Hunter ed offered in schools despite COVID-19 challenges
Photo: Hunter-education graduate Sophia Raines, an eighth-grade student in Hallsville, demonstrates her proficiency in safely handling a pump-action training shotgun. Photo: Courtesy MDC JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — COVID-19 presented considerable challenges to Missouri schools, staff and students in 2020, including closures, cancellations, remote learning and more. The pandemic also presented challenges to schools and instructors teaching the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) hunter education courses. “Many schools were closed for much of the year, which reduced the number of kids w...