The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety Internet-completion courses in six counties in August. (List follows.)

Students who have taken the online course and wish to complete the classroom portion must bring the online-completion report with them.

All firearms, ammunition and materials are provided free of charge. Students should bring a pen or pencil and paper. An adult must accompany children younger than 16 at all times.

Anyone born on or after June 1, 1975, must pass an approved hunter safety course and have a hunting license to hunt alone (unsupervised). The FWC course satisfies hunter-safety training requirements for all other states and Canadian provinces.

The locations and times are:

County          Dates/Times and City

Alachua         Aug. 1 (8 a.m. until complete), Gainesville

                    Aug. 15 (8 a.m. until complete), Gainesville

                    Aug. 29 (8 a.m. until complete), Gainesville

Citrus            Aug. 22 (9 a.m. until complete), Lecanto

Clay              Aug. 20 (6-9 p.m.) and Aug. 22 (8 a.m. to noon), Middleburg

                    Aug. 27 (6-9 p.m.) and Aug. 29 (8 a.m. to noon), Middleburg

Columbia       Aug. 20 (6-9 p.m. and Aug. 22 (8:30 a.m. to noon), Lake City

Nassau          Aug. 22 (8 a.m. to 1 p.m.), Callahan

                    With range to immediately follow in Bryceville

Taylor            Aug. 15 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Perry