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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.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Androscoggin County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Aroostook County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Cumberland County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Casco - Rec Rte 212 Casco Village Casco Recreation
(207) 627-4187
August 14, 2013
6 - 9 p.m. and
September 8, 2013
8 - 5 p.m. at the Lyman Fish and Game
Registration closes 8/7/13

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Franklin County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Hancock County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Kennebec County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Knox County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

Hope - Beaver Lodge

Vic MacCallum
(207) 975-4447 or prefer
registration by email at mainelyretired@yahoo.com
August 28, 2013
6 - 9 p.m.
and
September 21, 2013
8 - 4 p.m. at Windsor Fairgrounds

Lincoln County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Oxford County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Norway-Paris - Fish & Game clubhouse Perry Edwards
(207) 583-4322

July 29, 2013
6 - 9 p.m.

Second Class

August 17, 2013
8 - 4:30 p.m. at the Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond.

Dixfield - American Legion Hall Perry Edwards
(207) 583-4322

August 5, 2013
6 - 9 p.m.

Second Class

August 17, 2013
8 - 4:30 p.m. at the Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond.

Bethel - 760 East Bethel Road Peter Gerard
(207) 582-6303
April 23, 2013
8 - 11 a.m.
and
September 21, 2013
8 - 4 p.m. at Windsor Fairgrounds

Penobscot County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Piscataquis County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Guilford - High School Guy Dow
(207) 876-2260
September 3 & 4, 2013
6 - 9 p.m.
and
September 14, 2013
8 - 12 p.m.

Sagadahoc County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Somerset County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

No classes available at this time.

Can't find a course for your area? Contact the Regional Safety Coordinator
for your area or the Recreational Safety Division Office at (207) 287-5220.

Waldo County

Location
Contact
Date/Time
Brooks - Fire Department RSU#3 Adult Ed
(207) 568-3426 or
register online.
September 6, 2013
6 - 9 p.m.
and
September 21, 2013
8 - 4 p.m. at Windsor Fairgrounds

Washington County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

Columbia - Pleasant River Fish & Game

Paul Favolise
(207) 483-4779
July 10, 2013
6 - 9 p.m.
and
July 21, 2013
9 - 5 p.m.

York County

Location
Contact
Date/Time

Alfred - Town Hall

Glenn Dochtermann
(207) 324-3018

Call to register only 2 weeks before classes and speak slowly.

August 22, 2013
6 - 9 p.m.
and
September 21, 2013
8 - 5 p.m. at the York County Fish and Game Club in Lyman