Option allows new hunters to complete Hunter-Trapper Education anywhere, anytime 
Many first-time buyers of Pennsylvania hunting or furtaker licenses have a new, convenient option for completing the required certification course.
A new, online-only Hunter-Trapper Education course is available from the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
The course, which can be completed online in about six to eight hours, is available to students ages 16 and older. Students can use any computer, smartphone, tablet or e-reader to take the course, providing flexibility to take it anywhere at any time, said Andy Hueser, a hunter-education specialist for the Game Commission.
\”People live increasingly busy lives these days,\” Hueser said. \”In recent years we’ve upped the number of traditional, classroom courses we offer and have offered many more courses at peak times in the fall when more people are thinking about hunting and hunter education, and record numbers of new hunters have become certified as a result.
\”But demand still exists, and some folks simply can’t make the time to attend a traditional course,\” Hueser said. \”For them, this new, online option removes a hurdle that might have previously stood in the way of their obtaining a hunting license.\”
The curriculum for the online course is identical to that taught in the traditional classroom course. Topics such as tree-stand safety, lawful trapping of furbearers, firearms safety, Lyme-disease prevention, state game lands regulations, and other programs all are covered.