Besides first-time hunters, a Virginia hunting license applicant under what age must present a hunter education certificate?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
By the statute's own examples, which costs may the course fee cover?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.3
Does the full-online course have a classroom requirement?Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Hunter Education Course page
Does Virginia accept a hunter education certificate earned elsewhere?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
In the self-study plus class course, what must every student hand the instructor at the start of class?Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Hunter Education Course page
Since what year has hunter education been mandatory in Virginia for 12 to 15 year olds and first-time hunters?Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Hunter Education page
To whom does the hunter education section not apply?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
What does a replacement hunter education card cost, according to the department?Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Hunter Education page
What may a Virginia hunter education student be charged?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.3
Where does the department say some final test questions are covered?Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Hunter Education Course page
Which adult must present a hunter education certificate before a Virginia hunting license is issued?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
Which three subjects does § 29.1-300.2 give for the department's course of instruction?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.2
Who may take Virginia's full-online hunter education course?Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Hunter Education Course page
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Young hunters and the apprentice license 13
A 13-year-old who bought a license online hunts without a supervising adult. What else must be carried?Code of Virginia § 29.1-336
A Virginia resident under what age is not required to obtain a license to hunt?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
Does an electronic copy of a license or certificate count as carrying it?Code of Virginia § 29.1-336
For a hunter under 12, what does "accompanied and directly supervised" mean?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
For how long is a Virginia apprentice hunting license valid?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.4
How often may the apprentice hunting license be had?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.4
What changes for an apprentice licensee who completes hunter education?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.4
What does the statute set as the cost of the apprentice hunting license?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.4
What happens to a junior lifetime hunting license issued to a child under 12?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
What must the adult who supervises a hunter under 12 have?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
What must the adult who supervises an apprentice hunter be able to do?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.4
Who counts as the "adult" for a hunter under 12?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.1
Who is barred from buying an apprentice hunting license?Code of Virginia § 29.1-300.4
Licenses and landowners 8
A person is convicted of a second hunting law violation within three years. For how long may no new license be applied for?Code of Virginia § 29.1-338
On that second conviction, for how long may the court also prohibit the person from hunting?Code of Virginia § 29.1-338
What is the penalty for violating a regulation of the Board when no other penalty is given?Code of Virginia § 29.1-505
What must a tenant carry to hunt without a license on the land where the tenant resides?Code of Virginia § 29.1-301
What offense is failing to carry a hunting license when required?Code of Virginia § 29.1-336
What offense is refusing to show a license when a conservation police officer demands it?Code of Virginia § 29.1-337
Which relatives may hunt a landowner's own land without a license, as the landowner may?Code of Virginia § 29.1-301
Who may obtain the state youth resident combination hunting license?Code of Virginia § 29.1-303.3
Blaze colors and hunting hours 11
During a firearms deer season, who must wear or display blaze?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
From how many degrees must blaze upper body clothing be visible?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
In the muzzleloader-only deer season, when may a muzzleloader deer hunter go without blaze?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
Instead of wearing blaze, how much blaze material may a hunter display at shoulder level within body reach?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
What are the hunting hours for nonmigratory game birds and game animals in Virginia?Code of Virginia § 29.1-520
What is the fine on conviction for violating the blaze clothing section?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
Where does the blaze material go when hunting from an enclosed ground blind?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
Which colors satisfy Virginia's firearms deer season clothing law?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
Which fur-bearing animal may be hunted by day only?Code of Virginia § 29.1-520
Which hunter is outside the blaze clothing section?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
Which part of a blaze hat may be another color or design?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.1
Sunday, bait, vehicles, lights and dogs 15
A hunter has taken the daily bag limit. How may that hunter still help others who are hunting?Code of Virginia § 29.1-521
A person kills a black bear that was injuring someone. What must the person do next?Code of Virginia § 29.1-516
At night a person in a vehicle, with a firearm, flashes a spotlight without good cause. What presumption does that raise?Code of Virginia § 29.1-523
How must tracking dogs be handled when used to find a wounded deer, bear or turkey?Code of Virginia § 29.1-516.1
Near what event is it unlawful to kill or capture wild birds and animals?Code of Virginia § 29.1-521
On a Sunday, within what distance of a place of worship is it unlawful to hunt with a gun?Code of Virginia § 29.1-521
Unless the Board declares otherwise, a male deer may be killed only if what is true?Code of Virginia § 29.1-522
What does Virginia law say about computer-assisted remote hunting of an animal located in the Commonwealth?Code of Virginia § 29.1-530.3
What does § 29.1-521 say about bait?Code of Virginia § 29.1-521
What does § 29.1-521 say about shooting game from a vehicle?Code of Virginia § 29.1-521
What must the tag on a hunting dog show?Code of Virginia § 29.1-516.2
What protection does § 29.1-521 give nests and dens?Code of Virginia § 29.1-521
Where does the statute make it unlawful to hunt deer with dogs?Code of Virginia § 29.1-516
Where is it unlawful to kill a deer under § 29.1-516?Code of Virginia § 29.1-516
Which Sunday hunt does § 29.1-521 forbid wherever it takes place?Code of Virginia § 29.1-521
Trespass, posted land and roads 13
A hunter on another's land willfully refuses to give his name when the landowner asks. What is that?Code of Virginia § 18.2-133
A hunter's dogs run onto land where hunting is prohibited. What may the hunter do?Code of Virginia § 18.2-136
A person handles a firearm recklessly while hunting. What may the trial judge add to the penalty?Code of Virginia § 18.2-56.1
How high off the ground must the center of a posting paint mark be?Code of Virginia § 18.2-134.1
Hunting dogs are found on posted land. Is that alone enough to prove the hunter released them there on purpose?Code of Virginia § 18.2-132.1
Land may be posted with paint marks. How large must each mark be?Code of Virginia § 18.2-134.1
Tearing down a "posted" sign on another's land is a Class 3 misdemeanor. What else follows?Code of Virginia § 18.2-135
What does a hunter need in order to hunt on posted land?Code of Virginia § 18.2-134
What does § 29.1-521.1 say about getting in the way of hunters?Code of Virginia § 29.1-521.1
What offense is going on another's land to hunt without the consent of the landowner or agent?Code of Virginia § 18.2-132
What offense is hunting with a firearm or bow while under the influence of alcohol?Code of Virginia § 18.2-285
When may a vehicle be used to retrieve dogs from prohibited lands?Code of Virginia § 18.2-136
Where does § 18.2-286 forbid discharging a firearm or bow?Code of Virginia § 18.2-286
How this list was compiled: Written from the Code of Virginia as published by the Virginia General Assembly at https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/: Title 29.1 (Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating), sections 29.1-300.1, 300.2, 300.3, 300.4, 301, 303.3, 336, 337, 338, 505, 516, 516.1, 516.2, 520, 521, 521.1, 522, 523, 530.1 and 530.3, and Title 18.2, sections 18.2-56.1, 132, 132.1, 133, 134, 134.1, 135, 136, 285 and 286. All were read on 2026-10-12; each question names its section and links to it. The outline this page follows is the state's own: section 29.1-300.2 gives the course as hunter safety, principles of conservation and sportsmanship, and the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources describes the two course options and their final test on its Hunter Education Course page, https://dwr.virginia.gov/hunting/education/hunter-education-course/, read the same day with its Hunter Education page, https://dwr.virginia.gov/hunting/education/ (the course facts). The department publishes no number of questions and no pass mark for the final test, so none is given here. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the text of the Code of Virginia and the facts on the department's public pages; nothing is copied from a hunter education manual, a study guide, an online course, a chapter review or an examination.
How it works
Unofficial practice for the final test in Virginia hunter education: our own questions from Title 29.1 and Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia. Firearm safety is taught in the course.
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A VA practice hunter safety test in state law
In firearms deer season every hunter wears solid blaze orange or pink, or displays 100 square inches of it. Posted land needs the owner's written consent or presence. Deer may not be hunted with dogs west of the Blue Ridge.
Two ways to take the course
The Department of Wildlife Resources offers a self-study course with a class, and a full-online course for residents 12 or older.
An apprentice license defers the course once, for two years, beside a licensed adult over 18.
Questions and answers
Is this a VA hunting license practice test?
It is practice for the hunter education test that comes before a first Virginia hunting license. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources; the questions are our own, from the Code of Virginia.
What is on a Virginia hunting education card practice test?
Here, the state law side: who needs the certificate, the apprentice license, blaze colors, hunting hours, Sunday and bait rules, trespass and posted land.
Who needs hunter education in Virginia?
Anyone who has never held a hunting license in any state or country, and anyone under 16, under section 29.1-300.1. Residents under 12 need no license and hunt within sight of a licensed adult.
How many questions are on the Virginia hunter safety test?
The Department of Wildlife Resources publishes neither a question count nor a pass mark for its final test. A round of 25 in exam mode is this site's own length, and the result is a score without a verdict.