{"id":16114,"date":"2017-07-19T16:06:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=16114"},"modified":"2017-07-19T20:44:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T00:44:14","slug":"shooter-qualification-schedule-released-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/07\/19\/shooter-qualification-schedule-released-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooter Qualification Schedule Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Proficiency Necessary to Participate in Managed Deer Hunts<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/9915088654_b2a431448c_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16123\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/9915088654_b2a431448c_z-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/9915088654_b2a431448c_z-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/9915088654_b2a431448c_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> has released the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Documents\/shoot_qual_cal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017-18 Shooter Qualification Schedule<\/a> which includes more than 25 qualification sessions at 15 locations across the state.<\/p>\n<p>These events allow hunters to take the necessary proficiency test required to obtain a <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Pages\/shootqual.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shooter Qualification Card<\/a> in order to participate in many of the managed deer hunts scheduled in the fall and winter.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Hunters should note that several locations are by appointment only and that many charge a minimal fee to cover expenses. They are also reminded that a lottery system is used to select participants for many of the managed deer hunts. There are various deadlines for the lotteries, which can be found online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The department will continually update the online shooter qualification calendar as additional events become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proficiency Necessary to Participate in Managed Deer Hunts The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has released the 2017-18 Shooter Qualification Schedule which includes more than 25 qualification sessions at 15 locations across the state. These events allow hunters to take the necessary proficiency test required to obtain a Shooter Qualification Card in order to participate<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/07\/19\/shooter-qualification-schedule-released-2\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[3059,3512,3513,3511,3288],"class_list":["post-16114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-deer","tag-managed-deer-hunt","tag-shooter-qualification-card","tag-shooter-qualification-schedule","tag-shooting-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16114"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16139,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16114\/revisions\/16139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}