Crossbow Education Courses
To be eligible to purchase a crossbow hunting license, any person (16 years of age and older) must hold a valid license to hunt big game (either a big game hunting license or an archery license), and must submit proof of having successfully completed an archery hunting education course and a crossbow hunting course or evidence of having previously held adult archery and crossbow hunting licenses issued specifically for the purpose of hunting with a crossbow or bow and arrow in this State or any other state, province or country in any year after 1979. When proof or evidence cannot be provided, the applicant may substitute a signed affidavit.
A resident or nonresident 10 years of age or older and under 16 years of age may hunt with a crossbow if that person holds a valid junior hunting license (no crossbow license required).
With a valid crossbow hunting license, a person may hunt bear with a crossbow during the open season on bear, and may hunt deer with a crossbow during the open firearm season on deer. The crosshow hunting license may not be used to hunt deer during the archery season, muzzleloading season, or expanded archery season.
The fees for the license are as follows: resident license - $25; nonresident - $48; alien - $72. Junior hunters will be allowed to hunt with a crossbow if they possess a valid junior hunting license.
Total Course = 3 hrs. 30 min
- History & Modern Crossbows = 30 Minutes
- Responsibility & Ethics = 1 Hour
- Accessories= 20 Minutes
- Shooting & Handling = 20 Minutes
- Special Concerns = 20 Minutes
- Laws & Safety = 30 Minutes
- Testing & Review= 30 Minutes
New courses will be posted below as they become available.
Androscoggin County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
| Turner - Leavitt Area High School |
SAD 52 Adult Ed
(207) 225-3478 |
September 23, 2008
6 - 9:30 p.m. |
Aroostook County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Cumberland County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Franklin County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Hancock County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Kennebec County |
| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Knox County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Lincoln County |
| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Oxford County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Penobscot County |
| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
| Lincoln - Ballard HillRec. Center |
Lincoln Rec. Dept.
(207) 794-6548 |
July 24, 2008
6 - 9:30 p.m. |
Piscatquis County |
| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Sagadahoc County |
| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Somerset County |
| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
| Skowhegan - Sportsman's Club |
Don Perrine
(207) 660-6382 |
August 25, 2008
6 - 9:30 p.m. |
Waldo County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
Washington County
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| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
None Available At This Time |
York County |
| Location |
Contact |
Date/Time |
| Kittery - Trading Post |
Kittery Trading Post
(888) 587-6246 |
July 18, 2008
5 - 9 p.m. |
| Alfred - Town Hall |
Glenn Dochtermann
(207) 324-3018 |
August 21, 2008
6 - 10 p.m. |
| Lyman - York Cty Fish & Game Club Rt 35 |
Butch Ridlon
(207) 499-2537 |
September 28, 2008
9 - 1 p.m. |
