CORE Question

[john.b]

Alright, so I should be receiving my PAL/RPAL soon and I have begun studying the CORE book, once I write the CORE Exam is it the same kind of run around to get my hunters number as it is to get a PAL or is it a fairly quick process?

[russm]

Nope, I took my paper work from the instructor to the bcwf the next day then went from there to the government agent, 5 minutes later had my hunter number, the longest part of the process was driving to the 2 different locations.

[john.b]

awesome, how hard is the test? I am up to the animal identification portion of the book now

[Wentrot]

I had most trouble with the bird id area.Read up good on that stuff.

[john.b]

thanks, I will

[russm]

If you're actually taking the course and not challenging it you should be fine. Make sure you don't point the gun at anybody for the safety section of the test.

[john.b]

i am planning on challenging, I was told since I have successfully passed the firearms safety training I do not need to do the firearms portion of the CORE exam

[skuntor]

You can take your proof of passed PAL exam and the CORE instructor writes the date of the passed exam where it asks for PAL info. Don't need your card. I challenged my CORE last year. Pretty easy. Just read the book a few times and and studied with a buddy by quizzing each other. Very quick to get hunter number.

[john.b]

Thats good news. A guy that works for me wants to take me bear hunting this spring so I want to get all my ducks in a row so to speak asap