6000. Bucks to teach 20 hrs to 20 people... Pretty good BUISNESS I would say !!!
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6000. Bucks to teach 20 hrs to 20 people... Pretty good BUISNESS I would say !!!
I do the same thing..as long as guys are willing to drop $200+ for 2-3 hrs of entertainment (frustration if your a Leafs Fan) to watch a hockey game, then everything else is relative :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JBen
I'd rather spend the 2-3 hrs in my treestand..prorated to the initial costs for hunting, I think I've widdled it down to $0.25 per hunt :)
Grizzly I'm not suggesting that's not a fair comparison either. Whether its X or Y there are usually more than one way to skin a cat (look at something, factor in many things).
Is it "cheap", could it be cheaper? I certainly don't have 300 bucks burning a hole in my pocket atm.
So one can look at what it cost in other locations, one can look at what other such things here, and some other factors.
Would anyone say $15,000 for a sedan is cheap? No, but a Hyundai is cheap realtive to many others. Both get you from point A to point B.
Is a $500 shotgun cheap?
No
How is that relative to many other shotguns...All shoot birds. etc.
Cheers
great white do a google search for hunting courses online in Canada the very same provinces you mention are doing online courses. I would like to hear from the ohep teachers, are you told what to charge .
One round of golf Mike can easily surpass the 150 for the Hunters Ed.
I took the family to go see a movie (the Conjuring) last week. Set me and the GF back $80, for 2 hours entertainment. $150 for the Hunters ed gets me a lifetime of the same and sanity (my happy place)
There are so many ways to skin this cat.
I have no idea, but does anyone know off hand what it cost to be a certified diver?
mark270wsm,
There are numerous factors why the course could be so expensive. There have been numerous examples given to you about insurance, etc for overhead costs. Classrooms cost money to rent as well. I would imagine in southern Ontario, it is much harder to find a place to teach a course due to the public's stigmatism attacted to firearms. When I took my hunter's ed course the first time (I took it again when I took my PAL course for a refresher), it was held at Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough and I took the exam at a high school (I can't remember which one). I would imagine today that doesn't happen.
Hunting is an expensive endeavour. If some people are balking at a $300 initial cost, perhaps hunting isn't the correct pasttime for them.
Dyth
Ontario I think is saying that our criteria may be higher than that in other jurisdictions. (I'm not saying that is right but what it appears to be). If a person moves from out of Ontario & wants to get a resident hunting license in Ontario they must pass the Ontario test or take the course. If they pass the test...they meet the Ontario standard. If not ....they don't.
I think it is good that students of the course take it in person and have hands on handling by trained instructors. I know that the people who first taught me how to handle guns (prior to the course) were not very safe and law abiding people. I learned more from the course instructors than I did from my initial mentors.
I think if we compare the learning experience to that of the boating course (generally) the hunting course has way more valuable hands on experience which is the way it should be. For that....it costs $$ and I think, as said above....when you figure out what an instructor makes and hour putting on the course plus his/her overhead...it's not a bad deal
Jben ... If someone asks you if you have seen the movie the answer would be yes....not how much you payed for it... If you have a hunting license the answer would be the same no matter where you got it.... As far as being a certified diver I would hope that there would be the OPTION of prices to achieve that goal...hunting here or another province or basically anywhere in Canada is realistically the same in my eyes..You could have golfed cheaper somewhere else jben .... It'd is Was A CHOICE you made... Point being there isn't any other choice for people here to get there license.... They have new hunters cornered with out any options available for them to decide what's right ....all I am saying is it would be nice to have an option to take the course on line or go to a instructor... Not be forced to go to the instructor...
Did you have an option wich course to golf?....
Redd.... 20 students a week end.... 6000. Dollars... Once a month lets say... 72000.. I think that they make good money...
I stand corrected, I believe that is relatively new. Because a relative of mine took the course about 5 years ago in NS. I should have checked my fact before speaking sorry.
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Originally Posted by MikePal