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Dear all my family and I moved to California in summer on a 3-year O1 visa. I am a German citizen. I have learned that I need to participate in a California hunter education class to be able to hunt here. In this context, I have the following questions: a) will I be able to pass the class, even if as a non-resident, handling guns might be restricted (true?)? b) Do I need the license or another one to hunt in other US states? c) When applying to a hunting tag, do I file as "resident" or not? Any other advice for me? thanks very much M. | ||
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M. I think if you do an Internet search for California Fish and Game Dept they will be able to answer all your questions as they will be the ones issuing your licenses. Good luck, Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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All States issue their own license.There is no National License. I see non resident Mexicans buying guns here.Of course as you may or may not know California is ultra liberal and do everything they can to restrict gun ownership. Like the poster above said "Contact California Fish and Game about Resident requirements."Most States require you to be a resident for a period of time before you can claim residency.Good luck,OB | |||
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1) Handling a firearm for the purposes of the class would not be unlawful. Additionally, there is no "hands on" requirement in CA the last I checked. 2) Each state requires its own license. 3) Once you have resided in CA for 6 months you are considered a resident. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I hope you and your family enjoy your stay. Good luck hunting and fishing. There are some wonderful opportunities for both. Best regards | |||
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McStern, Go over to www.CalGuns.net It is the best site for California gun law information. Ask in the California Gunlaws forum or the Hunting and Fishing forum, there are many visa holders who own guns and hunt there. If you are in the Bakersfield area let me know, I'll be glad to take you out and let you try a bunch of guns if you need some familiarization. If you are in another area, I'm sure that someone on their site will offer to take you out, also. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Keep what ever identification/Hunter Education certification you get as you are likely to need to show it/have it available for any state you may choose to hunt in. Some states require you show it to get a license, others that you have proof of completion if you are asked by someone in an official capacity Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits | |||
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McStern: Welcome to the USA. Hope you have a great visit and get to travel our fine country. You can learn the laws online by going to any state you name: wildlife. Then read thru it. Re: Wyo wildlife. Here in Colorado you have to take the course if born after 1949 even if a native, I have no idea what a person from another country must abide with. Most states have such a date requirement. Once you take the course in anyone of them, that will go a long way toward most any other state. Some like CA are much more restrictive. Couple questions that we might help you out with better is to know where you are out there and how much hunting you've done in Germany. Do you have any gun/hunting documents from home with you? Can you get them? That might make a big difference too. Just curious, where are you from in Germany? Quite a few of us have been over there in the past. I was at Dexheim, 2mi West of Oppenheim & Nierstein back in '71-73. Best of luck to you and your family. Please hang around the board and let us know what you're up to etc. Don't be bashful about asking questions, several folks on here will have the answers or be able to tell you where to get them if we don't know. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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