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By law, who must take a certified hunter education course prior to obtaining a firearm or bow hunting license?
Exceptions
NOTE: Proof of hunter education certification must be presented when buying or applying for a hunting licenses (official courses offered by other states and Canadian provinces meet these requirements).
If you have lost your hunter education card, you can find your hunter education number and reprint your card by accessing your account on the Department's Online Services.
There are two types of hunter education courses offered by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department:
Courses focus on safety, ethics, laws and regulations, landowner relations, wildlife identification and conservation.
Students generally receive their hunter education card in the mail 7-10 days after successfully completing a class. Hunter education certificate numbers may be found on the Department'sOnline Services once the records for a completed class have been processed.
Note: The hunter education course described above is the course hunters are required to have prior to hunting. The Department also offers bowhunter certification and fur harvester education courses which are optional, supplemental courses and cannot be used in place of the hunter education courses to meet state hunting education requirements.