--Submitted by AHEA member, DuWayne Brundage
(IBEP) International Bowhunter Education Program
Saturday July 24 Article and Pictures

     A very special event was held this past Saturday, July 24, 2005. Paul Topham, a master instructor with the International Bowhunter Education Program (IBEP), conducted a Bowhunter Education Instructor Training Course at Camp Meadowbrook in Cullman county. Hosted by the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries and organized by Stuart Goldsby, sixteen volunteers completed the training to become Certified NBEF/IBEP Instructors.

The International Bowhunter Education Program is a standardized course on bowhunting. The class has approximately 10 hours of interactive classroom study and 3 hours of practical field training. The training is presented by two to six Certified NBEF/IBEP Instructors who have a minimum of 3 years of hunting experience, however, the vast majority have 10 years or more. The IBEP student course is currently required to bowhunt in 16 states and many foreign countries and the number is growing.

Slideshow of IBEP Event.
Photography by DuWayne Brundage