Master Hunter Examination Review and Study Guide

This guide is intended for REVIEW of previously studied course materials. All background information provided in your Master Hunter registration packet should be thoroughly reviewed prior to scheduling your Master Hunter test.

The review items listed below are loosely grouped by common subject of study.

• Distinction between laws and ethics
• Dr. Bob Norton, The Hunter, references and facts
• Ethical behavior and sportsmanship
• WDFW Regions
• Wilderness area access
• License types, sales
• Harvest reporting, harvest questionnaire
• WDFW hunter pamphlets and information
• Proof of hunter education
• Convictions and suspensions
• Firearm caliber limits
• Special permit applications
• Bag limits
• Baiting
• Hunting hours
• Wildlife found dead
• Green dot/red dot road access
• Legal firearm discharge
• Non-toxic shot
• Littering
• Falconry
• Legal grouse hunting methods
• Use of electronic calls for hunting
• Minimum age requirements
• Hunter orange requirements
• Hunting from boats
• Concealed weapons rules
• Range finding
• Wildlife definitions
• Reporting a poacher
• Vehicle use restrictions
• Taxidermy requirements
• Selling/trading of wildlife
• Firearm restriction areas
• Legal use of dogs
• Firearm shell capacity rules
• Predator hunting
• Definitions (ex. ‘hunting’, ‘GMU’, ‘blind’)
• Grazing and browsing game animals
• Reproductive capacity and age of big game and waterfowl
• Animals with horns and antlers
• Firearm safety and hunting incidents
• Ammunition and components
• Legal hunting implements, techniques, operation, cleaning, and nomenclature
• Optics
• Wildlife/game populations
• Upland bird facts and artificial propagation of pheasants
• Classification of animals and plants
• Identification and behavior of goat, sheep, all deer species, and waterfowl
• Rates of habitat loss, and restoration potential
• Basic principles of wildlife management
• Public opinions about hunting
• Size and human population levels of Western states
• Survival, loss of body heat, appropriate clothing
• Use of maps and compass.