done way before attending a function (i.e. Summer Camp / Day Camp).   I use to ask Parents to just sign up as a member of Committee and the Troop would take care of the registration cost (minimal $).  So if they opted to join a function we don't have to go thru the sign up process right prior to event when it could become time sensitive.  I'm quite sure that those who are concerned are aware of Camp Pupukea shooting range facilities...regardless I'll try and get appropriate parties to hook up and discuss.  Members of the HRA will attest that the Pupukea camp has a decent shooting range set up...so does Camp Maluhia on Maui.

Interesting fun class!!  My friend talked me into going even though we don't hunt and the class is 12 hours.

I feel bad for the one male instructor who was getting grief from a female instructor about still not bagging a deer with a bow.   Luckily the guy is pretty mellow with a good sense of humor

Resisting urge to pick up a bow.........

I took the hunters ed course recently as well and I want to get a bow soon as well.  I've always wanted a recurve. 

If availability is an issue, I'm not certain if there has been an effort to have the Boy Scouts of America open up their Pupukea facilty for Hunter Education.  As a former certified member of Aloha Council outdoor training staff, I believe the facilities at Camp Pupukea should be well suite to accommodate if #'s become an issue.  I am aware that annual Boy Scouts of America "Sportsman's Challenge" at Camp Pupukea, Oahu, Hawaii is conducted there every year.  I used to work with DNLR whenever our Troop went out on hikes in case they wanted to have signs or trail markers posted to make sure hikers stay on the trail...no trail blazing (another subject).  Hence, perhaps in a pinch this should be considered and coordinated.

I remember shooting 22s as a youngster at Pupukea Boy Scout's Facility. Really good memories. I wish my son could've done Boy Scout's but sports took most of his time.