A 15-year-old signs up for the hunter safety course. Who must come too?DEEP, Traditional Firearms Hunter Safety Course page
A hunter finished an online hunter education course in another state. What else does Connecticut require of it?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Hunter Education Requirements
A hunter's license was suspended for a safety violation. What is required before reinstatement?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: License Suspensions Remedial Hunter Ed Requirement
A person gets a hunting license by presenting a fraudulent certificate. Under C.G.S. 26-31(c), how long before a revoked license may be reissued?C.G.S. § 26-31(c)
Besides passing the written exam, what must a Connecticut hunter safety student do?DEEP, Traditional Firearms Hunter Safety Course page
By statute, the hunter safety exam must include stating which regulations?C.G.S. § 26-31(a)
Does an apprentice or mentored hunting license from another state meet Connecticut's hunter education requirement?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Hunter Education Requirements
How does a graduate get the hunter safety certificate?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Printing Hunter Safety Certificates
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The certificate and the course, continued
How long is the traditional format of the Firearms Hunter Safety Course?DEEP, Traditional Firearms Hunter Safety Course page
How many questions are on the exam that ends Connecticut's Firearms Hunter Safety Course?DEEP, Traditional Firearms Hunter Safety Course page
In the self-study format, about how long is the in-person field day?DEEP, Self Study Firearms Hunter Safety Course page
May students bring their own firearms or ammunition to the class?DEEP, Traditional Firearms Hunter Safety Course page
What is the minimum age to attend a Connecticut Firearms Hunter Safety Course?DEEP, Traditional Firearms Hunter Safety Course page
What must a self-study student bring to the field day?DEEP, Self Study Firearms Hunter Safety Course page
What must every bowhunter show when buying a small game/deer archery permit?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Bowhunter Education
Which part of DEEP administers the Conservation Education/Firearms Safety courses?DEEP, Connecticut Hunter Education page
Who teaches the CE/FS courses?DEEP, Connecticut Hunter Education page
Without a course certificate, what proof lets a person buy a firearms hunting license?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Hunter Education Requirements
Junior hunters 9
A 13-year-old with a junior license goes hunting. Who must be there?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Hunting and Trapping by Minors
A junior hunter breaks a game regulation. Who does C.G.S. 26-38 hold responsible for the minor's observance of the law?C.G.S. § 26-38(a)
A junior license holder turns 16 in June. Is a new license needed that year?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Hunting and Trapping by Minors
How many minors may one person supervise at a time while hunting?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Hunting and Trapping by Minors
On a Junior Hunter Training Day, what may the adult mentor not do?DEEP, Junior Hunter Training Days page
Under C.G.S. 26-38, how many guns or bows may the adult and each accompanied minor carry?C.G.S. § 26-38(a)
What is the minimum age to hunt in Connecticut?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Hunting and Trapping by Minors
Which stamp are junior hunters aged 12 to 15 exempt from buying?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Federal Duck Stamp
Whose bag limit does a junior hunter's game count against?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting and Trapping Licenses: Hunting and Trapping by Minors
Fluorescent orange and hunting hours 11
A bowhunter carries a deer decoy to a stand in the early archery season. How must the decoy be carried?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Deer Hunting: Decoys
A landowner hunts deer on their own property with a brother. Who must wear fluorescent orange?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Fluorescent Orange Requirement
During which period does the fluorescent orange requirement apply?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Fluorescent Orange Requirement
From November 18 to December 31, when may an archery deer hunter take off the fluorescent orange?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Fluorescent Orange Requirement
How much fluorescent orange must a Connecticut hunter wear?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Fluorescent Orange Requirement
What are the hunting hours for deer in Connecticut?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Deer Hunting: Hunting Hours
What are the hunting hours for small game and pheasant?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Small Game and Pheasant Hunting: Hunting Hours
When do legal shooting hours for waterfowl end?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Small Game and Pheasant Hunting: Waterfowl Hunting
When is a waterfowl hunter exempt from wearing fluorescent orange?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Fluorescent Orange Requirement
Where on the body must the fluorescent orange be worn?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Fluorescent Orange Requirement
Which of these hunters is exempt from the fluorescent orange requirement?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Fluorescent Orange Requirement
Permission, distances and Sundays 11
Does the 500 foot zone apply to bowhunting?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: 500 Foot Zone
For waterfowl hunting in tidal areas from shooting positions on land, what distance from occupied buildings applies?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: 500 Foot Zone
How close to an occupied building may a person hunt with or carry a loaded firearm?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: 500 Foot Zone
How much land must an owner have to authorize a rifle or revolver for deer hunting?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Private Land Permission
On Sundays, how close to a blazed public trail may a person hunt on private land?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Sunday Hunting on Private Land
What does Connecticut law give a landowner who lets people use the land for recreation without a fee?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Landowner Liability Release
What lets a firearms hunter hunt closer than 500 feet to a building?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: 500 Foot Zone
What permission does a deer or turkey hunter need on private land?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Private Land Permission
What permission does a rabbit hunter need on private land?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Private Land Permission
Where is trap or target shooting allowed on state property?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Public Shooting Ranges
Which hunting stays closed on Sundays on every kind of land?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Sunday Hunting on Private Land
Tagging and reporting 9
A hunter leaves a tagged deer to fetch a vehicle. Where must the completed Harvest Tag be?DEEP, Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests page
A young buck with no visible antlers, a "button buck", counts as what?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Deer Hunting: Antlerless deer
For a daily bag limit, when does a day begin and end?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Definition of Bag Limits
How long must the Harvest Tag stay with a harvested turkey?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Wild Turkey Hunting: Tagging and Reporting
How soon must a deer harvest be reported?DEEP, Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests page
May a hunter use a handwritten Harvest Tag?DEEP, Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests page
Must a Connecticut deer hunter bring the deer to a check station?DEEP, Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests page
What does a hunter receive after reporting a harvest, and what is done with it?DEEP, Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests page
When must a hunter complete a Harvest Tag for a deer or turkey?DEEP, Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests page
Vehicles, lights, bait and conduct 18
A group plans to walk in a line to push turkeys toward waiting hunters. Is that legal?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Wild Turkey Hunting: Turkey Hunting Prohibited Activities
A hunter's shot injures another person. What does C.G.S. 26-62 provide?C.G.S. § 26-62
A person convicted of jacklighting deer used a motor vehicle to get there. What happens to the driver's license?C.G.S. § 26-85
For which game may electronic calling devices be used?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Electronic Calling Devices
May a hunter shoot a turkey roosting in a tree?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Wild Turkey Hunting: Turkey Hunting Prohibited Activities
May a hunter shoot across the traveled portion of a public roadway?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Hunting Near Roads, Buildings, People, and Domestic Animals
May a hunter use a dog to hunt deer in Connecticut?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Deer Hunting: Deer hunting prohibited activities
May a person hunt wildlife while in a motor vehicle, or by a light attached to it?C.G.S. § 26-74(a)
May an archery hunter carry a firearm while archery hunting?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Possession of a Firearm
May hunters use all-terrain vehicles on state land?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Motor Vehicle/ATV Use
Protesters follow and harass a lawful hunter. What does the guide tell the hunter to do?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Dealing with Harassment
What does C.G.S. 26-80b prohibit?C.G.S. § 26-80b
What does C.G.S. 26-85 forbid?C.G.S. § 26-85
What does the guide say about a loaded firearm in a vehicle?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Firearms in Vehicles
What does the guide say about hunting after drinking alcohol?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Hunting Laws and Regulations: Hunting While Under the Influence or Impaired
Where is taking deer with the aid of bait prohibited?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Deer Hunting: Deer hunting prohibited activities
Which of these may a turkey hunter use?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Wild Turkey Hunting: Turkey Hunting Prohibited Activities
Which scent product may a Connecticut deer hunter not use?DEEP, 2026 Hunting and Trapping Guide, Deer Hunting: Deer hunting prohibited activities
How this list was compiled: Written from the 2026 Connecticut Hunting and Trapping Guide as the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) publishes it at https://portal.ct.gov/deep/hunting/2026-connecticut-hunting-and-trapping-guide (the pages Hunting Laws and Regulations, Hunting and Trapping Licenses, Deer Hunting, Wild Turkey Hunting, Small Game and Pheasant Hunting), from DEEP's Tagging and Reporting Deer and Turkey Harvests and Junior Hunter Training Days pages, and from Chapter 490 of the Connecticut General Statutes as the General Assembly publishes it at https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_490.htm (sections 26-31, 26-38, 26-62, 26-74, 26-80b and 26-85). All were read on 2026-10-12; each question names its page and section. The course facts (the 50 question multiple choice exam, the firearm handling demonstration, the minimum age of 10, course lengths) are DEEP's own, read the same day on its Connecticut Hunter Education, Traditional Firearms Hunter Safety Course and Self Study Firearms Hunter Safety Course pages under https://portal.ct.gov/deep/hunting/cefs/connecticut-hunter-education; those pages are the published outline this page follows. DEEP publishes no pass mark and no time limit for the exam, so none is given here. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the text of the Connecticut General Statutes and the facts on DEEP's public pages; nothing is copied from the Connecticut hunter safety manual, a study guide, an online course, a chapter review or an examination.
How it works
Unofficial practice for the 50 question exam in Connecticut's Conservation Education/Firearms Safety course: our own questions from the state's 2026 hunting guide and the General Statutes, each with its section. Firearm handling is taught and tested in the class.
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Rules that are Connecticut's own
Hunters put on 400 square inches of fluorescent orange from September 1 through February. No loaded firearm is carried within 500 feet of an occupied building. Deer and turkey hunters carry the landowner's signed consent form. A harvest is tagged at once and reported within 24 hours.
What the exam is
By statute the exam has students state the rules on hunting near occupied buildings and on shooting toward people, buildings or animals. Exam mode here asks 50 questions, the department's figure, and gives a score with no verdict.
Deer hours end at sunset; small game hours run to half an hour after it.
Hunters aged 12 to 15 go with a licensed adult, who supervises two at most.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the CT hunter safety test?
The department's course pages say students pass a 50 question multiple choice exam and demonstrate safe firearm handling skills. They give no pass mark and no time limit.
How old do you have to be to take hunter safety in CT?
Students must be 10 or older to attend, and those under 18 are registered and come with a parent or legal guardian. A person must be 12 to hunt.
Can you take the CT hunter safety course online?
Partly. The self-study format is an approved online course, then an in-person field day of about 8 hours with the same 50 question exam. The traditional format is at least 16 hours in person.
Is this the official CT hunter safety test?
No. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The questions are our own, written from the state's hunting guide and statutes; none comes from the department's exam or its manual.