A child holds a lifetime license but has not passed hunter education. How may the child hunt?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(d)
A hunter holds a hunter education certificate issued by another state's agency. When does North Carolina accept it?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(b)
A person gets a hunting license with a fictitious certificate. For how long may hunting privileges be revoked?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(c)
A person is convicted of hunting while a license is suspended under 113-290.1. What must be done before another license is issued?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-290.1(d)
Does the hunter education requirement of 113-270.1A depend on how old the buyer is?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(a)
How long is a certificate of competency and safety valid?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(b)
Since which date has North Carolina required a hunter education certificate to procure a hunting license?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(a)
What does "accompanied" mean in 113-270.1A(d)?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(d)
Which of these may be shown in place of a hunter education certificate when buying a North Carolina hunting license?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(a)
Which three subjects does 113-270.1A(b) give for the statewide course of instruction?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(b)
Who decides which persons or agencies may give the hunter education course?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1A(b)
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The course and its test 7
A student finishes an approved online hunter education course. What can the student print to buy a license?N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Take a Hunter Education Course
How must a student complete the tests in the hunter education course?N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Take a Hunter Education Course
What does the commission charge for its hunter education courses?N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Take a Hunter Education Course
What is the minimum age for the North Carolina hunter education course?N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Take a Hunter Education Course
What is the minimum length of a North Carolina hunter education course?N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Take a Hunter Education Course
Where is a North Carolina hunter education certification accepted?N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Take a Hunter Education Course
Which of these does the commission list among the subjects of its hunter education course?N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Take a Hunter Education Course
Licenses, youth and apprentices 12
A 13-year-old without a hunter education certificate hunts under the youth exemption. Who must be along?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-276(d)
A 14-year-old has earned the hunter education certificate. What changes under 113-276(d)?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-276(d)
A resident buys a hunting license, then moves to another state during its term. What happens to the license?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-275(b1)
Below what age is a person exempt from the hunting license requirement in North Carolina?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-276(d)
For how long is a Hunting Heritage Apprentice Permit valid?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-274(c)
May a hunting license be lent to another hunter?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-275(f)
Unless indicated otherwise, for how long is a North Carolina license valid from its date of issue?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1B(b)
What does 113-270.1B(a) require before a person hunts, unless the law provides otherwise?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.1B(a)
What does a Hunting Heritage Apprentice Permit allow?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-274(c)
What must an individual do after killing any species of big game?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-270.3(c)
Where must a licensee keep the license while hunting?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-275(f)
Who may take wildlife on a landholder's land without a hunting license under 113-276(c)?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-276(c)
Manner of taking 23
A hunter uses a parked truck as a hunting stand. When may a wild animal not be taken from it?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(b)
A hunter wounds a deer just before the end of hunting hours. What may be used to retrieve it?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(k)
Between which hours may game be taken, unless the law provides otherwise?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(a)
For how long after bait is eaten or removed does the wild turkey bait rule still apply?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(b)
How far from a place where bait has been put out must a hunter be to take a wild turkey knowingly?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(b)
How must a commission rule on cub bears define a cub?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.7(b)
Until what hour may the retrieval of a wounded big game animal go on after hunting hours?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(k)
What does 113-291.1(b)(2) say about bait and wild birds?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(b)
What does 113-291.1(j) say about deer in water?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(j)
What does 113-291.12 say about a feral swine caught in a trap?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.12(b)
What does 113-291.5(e) say about dogs and deer in the closed deer season?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.5(e)
What is "computer-assisted remote hunting", which 113-291.1A makes unlawful?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1A
What is the largest shotgun that may be used to take game?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(a)
What may no commission rule allow in black bear hunting?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(b)
What may the commission not do by rule about hunting dogs anywhere in the State?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.5(d)
What must a hunter who has harvested a black bear send to the commission?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.7(c)
When may a wild bird not be taken from a boat?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(b)
Which animals may be taken at night with dogs and artificial lights, in the seasons the commission sets?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(e)
Which game may not be taken with a rifle under 113-291.1(a)?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(a)
Which of these does 113-291.1(i) forbid?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(i)
Which of these is a lawful method of taking game under 113-291.1(a)?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(a)
Which of these may a hunter take with a pistol under 113-291.1(g), when a season permits that method?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(g)
Which of these may not be used to take wild animals unless a statute or commission rule allows it?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.1(b)
Hunter orange, Sunday and safe shooting 13
A bowhunter is hunting deer during a deer firearms season. What does 113-291.8(a) say?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.8(a)
At what alcohol concentration is a person "impaired" under 113-290.1(b)?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-290.1(b)
Besides the landowner and the landowner's family, who may hunt with firearms on Sunday on private property?N.C. Gen. Stat. 103-2(a)
Between which hours is hunting with firearms prohibited on Sunday on private land, outside licensed controlled hunting preserves?N.C. Gen. Stat. 103-2(a)
For how long are hunting privileges suspended when negligent hunting causes property damage only?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-290.1(c)
How close to a place of religious worship may a person hunt on Sunday?N.C. Gen. Stat. 103-2(a)
How does 113-291.8 define hunter orange material?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.8(a)
What does 103-2 say about deer run by dogs on Sunday?N.C. Gen. Stat. 103-2(a)
What does 113-290 make unlawful while hunting, when damage or injury results?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-290
What is the fine for the infraction of not wearing hunter orange?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.8(b)
What must a person hunting rabbits with a shotgun wear under 113-291.8(a)?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.8(a)
Which hunter is not covered by the hunter orange rule for upland game birds in 113-291.8(a)?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.8(a)
Who is exempt from the hunter orange requirement of 113-291.8?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-291.8(a)
Posted land and conduct 13
A landowner has given a club permission to hunt on posted land. What must a club member carry?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.6(a)
A person caught on posted land had the landowner's permission but had left the paper at home. What does 14-159.6(c) provide?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.6(c)
Does the harassment law of 113-295(a) apply to what a person does on land he owns or leases?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-295(a)
How far apart may the paint marks that post property be?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.7
How far apart may the signs that post private land be?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.7
How high on the tree or post is the bottom of a posting paint mark?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.7
How large must a sign that posts property be?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.7
How recent must the written permission to hunt on posted land be?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.6(a)
What does 14-159.8 forbid?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.8
What does 113-295(a) make unlawful?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-295(a)
What does 113-295(a1) say about using a drone to disrupt a lawful hunt?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-295(a1)
What does a person need to hunt on land that has been posted under 14-159.7?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.6(a)
Which paint marks post property under 14-159.7?N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-159.7
Words the statutes define 5
What are "nongame animals" under 113-129?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-129
What does "game" mean under 113-129?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-129
Which of these is "big game" under 113-129?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-129
Which of these is a game animal under 113-129?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-129
Which of these is an upland game bird under 113-129?N.C. Gen. Stat. 113-129
How this list was compiled: Written from the North Carolina General Statutes as published by the North Carolina General Assembly at https://www.ncleg.gov/: Chapter 113, sections 113-129, 113-270.1A, 113-270.1B, 113-270.3, 113-274, 113-275, 113-276, 113-290, 113-290.1, 113-291.1, 113-291.1A, 113-291.5, 113-291.7, 113-291.8, 113-291.12 and 113-295; Chapter 14, sections 14-159.6, 14-159.7 and 14-159.8 (posted property); and Chapter 103, section 103-2 (hunting on Sunday), each read on 2026-10-12; every question names its section and links to it. The course facts in the topic "The course and its test" (free courses, the six-hour minimum, no minimum age, tests taken without assistance, the subjects) are the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission's own, read the same day on its page Take a Hunter Education Course, https://www.ncwildlife.gov/outdoor-skills/take-hunter-education-course, which is the published outline this page follows. The commission publishes no number of questions and no pass mark for the test, so none is given here. The commission's rules in Title 15A of the Administrative Code and its yearly regulations digest were not read and nothing is asked from them. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the text of the North Carolina statutes and the facts on the commission's public page; nothing is copied from a hunter education manual, an online course, a chapter review or an examination.
How it works
Unofficial practice for the test in a North Carolina hunter safety course: our own questions from the General Statutes and the Wildlife Resources Commission's course page, each with its section. Firearm safety, wildlife identification, first aid and tree stand safety belong to the course.
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An NC hunter ed study guide to the statutes
Game is taken from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset. Anyone hunting deer in a deer firearms season wears hunter orange. Posted land takes written permission dated within the last 12 months, and every big game kill is reported to the commission.
What the course is
The commission's courses are free, run at least six hours and are given in all 100 counties by certified volunteers, hunter education specialists and wildlife officers. All of North America's states and provinces accept the certification.
Under 16: no license is needed, but a licensed adult of 18 or older stays within sight and hearing until the certificate is earned.
Sunday hunting with firearms stops between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and stays 500 yards from a place of worship.
Purple paint marks on trees or posts post land just as signs do.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the NC hunter safety test?
The Wildlife Resources Commission gives no question count and no pass mark on its course page. A scored test on this page draws 25 questions, a length this site chose, and reports a score with no verdict.
Who needs a hunter safety course in North Carolina?
Since July 1, 2013, anyone procuring a hunting license, regardless of age, shows a hunter education certificate, a hunting heritage apprentice permit or a license issued before that date, under section 113-270.1A.
How old do you have to be to take hunter safety in NC?
There is no minimum age. The commission says the classes are pitched at sixth graders and students must finish the tests with no help.
Is this the official NC hunter education test?
No. This page is unofficial and not affiliated with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Course registration, tests and certification cards come only from the commission.