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Hunter responsibilities practice questions for Ontario

By Hunters Guide. Last reviewed September 18, 2026.

These 5 hunter responsibilities questions are drawn from the Ontario Hunter Education Practice Exam. They are original practice items written from published Ontario Hunter Education Program curriculum topics, with an explanation on every answer.

Hunter responsibilities questions

  1. 1What obligation does a hunter have after wounding an animal?

    1. None, if the shot was legal
    2. To make every reasonable effort to find and dispatch it
    3. To report it and move on
    4. To wait until the following day
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    To make every reasonable effort to find and dispatch it

    A wounded animal represents an unfinished obligation. The effort to recover it is a defining part of ethical hunting, and in many cases it also counts against your tag whether you recover it or not.

  2. 2What should you always leave with someone before heading out?

    1. A copy of your licence
    2. A trip plan stating where you are going and when you will be back
    3. Your vehicle keys
    4. A list of your equipment
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    A trip plan stating where you are going and when you will be back

    A trip plan is what converts you from missing to searchable. Without one, a search cannot start until someone notices, and cannot be focused when it does.

  3. 3A farmer let you hunt his back field two autumns ago. This season you pull in and walk straight out without stopping at the house. What is the problem?

    1. There is none, since permission carries forward
    2. Permission applies to a particular time and place, so it is asked for again each season
    3. Permission covers only the species you named originally
    4. You were required to bring the landowner a share of the meat
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    Permission applies to a particular time and place, so it is asked for again each season

    Land changes hands, livestock get moved, and crops rotate, so a yes from two years ago says nothing about this fall. Checking in again, and agreeing on where you may go, protects the access and the relationship.

  4. 4Your deer is down at midday in mild autumn weather, and you have tagged it as the regulations require. What comes next, before the long drag to the truck?

    1. Field dress the animal so body heat can escape the cavity
    2. Leave it and return with help in the evening
    3. Photograph the animal from several angles
    4. Cover it with brush and hunt until dark
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    Field dress the animal so body heat can escape the cavity

    Meat spoils from the inside out, and heat trapped in the body cavity ruins it fast on a mild day. Dressing the animal promptly, then getting air moving around the carcass, is part of the duty not to waste what you take.

  5. 5Heading home, you drive through the middle of town with your deer lying uncovered in the box of the truck. Why do many hunters throw a tarp over it instead?

    1. Sunlight damages the antlers
    2. A covered load keeps the tag from being read
    3. Public support is what keeps hunting open, and a carcass on display upsets people who did not choose to see it
    4. The animal must be concealed until it is registered
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    Public support is what keeps hunting open, and a carcass on display upsets people who did not choose to see it

    Hunting continues in large part because the wider public accepts it. Small courtesies, such as covering a load or parking away from a schoolyard, cost you nothing and protect that goodwill.

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