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Trapper Education Courses

A trapper education course teaches participants how to responsibly trap furbearing animals and provides a foundation of knowledge upon which to build. Topics in the 10 hour course include proper trapping equipment and use, responsible trap setting, the importance of good wildlife management practices, and habits and traits of furbearers. Students must pass a written exam. All Trapping Educations Courses are homestudy courses. Homestudy requires attendance at all sessions as well as study at home, in order to receive your certificate.

Total = 10 Hours

  • Fur Management = 1 Hour
  • Tools of the trade = 2 Hours
  • Trap Setting = 1 Hour
  • Handling Animals = 1 Hour
  • Laws and Landowner Relations = 2 Hours
  • Field Exercise = 2 Hours
  • Exam = 1 Hour

New courses will be posted below as they become available.

Androscoggin County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
No classes available at this time.

Aroostook County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Cumberland County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
No classes available at this time.

Franklin County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

No classes available at this time.

Hancock County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Kennebec County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

Litchfield - Sportsman Club

Arnold Sinclair
(207) 268-3490

May 14, 2010
6 - 9 p.m. and
May 23, 2010
8 - 4 p.m.

Litchfield - Sportsman Club

Arnold Sinclair
(207) 268-3490

September 17, 2010
6 - 9 p.m. and
September 25, 2010
8 - 4 p.m.

Knox County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

Union - School

MSAD 40
(207) 832-5205

Please Register online at:

www.msad40.maineadulted.org

May 4, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
May 16, 2010
8 - 4 p.m.

Lincoln County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

Boothbay - High School

Adult Ed
(207) 633-3224

May 13, 2010
6 - 9 p.m. and
June 27, 2010
4:30 p.m. at Wiscasset High School

Wiscasset - High School

Adult Ed
(207) 882-9710

Please Register online at:

http://www.wiscasset.maineadulted.org

June 9, 2010
6 - 9 p.m and
June 27, 2010
8 - 4:30 p.m.

Oxford County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

Oxford - Lake Thompson Fish and Game

Brett knowlen (207) 539-4604

Perry Edwards (207) 743-6290

Dates and Times to be Announced

Penobscot County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Howland - Penobscot Valley High School Judy Lindquist
(207) 732-8361
April 6, 2010
6 - 9 p.m and
May 1, 2010
8 - 3 p.m.

Hermon - High School

High School
(207) 848-4086

April 7, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
April 17, 2010
9 - 4 p.m.

Lincoln - Ballard Hill Community Center Rec. Center
(207) 794-6548
August 11, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
August 21, 2010
9 - 3 p.m.

Piscataquis County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Guilford - High School Woody Thompson
(207) 876-3497
May 4 & 5, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
May 15, 2010
8 - 12 noon
Guilford - High School Piscataquis Valley Adult Ed Coop.
(207) 876-3497

Woody Thompson
(207) 876-3497
September 8 & 9, 2010
6 - 9 p.m.
and
September 18, 2010
8 - 12 noon
Greenville - High School Adult Ed
(207) 695-4619 Leave Message
September 26, 2010
8 - 1 p.m.
and
October 3, 2010
8 - 2 p.m.

Sagadahoc County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Bath - Adult Ed

Adult Ed
(207) 443-8255

Please register online at:

http://www.bath.maineadulted.org

March 15, 2010
6 - 9 p.m. and
March 28, 2010
8 - 4 p.m. at the Phippsburg PSA Facility
Richmond - High School Adult Ed
(207) 737-4348
June 8, 2010
6 - 9 p.m. and
June 27, 2010
8 - 4 p.m. at the Wiscasset High School
Bath/Phippsburg - RSUI Adult Ed/Sportsmen's Association

Bath RSUI Adult Ed (207) 443-8255

Please Register online at:

http://www.bath.maineadulted.org

October 5, 2010
6 - 9 p.m. at the Bath RSUI Adult Ed and
October 18, 2010
5 p.m. at the Phippsburd Sportsman's Association
No classes available at this time.

Somerset County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
No classes available at this time.

Waldo County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

 

No classes available at this time.

Washington County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

York County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
No classes available at this time.