“Instilling the Knowledge and Skills Necessary for a Safe and Ethical Hunt”

From the NH Fish & Game Hunter Education website

To become a licensed hunter in New Hampshire, you must complete a Hunter Education course.
Hunter Education is required for new hunters to purchase their first hunting or archery license.
Classes are open to New Hampshire residents and non-residents.

Hunter Education covers safe firearms handling, archery equipment, wildlife management principles, map and compass skills, New Hampshire game laws and more.
NH Fish and Game offers two types of Hunter Education courses:

Another valuable link is huntnh.com. You will find the link to the current Hunting Digest there as well as links to info on lots of other topics. A screen shot of the page is below.

We are very fortunate to be able to offer these Hunter Education Courses at our facility.

This year we will be hosting 5 Hunter Education Fields Days associated with the Online Hunter Education Course as well as 1 Traditional 2 Day course.

Course Schedules

The April classes usually fill up very quickly.

The first of the Field Day courses for 2026 offered at AVFG Club facilities will be April 11th 2026 from 9 am to 3 pm. There will be another April Field Days April 18th from 9 am to 3 pm.Take the class on line at the NH Fish & Game Hunter Education Site . Complete the online course and then sign up for the April Field Day that fits your schedule.

We will be having 2 Field Day Courses in September 2026. The first Field Day will be September 12th 9 am to 3 pm and the second Field Day will be September 18th from 9 am to 3 pm. Take the on line class at the NH Fish & Game Hunter Education Site. Complete the online course and then sign up the August Field Day that fits your schedule.

Online Hunter Ed with Mandatory In-Person Field Day

Online courses include remote learning with an in-person field day. Must be 12 years old to take this class.

Self-paced online course
Chapter quizzes
Multiple-choice written exam
Field day assessment and practical exam (in-person required)
$29.00 fee on-line
Plus $5 at the time of the class at the club

August 25, 2024 Hunter Ed Online Course Field Day

We had a full class of 16 participants and great scores. Here is a picture of the class and the instructors. We hope to see some of these graduates come to shoot with us at Trap or our hosted shooting events. Watch for the courses in the Spring and sign up to do your Hunter Ed on-line and your Field Day at Ammonoosuc Valley Fish & Game Club in Bath.

August 25, 2024 Hunter Ed Field Day Graduates and their Instructors.

NH Hunter Ed Field Day Photos

April 11th, 2026
Hunter Ed Field Day Course Pictures and Graduating Class

We had a cold wet day for the first Hunter Ed Field Day course at AVFG on April 11th, 2026. The class had 5 guy and 3 gals.
The sun was out for a little while while we set up for the day, then clouds moved in, it rained ..we had hail and wind…lots of wind.

Early in the Day – sun but dark clouds moving in.

Decoys for the Shoot – Don’t Shoot exercise.

Firearms ready in our new enclosed area.

The wind was so strong that we were not able to do the live fire exercise. The targets were being blown over before the instructors could get back behind the firing line.
We will be making modifications to the targets to avoid this issue in the future.

The Class and some of the instructors for the April 11th, 2026 Field Day

The Fish and Game C.O. – Nick took a lot of questions from the group.

Mr. Puffer did the Ethics portion of the class. Lots of questions and really good answers from the participants!

Waiting for the participants to arrive.

Classroom set up and ready

Supplies for the live fire event all set.