A Florida resident in the Armed Forces is stationed outside Florida and home on leave for 30 days or less. What does the FWC say about the hunter safety course?FWC, Hunter Safety Requirement page, Law enforcement and military personnel
A hunter holds a hunter safety card from another state's wildlife agency for a course the commission approves. How does Florida treat it?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (5)
A lifetime license does not show on its face that a hunter safety course was completed. What must its holder carry when hunting with a firearm?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (6)
A parent or legal guardian must accompany children under what age to classes that are not held at a Department of Corrections facility?FWC, Which Hunter Safety Course Is Right For You? page, Important Information
A person born on or after what date needs a hunter safety course to be issued a Florida license to hunt with a firearm?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (2)(a)
Are law enforcement and military personnel exempt from Florida's hunter education certification requirement?FWC, Hunter Safety Requirement page, Law enforcement and military personnel
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The card and the course, continued
By what name may Florida's hunter safety statute be cited?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (1)
From what age must a hunter born on or after June 1, 1975 pass a hunter safety course before buying a hunting license?FWC, Hunter Safety and Education page, Hunter Safety Requirement
The FWC says its hunter safety course is designed for students of what age?FWC, Which Hunter Safety Course Is Right For You? page, Important Information
The hunter safety statute covers a license to take wild animal life with which equipment?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (2)(a)
In the two-step course option, what follows the third-party online course?FWC, Which Hunter Safety Course Is Right For You? page, Option 1
License-exempt hunters born on or after June 1, 1975 are also exempt from the hunter safety requirement. Who does the FWC say is NOT covered by that exemption?FWC, Hunter Safety Requirement page, Hunter Safety License Requirement
Once a license has been issued to a hunter who showed the certification card, what serves as proof of compliance in the field?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (6)
Under the statute, the statewide hunter safety course consists of not more than how many hours of instruction?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (3)
What does the commission issue to each person who successfully completes the course?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (4)
What level of violation does a person commit by violating the hunter safety section?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (8)
What must a student have before taking an FWC Field Day?FWC, Which Hunter Safety Course Is Right For You? page, Option 1, step 2
What must a student under 18 present to the instructor at every hunter safety course?FWC, Which Hunter Safety Course Is Right For You? page, Important Information
Where does the statute say the hunter safety course must be offered?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (3)
Which set of hands-on activities does the FWC list for an in-person field day?FWC, Which Hunter Safety Course Is Right For You? page, In-Person Field Day
Which three subjects does the statute name as part of the hunter safety course?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (3)
The deferral and supervised hunting 8
A hunter on a deferral license passes a hunter safety course while that license is still active. What then?FWC, Hunter Safety Requirement page, Hunter Safety Requirement Deferral
A hunter with the special authorization to hunt under supervision must hunt in the presence of a person of at least what age?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (2)(b)
According to the FWC, why did the Legislature pass the hunter safety deferral?FWC, Hunter Safety Certification Deferral page
Besides holding a valid hunting license or being exempt from one, what must the adult supervising a deferral hunter have done?FWC, Hunter Safety Certification Deferral page
How does a license buyer ask for the hunter safety deferral?FWC, Hunter Safety Certification Deferral page
Under the statute, the adult who supervises a deferral hunter must be 21 or older and what else?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (2)(b)
What is printed on a hunting license bought with the hunter safety deferral?FWC, Hunter Safety Requirement page, Hunter Safety Requirement Deferral
Where does the statute say the special authorization for supervised hunting is shown?Florida Statutes, section 379.3581, subsection (2)(b)
Who needs a license 7
A friend sets decoys and calls birds for a hunter but never shoots. Does the friend need a license?FWC, What Exemptions May Apply? page, Who needs a license
A person only watches and films a friend who is hunting and does not help in any way. Is a license needed?FWC, What Exemptions May Apply? page, exemptions under F.S. 379.353
Does a hunting license authorize its holder to enter private land?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Trespassing
Is a hunting license required to hunt wild hog on private land in Florida?FWC, What Exemptions May Apply? page, exemptions under F.S. 379.353
Resident seniors are exempt from the hunting license from what age, with proof of age or residency?FWC, What Exemptions May Apply? page, exemptions under F.S. 379.353
Where may a Florida resident hunt without a license under the homestead exemption?FWC, What Exemptions May Apply? page, exemptions under F.S. 379.353
Youth under what age are exempt from Florida's recreational hunting license?FWC, What Exemptions May Apply? page, exemptions under F.S. 379.353
Hunter orange and shooting hours 6
A person carries no weapon and only walks along with a friend who is hunting deer on public land. Does the orange rule apply to that person?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunter Orange Requirement
During spring wild turkey season on private lands, when do shooting hours end?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Shooting Hours
How much daylight fluorescent orange must a deer hunter on public land wear?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunter Orange Requirement
What are Florida's general shooting hours for resident game?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Shooting Hours
When does Florida's hunter orange rule NOT apply?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunter Orange Requirement
Where on the body must the required hunter orange be worn?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunter Orange Requirement
Legal and prohibited methods 12
A centerfire semi-automatic rifle is a prohibited method for game when its magazine holds more than how many rounds?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Prohibited methods and equipment
A hunter is in a powerboat. What must happen before game is taken from it?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Prohibited methods and equipment
A wild turkey may not be taken when the hunter is within what distance of a game feeding station with feed present?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Feeding Game
Arrows or bolts used to take deer or wild turkeys must carry broadheads of at least what width?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Resident game birds and game mammals
May a firearm using rimfire cartridges be used to take deer?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Prohibited methods and equipment
May a hunter shoot at a bird or other animal from an aircraft?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Prohibited methods and equipment
May dogs be used to take wild turkeys?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunting Dogs
Under the FWC's definition, does a hunter "take" wildlife by pursuing it without getting it?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Definition of take
Which ammunition is prohibited for taking deer in Florida?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Prohibited methods and equipment
Which deer may never be taken under Florida's prohibited methods?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Prohibited methods and equipment
Which of these is a prohibited way to take a wild turkey?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Prohibited methods and equipment
Which of these may NOT be used to take resident game?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Prohibited methods and equipment
Roads, private land, feed and dogs 11
A hunter releases dogs from a road right-of-way to run game. How does the FWC treat that?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Areas closed to hunting
A hunter shoots across a neighbor's land without authorization to take game. What is that?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Areas closed to hunting
How does the FWC describe trespassing while possessing a firearm?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Trespassing
May a deer hunter use dogs during the archery season when hunting with archery equipment?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunting Dogs
May wildlife be taken with a firearm from the right-of-way of a county-maintained dirt road?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Areas closed to hunting
Non-migratory game may be hunted near a year-round feeding station on private land if the station has held feed for at least how long?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Feeding Game
Over which of these is discharging a firearm prohibited?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Areas closed to hunting
What must a hunter possess before using dogs to pursue game on private property?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunting Dogs
What must the collar of a dog used for hunting show?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunting Dogs
When may wild hogs be hunted on private property with the landowner's permission?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Wild Hogs
Where in Florida is taking deer prohibited by any method?FWC, Hunting Regulations: Taking game, Areas closed to hunting
Logging, reporting and transport 10
A deer is divided at camp before it is reported. What must anyone holding a portion be able to provide?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Dividing Deer and Turkey in the Field
A Florida hunter kills a deer in another state. Which may be brought into Florida?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Hunting out of state for deer, elk, moose or caribou
A harvested deer stays in Florida and is not yet processed or transferred. Within what time must it be reported to the FWC?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Deer and Wild Turkey Harvest Reporting Requirement
A hunter ships lawfully taken game. What must be marked on the outside of each package?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Transport of Resident Game
A reported deer is handed to a meat processor. Besides the hunter's name and address, what must its label carry?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Carcass Labeling Requirements
Are free-ranging non-native deer subject to bag limits and harvest reporting?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Non-native Deer
What evidence of legal harvest must remain with a deer taken in Florida?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Evidence of Legal Harvest
What must a hunter do after harvesting a deer or wild turkey and before moving it from the point of harvest?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Deer and Wild Turkey Harvest Reporting Requirement
When is a harvest report complete?FWC, Hunting Regulations: General Information, Deer and Wild Turkey Harvest Reporting Requirement
The Youth Hunting Program of Florida offers mentored hunts to youth of what ages who have completed a hunter safety course?FWC, Youth and Family Hunting Opportunities page, Programs and Other Resources
How this list was compiled: Written from section 379.3581 of the Florida Statutes (Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty) as the Florida Legislature publishes it at https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0300-0399/0379/Sections/0379.3581.html, and from the pages of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC): Hunting Regulations: General Information (https://myfwc.com/hunting/regulations/general-information/), Hunting Regulations: Taking game (https://myfwc.com/hunting/regulations/taking-game/), Hunter Safety and Education (https://myfwc.com/hunting/safety-education/), Which Hunter Safety Course Is Right For You? (https://myfwc.com/hunting/safety-education/courses/), Hunter Safety Requirement, What Exemptions May Apply?, Hunter Safety Certification Deferral, and Youth and Family Hunting Opportunities. All were read on 2026-10-13; each question names its page and section. The two course pages are the published outline this page follows. They give no question count, time limit or pass mark for a test, so none is given here. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the text of the Florida Statutes and the facts on the FWC's public pages; nothing is copied from a hunter safety manual, a study guide, an online course, a chapter review or an examination.
How it works
Unofficial practice for Florida's hunter safety course: our own questions from Florida Statutes section 379.3581 and the hunting rules the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) publishes. Firearm handling is practiced at the field day.
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Rules that are Florida's own
Deer hunters on public land wear 500 square inches of orange above the waist. A deer or turkey is logged before it is moved and reported within 24 hours.
What the course is
By statute the course runs no more than 16 hours and is offered in every county, and a student who completes it is issued a permanent certification card.
Wild hogs on private land need no license and may be hunted year-round, day or night, with the landowner's permission.
A turkey may not be taken within 100 yards of a game feeding station while feed is present.
Questions and answers
Who has to take the hunter safety course in Florida?
Anyone born on or after June 1, 1975 who is 16 or older must pass it before buying a hunting license, under section 379.3581. Hunters exempt from the license, such as youth under 16, are exempt from the course too.
Can you hunt in Florida without a hunter safety course?
Yes, on a deferral. The license is marked for supervised hunting, and the hunter stays with an adult of 21 or older who holds a hunting license or is exempt and has met the hunter safety requirement.
How old do you have to be to take hunter safety in Florida?
The FWC says its course is designed for students 12 years old and up. A parent or guardian comes with children under 16, and students under 18 bring a signed Parental Release Form.
How many questions are on the Florida hunter safety test?
The FWC's course pages give no question count and no pass mark. They describe an online course of about 8 hours followed by a field day, or a traditional class with a hands-on field day.
Is this the official Florida hunter safety test?
No. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The questions are our own, written from the statute and the commission's published rules; none comes from a course or its test.