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Online Classes
Take the comprehensive NRA Hunter Education course online at your convenience.
In-Person Classes
Find and register for an in-person class with the Go Outdoors Oklahoma calendar.
Oklahoma Hunter Education Info
Is there an age limit?
Students under the age of 10 may attend a hunter education class, but will not be allowed to take the test or get a card.
What is Hunter Education?
Hunter education covers a variety of topics including firearms safety, wildlife identification, wildlife conservation and management, survival, archery, muzzleloading, and hunter responsibility. It is available online and in an six (6) hour traditional course.
Why Hunter Education?
Over the past 40 years, hunting-related accidents and fatalities have declined by more than 70 percent in Oklahoma. Mandatory hunter education courses have not only reduced accidents within Oklahoma but also in every state and Canadian province with similar programs.
Oklahoma's hunter education program is recognized in all states as well as in Canada and Mexico.
Apprentice Designated License
Anyone buying a hunting or season-specific license who has not received Hunter Education Certification, unless exempt, will have an apprentice designation on that particular license instead of a Hunter Education Certification Number. An individual who has an “apprentice-designated” license must abide by accompanying hunter requirements.
For those requirements as well as apprentice-designated qualifications, see below:
- Hunters 30 years of age and younger: Anyone who is not Hunter Education certified (unless exempt) must buy a hunting license that is apprentice-designated. Such hunters must abide by the accompanying hunter requirements.
- Hunters 9 years of age and younger: Not eligible for Hunter Education Certification. They must hunt as an apprentice and abide by the accompanying hunter requirements.
- Accompanying hunter requirements: A person 18 or older who is licensed (unless exempt) and Hunter Education-certified (unless exempt). For big game hunting, an accompanying hunter must be within arm’s length of the apprentice hunter or close enough to take immediate control of the firearm or bow of the apprentice. For small-game hunting, the accompanying hunter must be within sight of and able to communicate with the apprentice in a normal voice without aid.
- Exempt from Hunter Education
- Anyone 31 years of age or older
- Honorably discharged from, or currently on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces
- A member of the National Guard