What content is on the Ontario hunting exam?

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I am challenging the Ontario hunting exam this week and just got the education manual. I am wondering if I should study the whole thing cover to cover, or if I can ignore certain things. For example, it has a whole chapter on Wildlife identification with pictures of animals and details. Are those sorts of things on the exam? Will it ask me what a Moose looks like? What an apex predator is? I might read the whole thing, but knowing what to focus on upfront would be nice. Chapters are:

Ecology
Responsible Hunting
Wildlife laws
Equipment and clothing
First Aid
Hunting techniques
Shot placement
Field dressing, transportation, processing
Firearms
Bow hunting
Wildlife identification

EDIT: Should make it clear I'm not looking to cheat or get the answers, just guidance about what general content is on there.
 
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Snoochers said:
You mean the hunting regulations summary?
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yes, this:

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Is everything I need to know for the exam in the HUNTER EDUCATION MANUAL? I don't want to read that AND the regulations completely. If I have to, I will of course!
 
Snoochers said:
Is everything I need to know for the exam in the HUNTER EDUCATION MANUAL? I don't want to read that AND the regulations completely. If I have to, I will of course!
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Uh, no idea... I only had the regulations. Didn't read anything prior and did it.

I don't think that 100% of the exam answers are in the regulations though... one question was on a very specific species of duck and I had NO CLUE what the answer was.
 
You wrote the exam without even looking at the hunter education manual? Interesting! And you passed I'm assuming haha. Guess if I read that and have the regs with me I should be pretty safe.
 
tharkhold said:
I lived in Quebec first, then Ontario, hence the double exam thing... Can't hunt in Ontario with a Qc license

Please don't tell me that I could have just 'exchanged' the quebec one for the ontario one! lol
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I wasn't aware of that. I thought licenses were "portable" to buy a license in all provinces and States. Is the QC-ON one the only case of this?
 
No. I do not believe there is any portability at all. That is why I am writing the ON exam, because I came from another province. This refers only to the hunting license of course. The PAL is federal and applies anywhere.
Any guidance on the content of the exam remains much appreciated :)
 
Snoochers said:
No. I do not believe there is any portability at all. That is why I am writing the ON exam, because I came from another province. This refers only to the hunting license of course. The PAL is federal and applies anywhere.
Any guidance on the content of the exam remains much appreciated :)
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Sorry, can't help you. I took the license 44 years ago. Back then, it was strictly hunter safety. Nothing about critters, IIRC.
 
Snoochers said:
No. I do not believe there is any portability at all. That is why I am writing the ON exam, because I came from another province. This refers only to the hunting license of course. The PAL is federal and applies anywhere.
Any guidance on the content of the exam remains much appreciated :)
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Even if non-portable/transferrable, most stuff the provinces cover are 80% similar.. another 10% is province-specific species/restrictions/etc. The last 10% is "common sense/safety" stuff that even a person without firearms/hunting knowledge would answer correctly.
 
I just did mine 2 weeks ago. Every question on the test is found in the book they showed you at the start of the post. The test is open book and has no time limit
 
Any hunter education course/certificate taken in North America will be all you will need to hunt/buy a liscense in any province or state in North America and most any where in the world. The exam I took in Minnesota in 1990 is all I have ever used. The certificate I provide to my hunter Ed students is all they need to go any where, according to the Alberta hunter education folks of course.

I'm sure that non resident alien hunters don't take hunter education courses for the province they are hunting. At least I didn't when hunting Manitoba years ago nor when I moved to Alberta. Same when hunting South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas or Texas.
 
Ithaca Dog. said:
Any hunter education course/certificate taken in North America will be all you will need to hunt/buy a liscense in any province or state in North America and most any where in the world. The exam I took in Minnesota in 1990 is all I have ever used. The certificate I provide to my hunter Ed students is all they need to go any where, according to the Alberta hunter education folks of course.

I'm sure that non resident alien hunters don't take hunter education courses for the province they are hunting. At least I didn't when hunting Manitoba years ago nor when I moved to Alberta. Same when hunting South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas or Texas.
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I wish I found this BEFORE paying for an exam.. lol

https://www.ontario.ca/page/hunting-licence-non-residents-ontario

Apply for your first Outdoors Card

Starting in December 2014, a $2 service fee will be applied to each product related to hunting and fishing for which a fee is charged. Read more.
Recognized credentials + $9.68 + $2.26 service fee = First hunting version Outdoors Card

Go in-person to a:
licence issuer
participating ServiceOntario centre
Provide your:
first and last name
home and mailing address
date of birth
height and eye colour
Present one of these valid credentials:
Ontario non-resident’s hunting licence (issued after January 1, 1968, and before January 1, 2009)
a hunting licence issued to you by a competent authority in any jurisdiction as a resident of that jurisdiction (issued after January 1, 1968)
Ontario Hunter Education Examination Certificate/Report (issued after January 1, 1968)
Ontario Hunting Licence Verification Certificate
a certificate from any jurisdiction that gives you permission to purchase a hunting licence in that jurisdiction (issued after January 1, 1968)
Buy your hunting version Outdoors Card
 
Ithaca Dog. said:
Any hunter education course/certificate taken in North America will be all you will need to hunt/buy a liscense in any province or state in North America and most any where in the world. The exam I took in Minnesota in 1990 is all I have ever used. The certificate I provide to my hunter Ed students is all they need to go any where, according to the Alberta hunter education folks of course.

I'm sure that non resident alien hunters don't take hunter education courses for the province they are hunting. At least I didn't when hunting Manitoba years ago nor when I moved to Alberta. Same when hunting South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas or Texas.
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That's what I thought, but maybe when you get your resident license when you move you have to take the course? I'm really intrigued.
 
Taking gun course

If you look at the exam from a prospective of what's the safest way handle, transport, shoot and store guns. Seasonal info on what you're hunting for (MNR Regulations).
Thats what I used when I took it.
Oh and the fact that I was in the reserve army for over 6 years and bin hunting for over 55 yrs. It's mainly a lot of common sense. Good luck!
 
Wait do I NOT need to take the exam in Ontario?? Wtf how did I miss that. I read it all quite closely. I think when I called I must have talked to a doofus
 
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