Show Hunter Safety Course Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be Given on T TA TV TVA A joint venture in teaching hunter safety to youths in four states will get underway next month when the annual hunter safety television training be be- be- be gins Hunter safety instructors from Idaho Montana and WyomIng Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming will join Utah's A. A Lee Robertson In the weekly series aired over which reaches reach reach- es those states via cable Trainees Trainees Trainees Train Train- ees must register with their own state since at the end of the series each state will supervise its own tests and issue Its own certificates Registration for the course which will be aired at pm p.m. each Tuesday from January 8 through May 21 must be ac accomplished accomplished accomplished ac- ac by January 7 1974 Utah youngsters should send name birth date age address zip code and phone number along with a fee to cover cost of material and postage to Hunter Safety TV Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources 1596 West North Temple Salt Lake City Utah Subject matters to be covered in the program Include outdoor wilderness survival wildlife conservation and marksmanship marksmanship marksmanship marksman marksman- ship and firearms handling Upon completion of the series those students who have watched watch watch- ed all 20 programs will be scheduled for a field test written writ writ- ten test and firing qualification test by a certified instructor ItIs It Itis Itis is anticipated that certification of students will be completed prior to June 1 Utah state law requires all persons under 21 years of age to hold a hunter safety Certificate Certificate Certificate cate of Competency before they can purchase a hunting license In the past ten years the hunter hunter hunter hun hun- ter safety program has reduced firearms accidents in Utah by 75 percent |