A 13-year-old attends the hunter safety course. Who must come along?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
An applicant took the course years ago and cannot find the card. What does section 11105 allow?12 M.R.S. § 11105
Besides passing the exam, what must a student show the instructor at the in-person session?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
From what age may a student complete the Maine firearms safety course entirely online?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
How long is the in-person skills and exam session of a homestudy course?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
How many questions are on the exam at a Maine firearms hunter safety in-person session?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
How may a homestudy student complete the at-home portion?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
Instead of course proof, an adult license held in any year beginning with which year is accepted?12 M.R.S. § 11105
What does the commissioner issue to a person who passes the firearm safety examination?12 M.R.S. § 10108
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The course and its exam, continued
What is the minimum age to attend a Maine hunter safety course?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
What score passes the Maine hunter safety exam?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
Which service member is exempt from the course under section 11105?12 M.R.S. § 11105
Which topic is on the department's list for the 8-hour in-person session?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
Who must submit proof of a hunter safety course under section 11105?12 M.R.S. § 11105
Who teaches the traditional in-person hunter safety courses?Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Firearms Hunter Safety page
Junior and apprentice hunters 17
A friend with no license walks along on a hunt. What may that person not do?12 M.R.S. § 11108
A hunter turns 16 while holding a junior license. How may that hunter go on hunting with it?12 M.R.S. § 11108-C
A junior hunter's supervisor is not the parent. What does section 11108-C require of that person?12 M.R.S. § 11108-C
A person is drawn for a moose permit. May an apprentice hunter license meet its licensing requirement?12 M.R.S. § 11108-B
A resident may hunt without a license on the land where the resident lives if the plot is at least how large?12 M.R.S. § 11108
Does an apprentice hunter license require a hunter safety course first?12 M.R.S. § 11108-B
For how long must an apprentice supervisor have held a hunting license?12 M.R.S. § 11108-B
How close must the supervisor stay to a hunter under 10 years of age?12 M.R.S. § 11108-C
How many times may a person obtain an apprentice hunter license?12 M.R.S. § 11108-B
How may the holder of an apprentice hunter license hunt?12 M.R.S. § 11108-B
How must a hunter aged 10 to 15 hunt in Maine?12 M.R.S. § 11108-C
What does "in the presence of" mean for a junior hunter and supervisor?12 M.R.S. § 11108-C
What hunting background must a junior hunter supervisor have?12 M.R.S. § 11108-C
When does an apprentice hunter license expire?12 M.R.S. § 11108-B
Who is eligible for an apprentice hunter license?12 M.R.S. § 11108-B
Who may obtain a Maine junior hunting license?12 M.R.S. § 11108-C
Who may serve as an apprentice supervisor?12 M.R.S. § 11108-B
Hunter orange, hours and Sundays 12
A hunter has a religious opposition to hunter orange. What may be worn instead?12 M.R.S. § 11203
An orange vest has a small decal on it. Does it still count?12 M.R.S. § 11203
Between which dates is lighting up wild animals at night with artificial lights barred by section 11214?12 M.R.S. § 11214
Between which times is hunting barred as night hunting?12 M.R.S. § 11206
How many articles of hunter orange clothing does Maine require in the firearm season on deer?12 M.R.S. § 11203
The hunter orange rule applies to hunting with which equipment in the firearm season on deer?12 M.R.S. § 11203
In what condition and position must the hunter orange articles be?12 M.R.S. § 11203
One required article of hunter orange is which item?12 M.R.S. § 11203
The second article covers a major portion of the torso. How much of it must be hunter orange?12 M.R.S. § 11203
What does Maine law say about hunting on Sunday?12 M.R.S. § 11205
What is "night vision equipment" under the night hunting section?12 M.R.S. § 11206
Which hunter is not required to wear hunter orange in the firearm season on deer?12 M.R.S. § 11203
Buildings, roads and other people's land 16
A hunter opens a gate on another person's land. What does section 10652 forbid?12 M.R.S. § 10652
At what height are the bottoms of posting paint marks placed?17-A M.R.S. § 402
Does a barn used to shelter machines or harvested crops count as a "building" under section 11209?12 M.R.S. § 11209
How close to a building may a firearm be discharged without permission?12 M.R.S. § 11209
How far apart, at most, may posting paint marks be placed?17-A M.R.S. § 402
How must a stand on another person's land be labeled?12 M.R.S. § 10652
How near the pavement of a public paved way may a person shoot at a wild animal?12 M.R.S. § 11208
Maine land may be posted with paint. What mark does the law describe?17-A M.R.S. § 402
May a bullet pass within 100 yards of a dwelling if the hunter stands farther away?12 M.R.S. § 11209
May a firearm be discharged over a public paved way?12 M.R.S. § 11208
May a person keep a deer taken while criminally trespassing?12 M.R.S. § 11204
The owner of a dwelling is away. Who else may give permission to shoot within the distance?12 M.R.S. § 11209
What do paint markings made under the posting law mean?17-A M.R.S. § 402
What does a hunter need to put up a tree stand on another person's land?12 M.R.S. § 10652
What does section 10652 say about screw-in metal steps in a tree on another person's land?12 M.R.S. § 10652
Within what distance of a posted state-owned boat launching ramp may a firearm not be discharged?12 M.R.S. § 11209-A
Tagging, registering and waste 10
A hunter must leave a harvested deer in the woods overnight. What keeps that lawful?12 M.R.S. § 12303-A
A hunter on a trip in an unorganized township keeps a deer at a temporary lodging. For how long, at most?12 M.R.S. § 12303-A
Before a deer is presented for registration, what must be attached to it?12 M.R.S. § 11502
Before a wild turkey is presented for registration, what must it carry?12 M.R.S. § 11752
For how long may a person keep an unregistered deer, bear, moose or wild turkey?12 M.R.S. § 12303-A
To which animal does the waste of game section not apply?12 M.R.S. § 11224
What are registration stations for, under section 12301-A?12 M.R.S. § 12301-A
What does "waste" of game mean in section 11224?12 M.R.S. § 11224
What does a registration agent attach to each registered bear, deer, moose or wild turkey?12 M.R.S. § 12301-A
Which remains may lawfully be left behind under the offal section?12 M.R.S. § 11221
Vehicles, bait and conduct 25
A hunter may have injured another person with a firearm. What is the first listed duty?12 M.R.S. § 11223
A hunter standing beside a truck wants to rest a loaded rifle on it to shoot. When is that allowed?12 M.R.S. § 11212-A
After a hunting injury, who is notified by the quickest means?12 M.R.S. § 11223
During an open season on deer, may a person put out salt or food to draw deer in?12 M.R.S. § 11452
How many people working together to move deer make an unlawful deer drive?12 M.R.S. § 11453
How near another hunter's set of waterfowl or turkey decoys may a person shoot?12 M.R.S. § 11213-A
In deer season, a hunter may lawfully hunt from a stand overlooking which of these?12 M.R.S. § 11452
May a dog be used to hunt deer or moose?12 M.R.S. § 11214
May a hunter sit at a bait site another person set up?12 M.R.S. § 11227
May a person have a loaded firearm while in or on a motor vehicle?12 M.R.S. § 11212-A
May a person use a motor vehicle to molest a wild animal?12 M.R.S. § 11215
May hunters organize a drive for wild turkeys?12 M.R.S. § 11801
May target identification rest on sound alone?12 M.R.S. § 11222
On what sighting does a reasonable and prudent hunter base target identification?12 M.R.S. § 11222
What does a person need to use a leashed dog to track a wounded bear, deer or moose?12 M.R.S. § 11111
What is failing to aid an injured person or report a hunting accident?12 M.R.S. § 11223
What may never be placed as bait, whatever the season?12 M.R.S. § 11227
What must a hunter be before shooting at a target?12 M.R.S. § 11222
What permission is needed to place bait or hunt over it, bear baiting aside?12 M.R.S. § 11227
When does a crossbow count as loaded under section 11212-A?12 M.R.S. § 11212-A
When is a firearm "loaded" under section 11212-A?12 M.R.S. § 11212-A
When may a person shoot from a motorboat, apart from waterfowl hunting under federal rules?12 M.R.S. § 11212-A
When may dogs be used while hunting wild turkeys?12 M.R.S. § 11801
While hunting, a person negligently shoots a farm dog. What does section 11210 say?12 M.R.S. § 11210
Without a landowner's request, how soon must a bait site be cleaned up?12 M.R.S. § 11227
How this list was compiled: Written from Title 12 of the Maine Revised Statutes as the Office of the Revisor of Statutes publishes it under https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/12/ (sections 10108, 10652, 11105, 11108, 11108-B, 11108-C, 11111, 11203 to 11206, 11208, 11209, 11209-A, 11210, 11212-A, 11213-A, 11214, 11215, 11221 to 11224, 11227, 11452, 11453, 11502, 11752, 11801, 12301-A and 12303-A) and from Title 17-A, section 402 at https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec402.html. All were read on 2026-10-13; each question names its section. The course facts (the 50-question exam and its 70% pass score, the firearm handling demonstration, course formats, ages) are the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's own, read the same day on its Firearms Hunter Safety page at https://www.maine.gov/ifw/programs-resources/educational-programs/safety-courses/firearms-hunter-safety.html; that page is the published outline this page follows. It gives 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 Maine Revised Statutes and the facts on the department's public page; nothing is copied from a hunter safety manual, a workbook, a study guide, an online course, a chapter review or an examination.
How it works
Unofficial practice for the 50-question exam of Maine's firearms hunter safety course: our own questions from Title 12 of the Maine Revised Statutes. Safe firearm handling is shown to the instructor in person.
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Rules that are Maine's own
Nobody hunts on Sunday. In the firearm season on deer, hunters wear two articles of hunter orange, one a solid orange hat. No firearm is discharged within 100 yards of a building without permission. A deer is tagged, then registered within 18 hours.
What is asked here
Maine hunting laws are one of six topics of the in-person session, and the one asked here. Exam mode uses the length and pass mark the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife publishes.
A hunter under 10 stays within 20 feet of the junior hunter supervisor.
Four or more people moving deer together is an unlawful drive.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Maine hunter safety test?
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says 50 questions, passed with a score of at least 70%.
Who needs a hunter safety course in Maine?
Anyone applying for a license to hunt with firearms, other than a junior or apprentice license, under section 11105. Proof of an adult firearms hunting license held in any year from 1976 on also counts.
How old do you have to be to take hunter safety in Maine?
Students must be at least ten to attend, and those under 16 come with a parent or guardian. The online course is for students 16 and older.
Can you hunt in Maine without a hunter safety course?
Yes, in two ways. A junior hunter under 16 hunts with a junior hunter supervisor. A person 16 or older who has never held an adult hunting license may buy an apprentice license, up to five times, and hunt beside an apprentice supervisor.
Is this the official Maine hunter safety test?
No. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The questions are our own, written from the statutes; none comes from the department's exam, workbook or online course.