A hunter born in 1985 holds a lifetime license. May it be used to hunt with a firearm without a firearms safety certificate?Minn. Stat. § 97B.020, para. (c)
A person has completed basic training in the U.S. armed forces. Which part of the course is that person exempt from?Minn. Stat. § 97B.015, subd. 5a
A student earns the certificate at age 11. When is it valid for hunting?Minn. Stat. § 97B.015, subd. 5
Besides safety with firearms, what must the statewide course teach by statute?Minn. Stat. § 97B.015, subd. 1
Does Minnesota accept a firearms safety certificate issued by another state?Minnesota DNR, Hunter Education/Firearms Safety Certification for Youth page
How are firearms safety instructors paid?Minn. Stat. § 97B.015, subd. 2
How many class sessions does the youth classroom course have before its field day?Minnesota DNR, Hunter Education/Firearms Safety Certification for Youth page
How may an adult aged 16 or older earn the certification online?Minnesota DNR, Firearms Safety Certification for Adults (16 and older) page
How old must a person be to take the Minnesota firearms safety course?Minn. Stat. § 97B.015, subd. 5
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The certificate and the course, continued
In the hybrid course, what comes between the online course and the field day?Minnesota DNR, Hunter Education/Firearms Safety Certification for Youth page
May a soldier on active duty who has completed basic training buy a hunting license without a firearms safety certificate?Minn. Stat. § 97B.020, para. (b)
What does the youth field day consist of?Minnesota DNR, Hunter Education/Firearms Safety Certification for Youth page
Which division of the Department of Natural Resources runs the firearms safety course?Minn. Stat. § 97B.015, subd. 2
Which of these counts as proof of firearms safety when buying a license?Minn. Stat. § 97B.020, para. (a)
Which three subjects does the DNR say the firearms safety class teaches?Minnesota DNR, Hunter Education/Firearms Safety Certification for Youth page
Who needs a firearms safety certificate to buy a Minnesota license to hunt with a firearm?Minn. Stat. § 97B.020, para. (a)
Youth and apprentice hunters 16
A 10-year-old may take big game under which condition?Minn. Stat. § 97A.451, subd. 4
A 10-year-old with no certificate wants to hunt small game. What does the law require?Minn. Stat. § 97A.451, subd. 3
A 12-year-old wants a license to take big game. What must the child hold?Minn. Stat. § 97A.451, subd. 4
A 13-year-old holds a firearms safety certificate. For small game, who must be along?Minn. Stat. § 97A.451, subd. 3
An 11-year-old with no certificate may take a turkey if accompanied by whom?Minn. Stat. § 97A.451, subd. 3
An officer seizes a firearm from an unaccompanied 13-year-old. What gets it returned?Minn. Stat. § 97B.021, subd. 3
Does a 15-year-old with a firearms safety certificate need a small-game license?Minn. Stat. § 97A.451, subd. 3
For an apprentice hunter, what does "accompanied" mean?Minn. Stat. § 97B.022, subd. 1
How many license years in a lifetime may a person buy an apprentice-hunter validation?Minn. Stat. § 97B.022, subd. 2
What is the general rule for a person under 16 possessing a firearm?Minn. Stat. § 97B.021, subd. 1
What is the youngest age for an apprentice-hunter validation?Minn. Stat. § 97B.022, subd. 2
What may a parent not knowingly do under Minn. Stat. 97B.0215?Minn. Stat. § 97B.0215
Where may a 12-year-old possess a firearm without a parent or guardian alongside?Minn. Stat. § 97B.021, subd. 1
Which deer may a hunter under 18 generally take?Minn. Stat. § 97B.301, subd. 6
Which person under 16 may possess a firearm without a parent or guardian alongside?Minn. Stat. § 97B.021, subd. 1
Who may accompany an apprentice hunter?Minn. Stat. § 97B.022, subd. 2
Blaze clothing and hunting hours 11
A deer hunter sets a fabric ground blind on public land. How much blaze orange must each side show, without a top covering?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (c)
Besides blaze orange, which color meets Minnesota's requirement?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (a)
During the firearms deer season, which hunter is exempt from paragraph (a)?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (a)
How much of a camouflage pattern must be blaze orange or blaze pink to count?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (a)
In the firearms deer season, which clothing must be blaze orange or blaze pink?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (a)
Outside the firearms deer season, what must a pheasant hunter wear?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (b)
Unless the commissioner prescribes otherwise, when may waterfowl be taken?Minn. Stat. § 97B.075, para. (c)
What is the consequence of breaking the small-game blaze clothing rule?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (e)
When may big game be taken?Minn. Stat. § 97B.075, para. (b)
Which parts of the outer clothing are excluded from the blaze requirement?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (a)
Which small game hunter is outside the small-game blaze requirement of paragraph (b)?Minn. Stat. § 97B.071, para. (b)
Trespass and permission 12
A corn field is not posted. May a hunter walk in to hunt without asking?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 2
A hunter passes through a farmer's closed gate. What does the law require?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 8
A hunting dog runs onto private land. How may its owner go after it without permission?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 6
A lawfully shot deer runs onto unposted land. May the hunter go in without permission?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 5
A person follows lawful hunters to spoil their hunt and an officer who sees it orders a stop. What must the person do?Minn. Stat. § 97A.037, subd. 4
An owner tells a hunter in person to stay off. For how long may the hunter not return?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 3
How often must an owner post signs to keep land closed to outdoor recreation?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 4
How tall must the letters on a "no trespassing" sign be?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 4
In a wooded area where boundary lines are not clear, how far apart may posted signs be?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 4
On another person's land, how close to an occupied building may a firearm be discharged without written permission?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 7
Which of these is "agricultural land" in the trespass law?Minn. Stat. § 97B.001, subd. 1
Who owns an unoccupied permanent deer stand on public land?Minn. Stat. § 97B.326
Vehicles, roads and lights 14
A deer stands in the ditch inside the highway right-of-way. May a hunter standing in that right-of-way shoot at it?Minn. Stat. § 97B.055, subd. 1
A hunter uses a handheld light to recover a dead deer after dark. Which conditions apply?Minn. Stat. § 97B.081, subd. 3
A hunter with a qualifying permanent physical disability may get a special permit to shoot from what?Minn. Stat. § 97B.055, subd. 3
A peace officer sets out a deer decoy. Which act does the law forbid?Minn. Stat. § 97B.055, subd. 2
As a general rule, how must a firearm be carried in a motor vehicle?Minn. Stat. § 97B.045, subd. 1
May a deer hunter carry night vision or thermal imaging equipment while hunting?Minn. Stat. § 97B.086, paras. (a) and (e)
May a hunter shoot across an improved public highway at a deer?Minn. Stat. § 97B.055, subd. 1
May a person take a wild animal with a firearm from a motor vehicle?Minn. Stat. § 97B.055, subd. 2
What does the law say about using a motor vehicle to chase a wild animal?Minn. Stat. § 97B.091
Where does the uncased-transport exception not apply?Minn. Stat. § 97B.045, subd. 3
Where may a deer stand or platform not be used to take deer?Minn. Stat. § 97B.325
While traveling to a place the person will lawfully hunt that day, how may a long gun be transported?Minn. Stat. § 97B.045, subd. 3
With a firearm in the group's possession, may a person shine a spotlight on a field to spot deer?Minn. Stat. § 97B.081, subd. 1
With no firearm or bow along, during which hours is shining a light on a field to spot wild animals still prohibited?Minn. Stat. § 97B.081, subd. 2
Alcohol, bait and methods 18
A gun owner knows a friend is under the influence of alcohol. What may the owner not do?Minn. Stat. § 97B.065, subd. 1
A handler tracks a wounded deer with a dog. What must the hunter and handler wear?Minn. Stat. § 97B.207, subd. 2
A hunter legally takes a deer that is not a white-tailed or mule deer. What must the hunter do?Minn. Stat. § 97B.327
A neighbor has put out feed on adjacent land. Is a hunter on the next property in violation?Minn. Stat. § 97B.328, subd. 4
All bait has been removed from a stand site. For how long is the area still considered baited?Minn. Stat. § 97B.328, subd. 2
At what alcohol concentration is taking wild animals with a firearm prohibited outright?Minn. Stat. § 97B.065, subd. 1
For how long after the season may a person transport a deer, before the commissioner's rules take over?Minn. Stat. § 97A.535, subd. 3
Four licensed firearms deer hunters hunt as a party. How many deer may the party take in all?Minn. Stat. § 97B.301, subd. 3
May a hunter use a dog to take big game?Minn. Stat. § 97B.205
May a person take a raccoon in a den or hollow tree?Minn. Stat. § 97B.095, subd. 3
May a person take deer with the aid of bait in Minnesota?Minn. Stat. § 97B.328, subd. 1
May hunters use radio equipment to take big game or small game?Minn. Stat. § 97B.085, subd. 1
To take small game as a party, what contact must the members keep?Minn. Stat. § 97B.603, para. (a)
What does Minn. Stat. 97B.115 prohibit?Minn. Stat. § 97B.115
What does the wanton waste law forbid?Minn. Stat. § 97A.031, para. (a)
Where must a person hunting under a license keep the license or its proof?Minn. Stat. § 97A.405, subd. 2
Which of these is not bait under the deer baiting law?Minn. Stat. § 97B.328, subd. 3
Which use of radio does the law still allow?Minn. Stat. § 97B.085, subd. 3
How this list was compiled: Written from Minnesota Statutes chapter 97B (Hunting) and chapter 97A (Game and Fish) as the Office of the Revisor of Statutes publishes them at https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/97B and https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/97A (sections 97B.001, 97B.015, 97B.020, 97B.021, 97B.0215, 97B.022, 97B.045, 97B.055, 97B.065, 97B.071, 97B.075, 97B.081, 97B.085, 97B.086, 97B.091, 97B.095, 97B.115, 97B.205, 97B.207, 97B.301, 97B.325, 97B.326, 97B.327, 97B.328, 97B.603, 97A.031, 97A.037, 97A.405, 97A.451 and 97A.535). Both chapters were read on 2026-10-12; each question names its section. The course facts (class sessions, the field day, the hybrid and adult options, certificates from other states) are the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' own, read the same day on its Hunter Education/Firearms Safety Certification for Youth page at https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/safety/firearms/index.html and its Firearms Safety Certification for Adults page; the youth page is the published outline this page follows. The department publishes no question count, pass mark or time limit for a written test, so none is given here. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the text of the Minnesota Statutes and the facts on the department's public pages; nothing is copied from a firearms safety manual, a study guide, an online course, a chapter review or an examination.
How it works
Unofficial practice for Minnesota firearms safety certification: our own questions from chapters 97A and 97B of the Minnesota Statutes, each with its section. Safe handling of firearms is taught in the class and shown at the field day.
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Rules that are Minnesota's own
In the firearms deer season the cap and outer clothing above the waist are blaze orange or blaze pink. Agricultural land needs permission even when it is not posted. A firearm rides unloaded and cased, with stated exceptions.
What the course is
The Department of Natural Resources describes a classroom course of at least four sessions and a field day of seven scenarios. It publishes no written-test length or pass mark, so none is set here; exam mode's 25 questions are our own length.
Told in person to stay off land? A hunter may not return to it within one year.
A deer stand site counts as baited for ten days after all bait is removed.
Questions and answers
Is this a youth hunter education practice test for Minnesota?
Yes, for the law part. These questions cover the statutes a young hunter meets: who must be alongside, blaze clothing, trespass. It is unofficial practice, not the department's course.
How old do you have to be to take firearms safety in MN?
At least 11, under Minn. Stat. 97B.015. The certificate is not valid for hunting until the year the student reaches age 12. Adults of 16 and older certify by an online course with a virtual field day, or in a classroom.
Who needs a firearms safety certificate in Minnesota?
Anyone born after December 31, 1979 who wants a license to take wild animals by firearms, under Minn. Stat. 97B.020. Active-duty service members who completed basic training are excepted, and an apprentice-hunter validation covers two license years.
Is this the official MN hunter safety test?
No. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The questions are our own, written from the Minnesota Statutes; none comes from the department's course, its manual or any test.