Hunter Education Cards

Q: What is a Hunter Education Card?
A: A Hunter Education card proves you have successfully completed a hunter education course. The Nevada Department of Wildlife has records from 1974 to date of all hunter education participants who have taken classes in Nevada.

Q: What if I received my hunter education in another state?
A: You will need to get proof of your hunter education elsewhere before you can purchase a hunting license in Nevada.

Q: What is a Hunter Education Duplicate Card?
A: Duplicate Cards are replacement cards in case your original hunter education card is lost or destroyed.

Q: What information does the Department of Wildlife need to find my files and issue me a duplicate card?
A: We need your first and last name (same name you gave when you took the course), date of birth, name of instructor ( if you remember that), estimated time when you took the course (year), and where you took the course.

Q: What happens if you cannot find my records?
A: You will need to take another hunter education course.

Q: Do I need a hunter education card to purchase a hunting license?
A: Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1960 must show proof of hunter education to purchase a hunting license. Proof of hunter education includes a hunter education card or past hunting license with a hunter education number or identifying mark from either the U.S. or Canada.

Q: Where can I get a duplicate card?
A: Duplicate cards are available at the following NDOW offices: Reno, Fallon, Elko, Winnemucca, Ely, Henderson, and Las Vegas. If you live in an outlying area, you may arrange to have a duplicate card mailed to your home.

Q: How much does a duplicate card cost?
A: Duplicate cards cost $3 each.

Q: Am I required to have a hunter education card to apply for a big game tag?
A: Yes, the Hunt Application Office requires proof of hunter education along with license and tag applications. Proof of hunter education may be a past license with a hunter education number or identifying mark.

Hunter Education Course Requirements in Nevada

Q: Who is required to take a hunter education course?
A: Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1960, is required to take a hunter education/safety course prior to purchasing a hunting license in Nevada. Anyone 12 or older will be required to take a hunter education course before they can purchase a hunting license in Nevada. In addition, any person who has received a hunter safety citation is required to take a course prior to purchasing a hunting license.

Q: How old do you have to be to take a Hunter Education Course?
A: Anyone can take a hunter education course.

Q: What if I had a hunter safety course in another state or country?
A: The Nevada Department of Wildlife will accept proof of hunter education/safety courses from all 50 states, and all Canadian provinces. For people moving from California, check that you have your California hunter safety course records with you prior to your move, as record tracking is quite difficult.

Youth Hunting in Nevada

Q: At what age is a hunting license required?
A: Any person 12 years or older who hunts game birds or game mammals in Nevada is required to have a hunting license or a combination license. In order to purchase a hunting license, you must first complete a hunter safety course and receive a hunter safety card, which certifies completion of the course.

Q: Can youth hunt unaccompanied in Nevada?
A: Youths aged 14 and older, who have a valid license, and have received parental permission, may hunt unaccompanied with a rifle or shotgun that is not a fully automatic firearm.

Q: If a youth is unaccompanied, what are the restrictions on possessing firearms while in a motor vehicle?
A youth under age 18 may not be in possession or control of a semi-automatic firearm (shotguns and rifles included) that has a loaded magazine in the firearm (with or without a round in the chamber) while in a motor vehicle. Juveniles also may not possess or have under their control a revolver with rounds in the cylinder when in a motor vehicle.

Q: Who is eligible to hunt in the Youth Waterfowl Hunt?
A: Youths, aged 15 and younger, are eligible to hunt in the youth waterfowl hunt. Youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older.

Q: How old do you have to be to hunt big game in Nevada?
A: Anyone age 12 and older who possesses a hunting license is eligible to apply for a big game tag and to hunt big game in Nevada. Youths aged 12-15 are eligible to apply for the resident junior youth hunt. In addition, anyone 11 years old who will turn 12 prior to opening date of the season they will be applying for, is eligible to apply for a tag.

Q: How old do you have to be to hunt for upland game and waterfowl in Nevada?
A: There is no minimum age, however, at the age of 12, you are required by law to take a hunter safety course and receive a Nevada hunter safety card. This hunter safety card is required to purchase a hunting license.

Q: How old do you have to be to apply for any tag species hunts in Nevada?
A: minimum age of 12 to hunt tagged species.

Q: How old do you have to be to apply for the resident junior deer hunt?
A: You must be at least 12 years old prior to the beginning of the season for which you are applying, and younger than 17 on the last day of the season for which you are applying.