Hunter Education Requirements

    Hunter education is a course where students are taught about firearms safety, wildlife identification, conservation and management of wildlife, archery, muzzleloading and hunter responsibility. Over the past 30 years, hunting-related accidents and fatalities have declined by more than 70 percent in Oklahoma, and also declined nationally, thanks to mandatory hunter education courses. Students who pass the course are hunter education certified, and earn these privileges.
    Hunter education certified hunters can buy any hunting license, if required, and hunt big game and / or small game alone, except on public lands*, (except youth participating in youth deer or youth turkey seasons must adhere to accompaniment requirements for those seasons).
    Hunters 15 years of age or younger who are hunting alone during a season that does not require them to have a hunting license (small game seasons) must carry hunter education certification on their person.

*Additional public land regulations may apply, see page 44 of you 2011-2012 Oklahoma Hunting Guide for specific restrictions.

No Hunter Education?
You're still in luck!
The apprentice-designated license is like a learner's permit. It is a hunting license with some additional requirements. Read below to learn who can hunt as an apprentice and what you can hunt with this license.

Hunters 10 years of age to 35:
May buy any required hunting license, but the license will have an apprentice designation and will have accompanying hunter requirements (see accompanying hunter requirements).
When hunting:

Hunters 9 years of age or younger:
Must be hunter education certified to hunt big game: deer, elk, antelope or bear.
May hunt small game, including turkey, with an "accompanying hunter" who is within sight of and able to communicate with you in a normal voice, without the aid of any communication device (see accompanying hunter requirements:

Accompanying Hunter Requirements:
Who can be the "accompanying hunter" for apprentice designated license holders?
An individual 21 years of age or older who is:

    Two options for courses are offered - either a regular 8-hour class or a home study class, which requires outside course work (usually 4-6 hours on your own) plus four hours of in-class instruction.
Lost Your Hunter Education Card?
    If your hunter education card is lost or destroyed, you may get a free duplicate card by logging on to http://www.wildlifedepartment.com for details. A computer printout of confirmation is valid proof of certification.

Is my card good in other states?
    Certification is recognized and honored in all 50 states and all provinces in Canada.

How much do the courses cost?
    Attending a course and receiving certification is 100% free of charge.

How old do you have to be to take a course?
    There is no minimum age, but students should be old enough to retain material in order to pass a 50-question test.

To prepare for your hunter education course, check out the online hunter education manual.

http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/education/huntered_manual.pdf

Course Schedule:
I am not going to put in the course schedule because of all the information I would have to type in. Plus, it is updated regularly on the Department of wildlife website.


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