Quebec Hunter Education Practice Exam

Quebec Hunter Education Practice Exam: all 60 questions

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1. 1. Lesson 1 traces hunting in Québec through three stages before it arrives at the hunting we know today. Which order did the province actually move through?

   1. ASubsistence hunting, then commercial hunting, then recreational hunting
   2. BCommercial hunting, then subsistence hunting, then recreational hunting
   3. CRecreational hunting, then subsistence hunting, then commercial hunting
   4. DSubsistence hunting, then recreational hunting, then commercial hunting
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   ASubsistence hunting, then commercial hunting, then recreational hunting

   Start with the first settlers. They had almost no livestock, plenty of wild animals around them and weapons that weren't much good for big harvests, so hunting was simply food. Then the colony grew, industry arrived, and professionals with better guns began killing game to sell. That's the stage that did the damage. Recreational hunting came last, and it came out of the alarm those losses raised. Keeping the order straight matters because each stage explains the one after it.

2. 2. Commercial hunting is the stage the course treats as the cautionary one. What made it so hard on Québec's wildlife?

   1. ASettlers took only what their own families could eat, which spread the pressure very thinly
   2. BThe weapons of the day were too crude to take more than a handful of animals a season
   3. CTrapping replaced hunting almost entirely, so game birds were left alone and multiplied
   4. DProfessionals harvested year round with efficient weapons, and no catch limits were ever imposed on them
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   DProfessionals harvested year round with efficient weapons, and no catch limits were ever imposed on them

   Two things stacked up. Better guns meant one person could take a lot of animals, and selling the meat meant there was a reason to keep going all year. Nobody had thought to cap the take. Woodland caribou, beaver and snow goose all dropped hard, and the Labrador duck and the passenger pigeon went for good. That's the history the whole idea of wildlife conservation was built to answer.

3. 3. A cousin in Montréal tells you hunting costs Quebecers money. According to Lesson 1, what would the province end up paying for if nobody hunted?

   1. ANothing, since wildlife populations settle at a comfortable level on their own without any harvest
   2. BHigher licence fees for anglers and trappers, to cover the shortfall in wildlife funding
   3. CCostly government control programs for overabundant populations, to protect crops and keep the roads safe
   4. DImported venison, to replace the meat that hunters no longer bring home
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   CCostly government control programs for overabundant populations, to protect crops and keep the roads safe

   Your cousin has the ledger upside down. Hunters spend something like 500 million dollars a year in Québec, which keeps hundreds of businesses running. The part people miss is the other side: pull hunting out and certain populations climb past what the land can carry, and then somebody has to pay for control work, for wrecked crops and for the collisions on the highway. That bill lands on everyone, hunter or not.

4. 4. Lesson 1 argues hunting has become a genuinely safe pastime in Québec. Which of these is NOT one of the reasons it offers?

   1. AMandatory hunting courses have been in place since 1972, and accidents have fallen sharply since
   2. BModern hunting weapons are built so they cannot discharge unless the hunter intends it
   3. CIn recent years, fewer than one accident per 100,000 hunters has been reported annually
   4. DYou are less likely to be hurt hunting than snowmobiling, playing soccer or playing football
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   BModern hunting weapons are built so they cannot discharge unless the hunter intends it

   Three of those are the argument the lesson actually makes, and notice that all three are about people rather than hardware. Training changed the numbers, not mechanical wizardry. The claim that modern weapons cannot discharge unless you mean them to is the kind of thing that gets somebody hurt. No gun is safe because of how it's built, and you'll see that idea contradicted the moment you reach the handling rules.

5. 5. Québec hunters sum up conservation in a line about money: collect only the interest, never touch the capital. In that comparison, what is the capital?

   1. AThe breeding population itself, which has to stay intact so it keeps producing a surplus
   2. BThe money raised from licence sales, which is set aside for habitat work
   3. CThe land base, which must never be opened to logging or to agriculture
   4. DThe annual harvest quota, which is banked whenever hunters do not fill it
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   AThe breeding population itself, which has to stay intact so it keeps producing a surplus

   Think of a population as a savings account. The animals doing the breeding are the balance, and what they produce each year is the interest. Live off the interest and the account keeps paying forever. Start spending the balance and the payments shrink every year after. That's the whole principle behind not harvesting more than populations produce and habitats can support, packed into a phrase you can remember on the drive in.

6. 6. Your study partner uses conservation and preservation as if they were the same word. How does Lesson 2 split them apart?

   1. AConservation combines protection with sustainable use, while preservation is an extreme measure giving a species, habitat or ecosystem complete protection
   2. BPreservation allows a regulated harvest, while conservation closes a territory to all human activity
   3. CConservation applies to habitats, and preservation applies only to individual animals
   4. DThey differ in law only, and to a biologist the two words mean exactly the same thing
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   AConservation combines protection with sustainable use, while preservation is an extreme measure giving a species, habitat or ecosystem complete protection

   Conservation is the working word. It says you can protect a resource and use it at the same time, which is why inventories, harvest statistics, research and regulations all exist. Preservation is the heavier tool, reserved for the cases where complete protection is the only thing that'll do. Hunting lives in the first category, and it's worth being able to say why when somebody asks.

7. 7. Three kinds of structured territory turn up in Lesson 2. Which one is run by a non-profit association under a memorandum of understanding with the government?

   1. AA ZEC
   2. BA wildlife reserve
   3. CAn outfitter holding exclusive rights
   4. DFree public land south of the agreement territories
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   AA ZEC

   There are 64 hunting ZECs in Québec, covering something close to 48,000 square kilometres, and each one is handed to a volunteer-run non-profit under an agreement with the province. The 17 wildlife reserves are a different animal: those are Sépaq, a government body. Outfitters are businesses, more than 600 of them, and roughly 30% hold exclusive rights. Free public land is just that, no management structure sitting on top.

8. 8. You buy a hunting licence and a migratory bird conservation stamp on the same afternoon. Where does Lesson 2 say that money ends up?

   1. AAll of it goes into general provincial revenue, with nothing earmarked for wildlife
   2. BPart of the licence money goes to the Fondation de la faune du Québec and the provincial wildlife reinvestment program, while the stamp money goes to Wildlife Habitat Canada
   3. CThe licence money goes to Wildlife Habitat Canada, and the stamp money stays with the outfitter network
   4. DBoth amounts go straight to the Sépaq to pay for running the big game draws
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   BPart of the licence money goes to the Fondation de la faune du Québec and the provincial wildlife reinvestment program, while the stamp money goes to Wildlife Habitat Canada

   Two levels of government, two different pots. The provincial licence feeds the Fondation de la faune du Québec and the wildlife reinvestment program. The conservation stamp is federal, collected when you buy the migratory bird licence, and it goes to Wildlife Habitat Canada for habitat work and for bringing new waterfowl hunters along. So you're funding the resource twice over, and it's worth knowing that when somebody claims hunters take without giving back.

9. 9. A hunter reasons that because wildlife in Québec belongs to everyone, a farmer can't keep him off a woodlot. Where does that argument fall apart?

   1. AWildlife is a collective resource, but the right to hunt does not extend to entering private land without the owner's permission
   2. BHe is right, so long as the woodlot carries no posted signs at the road
   3. CHe is right for small game, and wrong only when it comes to big game
   4. DHe may enter to retrieve an animal already hit, though not to hunt in the first place
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   AWildlife is a collective resource, but the right to hunt does not extend to entering private land without the owner's permission

   He's half right, and the half he's missing is the one that counts. The landowner doesn't own the deer standing in the woodlot. What he owns is the land, and he decides who walks on it. Québec puts this plainly: the right to hunt is not a right of access. Signs have nothing to do with it either, so don't let a bare fence line talk you into anything. Ask first, every single time, because permission for last fall isn't permission for this one.

   Source: Gouvernement du Québec, Hunting in Québec, The right to hunt and share the land: The right to hunt does not give you the right to access private land without the landowner’s permission. Checked 2026-09-22.

10. 10. You take a moose a long way from the trail and a partner suggests leaving the tougher cuts behind to save a trip. Under the Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife, what's wrong with that?

    1. ANothing, as long as you carry out at least half of the carcass
    2. BNothing, since the rule applies only inside wildlife reserves and ZECs
    3. CThe rule only bites if the meat has already spoiled by the time you leave
    4. DEdible flesh of a big game animal may not be abandoned, and moose is not the one species the Act excepts
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    DEdible flesh of a big game animal may not be abandoned, and moose is not the one species the Act excepts

    The Act is short and blunt here, and it names exactly one exception: bear. Moose, deer, caribou and musk ox all have to come out. Yes, that can mean three trips and a sore back. Plan for it before you pull the trigger rather than after, which is really what the rule is nudging you toward. If the pack-out is more than you can manage, that's information you needed before the shot.

    Source: Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1), section 59: No person may abandon the edible flesh of a big game animal he has killed while hunting, except bear’s flesh. Checked 2026-09-22.

11. 11. A wildlife protection officer walks up to your blind on a Saturday morning and asks to see your papers. What does the Act require of you right then?

    1. AYou may give your name and produce the documents later at a ministry office
    2. BYou must prove that you hold the licence, certificate or authorization needed for the activity you're carrying on
    3. CYou need to show documents only if you've already taken an animal that day
    4. DThe officer may ask, but a hunter on public land is free to decline
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    BYou must prove that you hold the licence, certificate or authorization needed for the activity you're carrying on

    The obligation sits on you, not on the officer. Asked, you prove it, and you prove it there. That's why the paperwork lives in your pack and not on the kitchen counter, and why it's worth a quick check before you leave the truck. The Act extends the same duty to trapping and fishing, so it's one habit covering three activities.

    Source: Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1), section 45: A person who engages in hunting, trapping or fishing must prove, at the request of a wildlife protection officer or wildlife protection assistant, that he holds the licence, certificate, authorization or lease needed to carry on that activity. Checked 2026-09-22.

12. 12. Your 14 year old wants to come out with a rifle this fall. What do the provincial rules say about a young hunter using a firearm?

    1. AThe minimum age is 12, and accompaniment stops being required once the young hunter turns 16
    2. BThe minimum age is 12, and anyone under 18 has to be accompanied by an adult hunter
    3. CThe minimum age is 16, with no accompaniment requirement at any age
    4. DThere's no minimum age for firearms, only for bows and crossbows
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    BThe minimum age is 12, and anyone under 18 has to be accompanied by an adult hunter

    Twelve to pick up a firearm, and an adult hunter alongside until eighteen. The version that ends accompaniment at sixteen is a real rule, just the wrong one: sixteen is where accompaniment ends for bows and crossbows, and mixing the two up is an easy way to lose a mark. The adult doing the accompanying has obligations of their own, including under federal firearms law, so it isn't simply a matter of standing nearby.

    Source: Gouvernement du Québec, Hunting in Québec, Minimum age to hunt: you must be at least 12 years of age and, if you are under 18 years of age, you must be accompanied by an adult hunter Checked 2026-09-22.

13. 13. Your bullet goes through a buck's lungs, he runs 60 metres into the next opening, and a hunter you've never met shoots him again as he falls. Who does Lesson 4 say has the claim on that animal?

    1. AThe second hunter, because his was the shot that put the animal on the ground
    2. BNeither of you, so the animal goes to whoever gets there first
    3. CThe two of you split it, since both shots connected
    4. DYou do, because your shot had already reached the vital zone
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    DYou do, because your shot had already reached the vital zone

    The vital zone is what settles it. Your shot was already lethal, so the animal was yours before the second hunter ever raised his rifle. Now flip it around, because the course does: if you'd only wounded the buck and his shot was the one that reached the vitals, the priority passes to him. That's a rule you'll be glad exists the day two parties meet over the same deer, and it's worth saying out loud before tempers get involved.

    Source: Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs, Introduction to Hunting with Firearms (ICAF), Lesson 4, Code of conduct: If your projectile strikes an animal's vital zone, but the game travels a certain distance and then a second hunter also hits the animal, you still have priority over the game. Checked 2026-09-22.

14. 14. You set up on free public land and you'd like other users to know a hunter is working the area. What does the course suggest about posting hunting signs?

    1. AKeep the posting to roughly a 300 metre radius of your site, show the period and a way to reach you, and take the signs down when you're finished
    2. BPost as widely as you can so nobody wanders in, and leave the signs up for the whole season
    3. CSigns are pointless on public land, since access there is open to everyone anyway
    4. DPut signs only at the road, and leave them for the next hunter to use
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    AKeep the posting to roughly a 300 metre radius of your site, show the period and a way to reach you, and take the signs down when you're finished

    A sign is a courtesy, not a claim. Keeping it inside about 300 metres and pulling it down afterward is what keeps it honest, because a wide ring of signs left up all fall starts to look like somebody fencing off public land. Put the dates on it and a way to reach you, and if you're the one who walks up on somebody else's sign, slow down, get your orange showing and think about giving them a call before you set up nearby.

    Source: Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs, Introduction to Hunting with Firearms (ICAF), Lesson 4, The forest is shared by all: For the sake of other users, you should reasonably limit your posting to a 300-metre radius from your hunting site. Checked 2026-09-22.

15. 15. Something brown shifts in the alders about 80 metres out and you can't tell what it is. What goes up to your eye?

    1. AYour binoculars, because using a riflescope means pointing a weapon at something you haven't identified
    2. BYour riflescope, since it magnifies more than most binoculars do
    3. CYour riflescope, with the safety on, which makes the look harmless
    4. DNothing, because at that range the way it moves will tell you what it is
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    AYour binoculars, because using a riflescope means pointing a weapon at something you haven't identified

    Binoculars, every time. The moment you lift a scope to look at something unidentified, you're aiming a loaded rifle at it, and if that shape turns out to be a person in a brown jacket you've already broken the one rule that never bends. The safety doesn't rescue that, because safeties are mechanical and they fail. Carry glass that isn't attached to a barrel and this problem never comes up.

16. 16. You've sat the same cut line in a ZEC for nine seasons. This October somebody else is already there, and your partner says the spot is yours by right. Is it?

    1. AYes, since nine years of continuous use establishes a customary claim
    2. BYes, provided you registered the site with the ZEC association beforehand
    3. CNo, because access to public land is open to all and no hunter can claim a territory on a ZEC
    4. DNo, but only because you failed to get there before the other hunter did
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    CNo, because access to public land is open to all and no hunter can claim a territory on a ZEC

    Nine seasons builds knowledge, not title. Public land doesn't work on seniority, and a ZEC is public land with a volunteer association managing it, not a lease. Watch for the answer that says you lost the spot only by arriving second. It quietly accepts the idea of a claim and just moves the goalposts. There's no claim to be had. Go find the next set of tracks, and be the person somebody else is glad to run into out there.

    Source: Gouvernement du Québec, Hunting in Québec, The right to hunt and share the land: Access and hunting on public land is a right for all. You cannot claim a territory to hunt on a ZEC or any other public land. Checked 2026-09-22.

17. 17. A grey squirrel sits still in a maple you range at 55 metres, and you're carrying a .22 piston air rifle. What does Lesson 5 want from you?

    1. ATake the shot, because the dangerous range of these rifles runs out past 600 metres
    2. BTake the shot, holding high to allow for the drop at that distance
    3. CLet it go or close the distance, since the maximum effective range for a quick kill with an air rifle is about 30 metres
    4. DSwitch to a heavier pellet, which pushes the effective range out to roughly 100 metres
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    CLet it go or close the distance, since the maximum effective range for a quick kill with an air rifle is about 30 metres

    Thirty metres, about a hundred feet, is where an air rifle stops being able to kill small game quickly. Past that you're not hunting, you're wounding. The answer waving at 600 metres is mixing up two different numbers: dangerous range for these rifles is around 640 metres, which is how far a pellet can still hurt somebody, and it has nothing to do with how far you should shoot. A heavier pellet is good advice for hunting generally, but it doesn't buy you distance. Walk closer.

18. 18. You finish a morning on hares and the truck is a kilometre down the trail. Under the Act, what has to happen before your air rifle goes into the cab?

    1. ANothing, since the Act's vehicle rules cover firearms and say nothing about air rifles
    2. BA trigger lock is enough, and the pellet may stay in the chamber
    3. COnly the piston needs releasing, and a loaded chamber is fine
    4. DThe pellet comes out, because you may not be in a vehicle with an air rifle that has a projectile in the chamber, magazine or attached charger
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    DThe pellet comes out, because you may not be in a vehicle with an air rifle that has a projectile in the chamber, magazine or attached charger

    People get caught by this one because an air rifle doesn't feel like a firearm. The Act doesn't care how it feels. It names air rifles right alongside firearms and crossbows in the same vehicle prohibition, and it goes further than the pellet: except for a pre-charged rifle, the compressed air cylinder shouldn't be attached and the piston shouldn't be armed either. Clear it at the trail head while you're still thinking about it.

    Source: Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1), section 57: an air rifle having a projectile in the chamber, magazine or charger if the latter is attached to the air rifle Checked 2026-09-22.

19. 19. Before your first outing with an in-line muzzleloader, the course has you put two marks on the ramrod. What do those marks tell you?

    1. AThe correct powder charge for two different projectile weights
    2. BHow deep the primer should seat in the breech plug pocket
    3. CWhere the rod sits with an empty barrel and where it sits with a charge and projectile seated, so you can tell loaded from unloaded
    4. DThe two distances at which the rifle has been sighted in
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    CWhere the rod sits with an empty barrel and where it sits with a charge and projectile seated, so you can tell loaded from unloaded

    A muzzleloader gives you nothing to look at. There's no action to open, no cartridge to eject, no way to glance and know. So you build the indicator yourself: breech plug in, barrel confirmed empty, no primer, rod down, mark one. Load it, seat the projectile firmly, mark two. From then on the rod answers the question in about four seconds. Use the same jag every time or the marks drift and stop meaning anything.

20. 20. You drop the hammer on your muzzleloader at a deer and nothing happens. What comes first?

    1. AOpen it up straight away and pull the primer so you can have a look at it
    2. BKeep the muzzle pointed somewhere safe and wait a full 60 seconds, in case it's a hang fire rather than a dead primer
    3. CRecock and fire again immediately, before the deer clears the opening
    4. DTip the muzzle up and look down the barrel to see whether the charge seated properly
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    BKeep the muzzle pointed somewhere safe and wait a full 60 seconds, in case it's a hang fire rather than a dead primer

    That minute feels absurdly long with a deer standing there, and you wait it out anyway. A hang fire is a charge that goes off late, and late can mean several seconds. Anyone who breaks the action open or puts their face over the muzzle inside that window is betting their eyesight on a guess. After 60 seconds of nothing, swap the primer and try again. Still nothing after another go, and it's time to pull the projectile and the charge.

21. 21. A moose hunter tells you he can age a bull by counting the points on its antlers. What does Lesson 6 use instead?

    1. AThe spread of the palms, measured tip to tip
    2. BWear on the molars, on its own
    3. CLayers of cementum, laid down each year on the roots of the incisors
    4. DBody mass, which climbs steadily right through life
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    CLayers of cementum, laid down each year on the roots of the incisors

    Antlers tell you about condition and feed, not birthdays. Pull an incisor, section the root and count the cementum layers, the same way you'd read growth rings in a stump. That's how biologists do it. Handy to know that a moose maxes out around fifteen years in the wild, and that those big palmated antlers don't show up until roughly four or five, so a small rack can sit on an animal that isn't young at all.

22. 22. Québec holds moose at roughly 60% of the habitat support capacity worked out for each zone. What happens when a zone climbs past that mark?

    1. AThe zone closes to moose hunting entirely until the herd settles back down
    2. BHunting of antlerless animals becomes necessary, because food supply is then the limiting factor and the habitat starts paying for it
    3. COnly bulls with fully palmated antlers may be taken, to protect younger animals
    4. DNothing changes, because more moose always means a healthier herd
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    BHunting of antlerless animals becomes necessary, because food supply is then the limiting factor and the habitat starts paying for it

    Sixty percent sounds low if you assume more animals is better. It isn't. Sit a population right up against what the land can feed and the winter does the culling instead, badly and all at once, with the habitat chewed down behind it. Opening antlerless hunting is how managers take the pressure off before that happens. In restrictive years the plan goes the other way and spares females, which is exactly why Québec has more moose now than it has in living memory.

23. 23. Look at a distribution map of white-tailed deer in Québec and the northern edge isn't the St. Lawrence. What actually sets that limit?

    1. AThe boreal forest, where long winters and deep snow hold the species back
    2. BThe river itself, which deer will not cross
    3. CWolf density, which climbs sharply north of the river
    4. DThe 55th parallel, which marks the edge of their range in every province
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    AThe boreal forest, where long winters and deep snow hold the species back

    Deer swim, so a river was never going to stop them. What stops them is snow deep enough to pin them down and a winter long enough to starve them. That's why the range peters out at the boreal forest rather than at the water, and why deer have pushed as far as Abitibi and Lac-Saint-Jean where conditions allow. Anticosti is the exception that proves the point: it's the most northerly population in the province and it's dense anyway, because there are no predators and light hunting pressure.

24. 24. Lesson 6 offers the wild turkey as a Québec management success. Which of these is NOT something the province's management plans set out to do?

    1. ASet harvesting rules that keep exploitation sustainable, zone by zone
    2. BGuarantee every licence holder an animal each season
    3. CHold overabundant species such as snow geese down enough to spare farm fields
    4. DLet populations of targeted species such as wild turkey expand where conditions allow
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    BGuarantee every licence holder an animal each season

    A management plan is a plan for the population, not a promise to you. It can pull a species up, hold one down, or steady one where it sits, and it does all three at once across different zones and species. White-tailed deer hunters in Québec run about a third success in a given year, which tells you how far anyone is from guaranteeing anything. Read the promise of an animal for every licence holder again and you'll notice it's about hunters rather than wildlife, which is the tell.

25. 25. You're picking the spot for a ground blind on a piece of country you've never hunted. What does Lesson 7 have you work out before anything else?

    1. AWhich way the sun comes up, so the light sits behind you all morning
    2. BHow far the blind sits from the nearest road, since closer means a quieter walk in
    3. CWhere the prevailing wind comes from, mostly the west in Québec, so your scent doesn't drift into where the game will travel
    4. DWhether the ground is dry enough to sit on for several hours
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    CWhere the prevailing wind comes from, mostly the west in Québec, so your scent doesn't drift into where the game will travel

    Moose, deer and the predators all have noses that beat anything you can do about your camouflage. Sit upwind of a trail and the animal knows you're there long before it comes into view, and no amount of scent-free soap fixes a blind built in the wrong place. Prevailing wind in Québec runs mostly from the west, so that's your starting assumption. Comfort and the walk in still matter. They just matter second.

26. 26. A moose steps out at 70 metres and your licence this year covers an adult bull only. Which single feature settles it?

    1. AAntlers of 10 centimetres or more, which nothing but an adult bull carries
    2. BA long rectangular head, which only bulls have
    3. CHeight at the shoulder, since bulls always stand taller than the rest
    4. DA white patch under the tail, which marks a mature bull
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    AAntlers of 10 centimetres or more, which nothing but an adult bull carries

    Ten centimetres of antler is the line, and it's the only one that gives you a yes on its own. No antlers visible and the animal could be a young bull, a cow or a calf, none of which your licence covers. The white patch under the tail is the trap: that triangular vulva patch running down from the tail base is how you pick out the adult female, so anybody who half-remembers it has just shot the wrong animal. Head shape helps you tell a calf from a cow, not a bull from anything.

27. 27. Your uncle swears by a portable tree stand for deer. Which of these is NOT an advantage Lesson 7 credits the stand with over sitting on the ground?

    1. AShelter from wind, rain and snow across a long sit
    2. BA wider view of the country, and of the direction the animal takes after the shot
    3. CLess chance of being seen, heard or smelled by big game at close range
    4. DA shot angled down toward the ground, which is safer
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    AShelter from wind, rain and snow across a long sit

    Shelter is what you give up, not what you gain. Up a tree you're in whatever the sky is doing, which is why a stand sit in a November drizzle feels twice as long as it is. The real costs are worse than that: hauling and hanging the thing is work, your field of view is fixed, and a fall from height is the injury that turns serious fast. Everything else on that list is genuine, and the downward shot angle is the one people underrate.

28. 28. You're packing for an October deer hunt with a rifle. How much of you does the fluorescent orange bib have to cover?

    1. AAny orange garment will do, with no minimum area set
    2. BA fluorescent orange cap on its own is enough
    3. CAt least 2,580 square centimetres, which is 400 square inches, across your back, shoulders and chest
    4. DAt least 1,000 square centimetres, and the chest only
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    CAt least 2,580 square centimetres, which is 400 square inches, across your back, shoulders and chest

    Four hundred square inches, and it has to sit across back, shoulders and chest so you read as orange from every angle. Here's the part people forget: throw a loaded pack on over the bib and you've just hidden the back half of it, which is the half the hunter behind you needs. Check it after you shoulder the pack, not before. Anyone guiding you or walking with you wears one too, and yes, there are exceptions, wild turkey and archery-only seasons among them.

    Source: Gouvernement du Québec, General rules, Compulsory fluorescent orange bib: The bib must cover an area of at least 2,580 square centimetres (400 square inches) of your back, shoulders and chest. Checked 2026-09-22.

29. 29. The buck vanishes into thick fir after your shot and you can't see him anywhere. How long does Lesson 8 want you sitting still before you start?

    1. ATen minutes, just long enough for the woods to settle
    2. BAt least an hour, so the animal has time to stop, lie down and die quietly
    3. CGo right away, before the blood trail has a chance to dry
    4. DUntil the following morning, in every case
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    BAt least an hour, so the animal has time to stop, lie down and die quietly

    An hour minimum, even when you're fairly sure of the shot. A wounded animal that hears you coming gets up and runs, and every metre it covers is another metre of trail you have to read. Left alone it usually beds down within a short distance and stays there. So mark where it was standing, take a bearing on where it disappeared, and then do the hardest thing in hunting, which is nothing at all for sixty minutes.

30. 30. At the impact site you find blood that's dark, crimson and thick, gathering in grainy syrupy spots. What does that tell you?

    1. AProbably the liver, which means waiting around four hours before you track
    2. BThe lungs, so an hour is plenty
    3. CThe heart, so you can start right away
    4. DA graze, and there's nothing worth following
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    AProbably the liver, which means waiting around four hours before you track

    Blood reading isn't exact, but the colours do sort themselves. Heart blood runs bright red and can carry big bubbles. Lung blood is brighter still, frothy and pinkish, sometimes with tissue in it. Liver is the dark crimson, thick and syrupy stuff you're looking at, and a liver hit kills more slowly, which is why four hours instead of one. Greenish blood in fine droplets means stomach or intestine, and that one asks for at least four hours too.

31. 31. You're 200 metres along the trail, the blood has run out, and you're thinking about phoning a blood-tracking dog handler. What should you have been doing all along?

    1. AWalking a tight grid over every clue, to be sure nothing gets missed
    2. BPicking up the ribbons behind you so they don't confuse the dog
    3. CSpraying the whole area with hydrogen peroxide before the handler shows up
    4. DMarking each clue with ribbon and staying off the ground around them, so the handler still has an undisturbed scene to read
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    DMarking each clue with ribbon and staying off the ground around them, so the handler still has an undisturbed scene to read

    A handler arriving to a trampled patch of bush is starting at a disadvantage you handed them. Ribbon your clues, leave the ground around them alone, and keep the last marker in sight so you can always work back to it. The hydrogen peroxide trick is real, by the way, it bubbles on blood and helps you spot it on red leaves, but it's for a spot you're unsure of, not for hosing down the whole scene. Keep a handler's number in your phone before the season, not during it.

32. 32. You come on a bed with a blood patch in it, still slightly warm, and fresh tracks leading away. What does Lesson 8 have you do?

    1. APush hard on those tracks while they're still fresh
    2. BCircle out wide ahead of the animal to cut it off
    3. CGive it up, because a bedded animal that got back up won't be recovered
    4. DMark the bed with two ribbons and wait at least another four hours before moving on
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    DMark the bed with two ribbons and wait at least another four hours before moving on

    A warm bed means you just bumped it, and that's the worst news on the trail. The animal is alive, alert and now moving away from you. Chasing it only teaches it to keep going, sometimes for kilometres. Two ribbons on the bed so you know what this spot was, then four more hours. If it beds again and you jump it again, you reset the clock again. Tedious, and it's still the thing that gets the animal recovered.

33. 33. Your deer is down on a mild afternoon. Lesson 9 puts one job ahead of everything else. Which one, and why?

    1. AEviscerate quickly and get the carcass cooling, because bacteria multiply fast in a warm body cavity
    2. BPhotograph the animal from several angles before anything gets moved
    3. CSkin the carcass right down, which matters more than gutting it
    4. DDrag it out whole and deal with all of it back at the house
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    AEviscerate quickly and get the carcass cooling, because bacteria multiply fast in a warm body cavity

    A dead animal holds an enormous amount of heat, and the gut cavity is where it sits longest. That's the incubator. Open it up, get the viscera out and let air move through, and you've done the single biggest thing for how that meat eats months from now. Nitrile gloves while you work, because some of what a wild animal carries transfers to people. Photos are fine. They just wait.

34. 34. A snowshoe hare you shot had been behaving oddly, and when you open it up there are white spots across the viscera. What now?

    1. ATrim around the spots and keep the rest of the meat
    2. BTreat it as tularemia: bag the carcass into the household waste, disinfect your gear and wash your hands
    3. CFreeze the carcass, since freezing takes care of anything like that
    4. DCook it right through and serve it, because heat handles the rest
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    BTreat it as tularemia: bag the carcass into the household waste, disinfect your gear and wash your hands

    White spots on the viscera of a hare that was already acting strange is close to a textbook picture of tularemia, and it passes to people, with a high fever to go with it. That carcass is done. Sealed bag, household garbage, then disinfect every knife and surface it touched and wash up properly. If you're skinning a hare you already have doubts about, dampen the fur first and put on a mask and gloves, so you aren't breathing in loose hair.

35. 35. Four grouse and a couple of woodcock go into the back of your vest over a long afternoon. What does Lesson 9 warn against?

    1. ACarrying them breast down, which bruises the meat
    2. BStacking the carcasses against and on top of each other, which traps the heat and slows cooling right down
    3. CField dressing birds at all before you reach the vehicle
    4. DLetting them get rained on, which spoils the meat within the hour
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    BStacking the carcasses against and on top of each other, which traps the heat and slows cooling right down

    Same principle as the deer, smaller scale. A pile of birds is a pile of insulation, and the ones in the middle stay warm for hours. Spread them out so air can get around each one, which is what a game bag with a bit of structure is actually for. Back home, strip the internal organs, take the skin or feathers off, remove the rump, and into the refrigerator it goes.

36. 36. You're putting small game in the freezer the day after a hunt. Which of these does Lesson 9 NOT ask of you?

    1. AWrap the meat in plastic wrap before it goes into the freezer bag, then press the air out
    2. BGet small game meat into the freezer within 24 hours if you're not eating it soon
    3. CWear nitrile gloves while you eviscerate, then disinfect the equipment afterward
    4. DLeave the meat uncovered in the refrigerator overnight so a dry crust forms first
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    DLeave the meat uncovered in the refrigerator overnight so a dry crust forms first

    Leaving meat uncovered overnight to form a crust is invented, and it would do the opposite of what it claims. Air is the enemy in a freezer, which is exactly why the wrap goes on before the bag and why you squeeze the air out. Meat left open to cold dry air is meat getting freezer burned. Twenty-four hours is the window for small game you aren't eating soon, and whatever you do end up cooking, cook it through.

37. 37. You're hunting well north of the last village and your partner reckons his phone will do if things go sideways. Why does Lesson 10 disagree?

    1. APhones are fine, and the lesson only asks that you carry a spare battery
    2. BPhones are discouraged because the screen light spooks game at dusk
    3. CCell coverage usually runs out up there and short-range radios won't reach help either, so you want a satellite phone or a distress beacon
    4. DA whistle does the same job as any electronic device
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    CCell coverage usually runs out up there and short-range radios won't reach help either, so you want a satellite phone or a distress beacon

    The radios hunting parties carry are built to reach each other across a valley, not to reach a dispatcher a hundred kilometres away. And the phone that works fine on the drive up has no bars at all where you're actually hunting. That leaves satellite or a beacon if you want to call for help yourself rather than waiting for someone to notice you're late. Cold kills batteries too, so whatever you carry rides close to your body.

38. 38. Dark is coming, you've accepted you're staying out, and your jacket got soaked crossing a beaver flow. Why does Lesson 10 treat the wet clothing as the urgent part?

    1. AWet fabric draws insects that carry disease
    2. BDamp clothes make a fire impossible to get going
    3. CA soaked jacket can't be dried after dark, so there's no point trying
    4. DSoaked through, you lose body heat something like five times faster than you would dry
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    DSoaked through, you lose body heat something like five times faster than you would dry

    Five times faster is the number, and it's why getting dry outranks almost everything else once you've decided to stay put. Shelter out of the wind and rain, a fire, and a thick layer of evergreen branches between you and the ground, because cold soaks up through the dirt all night. Drink something hot if you can manage it, eat, move around a little. And go easy on eating snow, since melting it costs you the very heat you're trying to hang onto.

39. 39. Your fire is going and you want searchers to find you. What does Lesson 10 have you doing?

    1. AShouting at intervals, which carries further than a whistle does
    2. BKeeping the fire small and smokeless so it doesn't attract animals
    3. CBlowing the whistle at regular intervals, since it carries more than two kilometres, and feeding green conifer branches into the fire for thick smoke
    4. DSaving the whistle for the moment you actually hear a helicopter
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    CBlowing the whistle at regular intervals, since it carries more than two kilometres, and feeding green conifer branches into the fire for thick smoke

    A whistle beats your voice by a mile and doesn't wear out the way your throat does. Over two kilometres on a still day, and you can keep it up for hours. Pair it with smoke, because green branches and wet leaves thrown on a good bed of coals put up a column somebody can see from a long way off. Signal on a schedule rather than only when you hear something, since by the time you hear an aircraft it's often already gone past.

40. 40. A partner opens his hand on a broken branch, and the dressing you put on soaks through within minutes. What comes next?

    1. APeel the soaked dressing off and replace it with a clean one
    2. BLeave the first dressing where it is, lay another over the top and keep the pressure on
    3. CEase off the pressure so the blood can clot by itself
    4. DRinse the wound out again before you redress it
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    BLeave the first dressing where it is, lay another over the top and keep the pressure on

    Pulling a soaked dressing off tears away whatever clot has started forming underneath, and you're back to square one with less blood in him than before. So it stays. Another dressing goes on top, pressure stays on, and you raise the limb if you can. Keep him warm, keep talking to him, keep an eye on whether he's staying with you. Then get him to help.

41. 41. You go over the gunwale in chest waders and your boots start taking on water. What does Lesson 11 tell you to do with your legs?

    1. AKick hard and steadily to drive the water back out of the boots
    2. BKeep them straight down, which keeps you upright and easier to spot
    3. CGet them up toward the surface quickly, so the air still trapped at the end of the boots helps hold you up
    4. DCross them tightly to seal off the boot tops
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    CGet them up toward the surface quickly, so the air still trapped at the end of the boots helps hold you up

    Everyone's instinct is to keep their legs down and kick, and that's the thing that drowns people in waders. Filled boots hanging below you pull you under. Get them up instead and the air still caught in the toes works for you rather than against you. The real fix happens earlier though: cinch the wader belt tight before you step into the boat, and the water never gets in there in the first place.

42. 42. You're loading a flat-bottom boat for a morning on a marsh. Which habit does Lesson 11 tell you to drop?

    1. ATying your gear to the boat so you can recover it after a capsize
    2. BLooking the boat over before you push off, motor or no motor
    3. CWearing a flotation device sized for you, the whole time you're aboard
    4. DCarrying your gun slung over your shoulder, since it can take you down with it if you end up in the water
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    DCarrying your gun slung over your shoulder, since it can take you down with it if you end up in the water

    A slung gun is dead weight strapped to your torso, and it goes into the water with you. Keep it off your shoulder and stowed where you can reach it. The other three are all things you want to be doing: gear tied on so it doesn't scatter across the bay, a proper look at the hull before you leave, and a flotation device that fits you and stays on you instead of sitting under the bow seat.

43. 43. A flock swings in while you're drifting and your partner starts getting to his feet to shoot. What's the problem?

    1. ANothing, as long as he keeps both feet on the centreline
    2. BShooting from a boat while standing is one of the things the lesson rules out, because recoil and a moving hull put you over the side
    3. CNothing, provided the engine is switched off first
    4. DHe should sit, but only because standing makes the shot less accurate
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    BShooting from a boat while standing is one of the things the lesson rules out, because recoil and a moving hull put you over the side

    A boat is already moving under you, and then you add recoil and a swing on a crossing bird. That's how people end up in cold water with a firearm in their hands. Stay seated and give up the birds you can't take from there. The answer that blames accuracy gets the right advice for the wrong reason, which is worth noticing, because accuracy is a nuisance and going in the water in November is not.

44. 44. Someone in your party goes over the side and the current is carrying him away from the hull. Which piece of the boat's kit is meant for exactly this?

    1. AThe hand bailer, tossed out as something for him to hold
    2. BThe anchor, dropped to hold the boat steady while he swims
    3. CThe buoyant heaving line, thrown so he can be pulled back in without anybody going after him
    4. DThe sound signalling device, to bring another boat over
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    CThe buoyant heaving line, thrown so he can be pulled back in without anybody going after him

    A floating line you can throw is the whole point: it reaches further than an arm, it stays on the surface where he can see it, and it means you're pulling from inside the boat instead of adding a second person to the water. That's the rule almost nobody thinks about in the moment. The bailer, the anchor, the sound device and the waterproof flashlight all have jobs. This one isn't theirs.

45. 45. The closing lesson calls Québec's wildlife a collective good that each generation has to manage judiciously. What does that phrase actually ask of you?

    1. APaying a yearly levy into a trust fund on behalf of future hunters
    2. BFilling your bag every season, since unused quota is a wasted resource
    3. CTreating the wildlife on private land as belonging to the landowner
    4. DHunting in a way that leaves the resource as good for the generation after you as you found it, because nobody owns it outright
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    DHunting in a way that leaves the resource as good for the generation after you as you found it, because nobody owns it outright

    Collective good means the deer in that woodlot isn't yours and it isn't the farmer's either. You're borrowing it from people who aren't born yet. That reframes a lot of small decisions: the shot you don't take because you aren't sure of it, the hours you spend recovering an animal, the year you give a hard-hit population a pass. None of it is written down as a duty. All of it is what the phrase means in practice.

46. 46. A doe steps into your headlights on a back road and you can't avoid her. She's dead on the shoulder. What does the Act require of you?

    1. ALoad her up, since an animal killed by accident belongs to whoever finds it
    2. BLeave her where she lies and say nothing, because you weren't hunting
    3. CReport it to the municipality, which looks after roadside wildlife
    4. DDeclare it to a wildlife protection officer without delay, and hand the animal over if the officer asks for it
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    DDeclare it to a wildlife protection officer without delay, and hand the animal over if the officer asks for it

    The Act doesn't care that you weren't hunting. An animal found, or killed or captured by accident, gets declared to a wildlife protection officer without delay, and if the officer wants it, it goes to them. The instinct to just load a fresh road-killed deer into the truck is exactly what the section is written to head off, because otherwise accident becomes a convenient story. Make the call and let them tell you what happens next.

    Source: Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1), section 68: if it is wounded or dead, declare the fact to a wildlife protection officer and, if he requires, deliver it to him so he may confiscate it Checked 2026-09-22.

47. 47. You passed the course in March and the season opens in September. What does Lesson 12 ask you to do every year before you head out?

    1. AGo through the current regulations for the hunt you practise, because the rules get revised
    2. BRetake the course, since it expires annually
    3. CHave your certificate revalidated at a registration station
    4. DNothing, because what you learned in the course stays accurate
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    AGo through the current regulations for the hunt you practise, because the rules get revised

    Rules move. Zones get resubdivided, seasons shift, a species gets a new management plan, and what was true last fall quietly isn't. That's why the closing lesson puts an annual read of the regulations on you rather than on anyone else. Your certificate itself doesn't expire and there's nothing to renew, which is precisely why nobody is going to send you a reminder. Put it in the calendar alongside sighting in the rifle.

48. 48. Lesson 12 sends you off with a short list of things a responsible hunter keeps doing. Which of these is NOT on it?

    1. AHunt alongside an experienced hunter while you're starting out
    2. BKeep practising your shooting between seasons
    3. CKeep adding to your training beyond what the course covered
    4. DStay in one zone for your first five years so you learn it properly
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    DStay in one zone for your first five years so you learn it properly

    Learning one piece of country well is genuinely good advice. It just isn't in the lesson, and nobody is telling you where you may hunt. The three that are there all point the same direction: you finished a five hour course, not an apprenticeship. Go out with someone who has seasons behind them, keep the rifle honest at the range, and pick up the survival, orientation and first aid training the course openly says it only skimmed.

49. 49. After commercial hunting drove several species into decline, who does Lesson 1 say first pushed governments to protect wildlife?

    1. AFarmers, who wanted game kept away from their crops and livestock
    2. BFur buyers, who needed steady animal numbers to keep their trade going
    3. CCity residents, who wanted to see more wild animals near the towns
    4. DConscientious hunters, who sounded the alarm and urged protective measures
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    DConscientious hunters, who sounded the alarm and urged protective measures

    It was hunters themselves who raised the alarm when caribou, beaver and snow goose numbers dropped. They pressed governments to act, and that push grew into the idea of wildlife conservation. At the same time, farming was producing enough meat that people no longer had to hunt to eat. That is how recreational hunting took over from commercial hunting.

50. 50. Hunting stops for years in a valley with good deer habitat, and nothing else holds the herd back. What does Lesson 2 say happens once the deer pass the habitat's carrying capacity?

    1. AThe herd levels off on its own, since deer stop breeding when food runs short
    2. BThe ecosystem degrades, and the herd can crash when winter food runs out
    3. CThe extra deer spread out evenly, so the habitat is never damaged
    4. DThe deer turn to farm crops for good, which keeps the forest healthy
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    BThe ecosystem degrades, and the herd can crash when winter food runs out

    Carrying capacity is the number of animals a habitat can feed and shelter over the long term. With no hunting or other natural limits, a herd tends to grow until it reaches or passes that number. Then food runs short, mostly in winter, the habitat is damaged and many animals die. Farmers and drivers pay too, with lost crops and more crashes on the road.

51. 51. The sun sets at 5:10 p.m. over your deer stand. Under Québec's general rule on hunting times, until what time may you keep hunting?

    1. A5:10 p.m., since hunting ends right at sunset
    2. B5:40 p.m., half an hour after sunset
    3. C4:40 p.m., half an hour before sunset
    4. D6:10 p.m., one hour after sunset
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    B5:40 p.m., half an hour after sunset

    For most species, hunting runs from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset. So a 5:10 sunset means you stop at 5:40. Wild turkey is one of the exceptions, since that hunt ends at noon. Check sunrise and sunset for your area before you go, because the times change every day.

    Source: Gouvernement du Québec, General rules, Hunting times: Hunting of all species (except those listed below) is permitted from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset. Checked 2026-09-30.

52. 52. Your hunting partner keeps loading his rifle inside the truck before you even reach the trail. What does Lesson 4's code of conduct ask of you?

    1. ASay nothing, since each hunter answers only for himself
    2. BQuietly stop hunting with him without ever raising it
    3. CInsist, politely but firmly, that he follows the rules
    4. DLet it go unless a wildlife protection officer is nearby
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    CInsist, politely but firmly, that he follows the rules

    The code of conduct asks you to speak up, politely but firmly enough that he changes. A loaded rifle inside a vehicle is against the rules and puts everyone in the cab at risk. The same passage reminds you that you are required to report any act of poaching you witness.

    Source: Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs, Introduction to Hunting with Firearms (ICAF), Lesson 4, Code of conduct: If a hunting companion does not follow the rules, insist politely but firmly that he complies and don’t forget that you are required to report any act of poaching. Checked 2026-09-30.

53. 53. Your muzzleloader's manual says black powder or substitutes only, but the gun shop has nothing left except smokeless powder. What does Lesson 5 say could happen if you loaded it anyway?

    1. AThe bore would foul faster, so you'd need to clean it after each shot
    2. BThe higher pressure could burst the barrel and injure you or people nearby
    3. CNothing serious, though the load would be illegal for big game
    4. DThe primer couldn't ignite it, so the shot would simply misfire
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    BThe higher pressure could burst the barrel and injure you or people nearby

    Smokeless powder builds far more pressure than black powder or its substitutes. A barrel made only for black powder isn't built to hold that pressure, and it can burst. Always use the powder type and charge listed in your firearm's manual. If the manual doesn't allow smokeless powder, it never goes in the barrel.

    Source: Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs, Introduction to Hunting with Firearms (ICAF), Lesson 5, Hunting with a muzzleloader: Be careful, it is crucial never to use smokeless powder in a muzzleloader weapon designed only for black powder. Checked 2026-09-30.

54. 54. Biologists count deer and moose from the air in winter. Why does Lesson 6 say that method can't be used for black bear?

    1. ABears are too spread out across the province to spot from a plane
    2. BBears move only at night, when planes can't fly survey routes
    3. CBears spend winter in a den, so managers rely on harvest data
    4. DThe law forbids low flights over bear country in winter
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    CBears spend winter in a den, so managers rely on harvest data

    Aerial counts work for deer and moose because the animals are out on the snow in winter. A black bear spends the winter in a den, so there is nothing to see from the air. Bear management relies mainly on hunting and trapping data, gathered when bears are registered. That's one more reason to register your bear properly.

55. 55. Your deer hunting jacket needs a wash before the season. What does Lesson 7 advise?

    1. AWash it with a popular scented laundry soap to cover human scent
    2. BSkip the wash and spray it with a strong cologne instead
    3. CUse a soap made to remove odours and ultraviolet reflections
    4. DWash it with bleach so the colours fade and blend in
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    CUse a soap made to remove odours and ultraviolet reflections

    Scented laundry soap adds a smell that game can pick up, which is the opposite of what you want. If you must wash hunting clothes, use a soap made to remove odours and ultraviolet reflections. White-tailed deer spot those reflections easily. Between outings, keep the clothes in an airy container with a few conifer branches.

56. 56. You think your shot hit the deer behind the vital zone, and a steady rain starts to fall. How does Lesson 8 say the weather changes your wait?

    1. AYou may wait less time, so the rain doesn't wash out the blood trail
    2. BYou must wait twice as long, since rain slows the animal's bleeding
    3. CNothing changes, and you still wait several hours before searching
    4. DYou should call off the search until the ground dries out
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    AYou may wait less time, so the rain doesn't wash out the blood trail

    A hit outside the vital zone normally means waiting several hours so the animal can lie down and die. Rain or snow can wash away or cover the blood that leads you to it, so the lesson lets you shorten the wait. When you go, move slowly and quietly and mark each clue as you find it.

    Source: Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs, Introduction to Hunting with Firearms (ICAF), Lesson 8, Searching / Wounded big game: wait several hours before starting the search unless it is raining or snowing, then wait less time to avoid losing the traces of blood Checked 2026-09-30.

57. 57. You're about to field dress a deer, and your partner says gloves are for people who mind a little mess. Why does Lesson 9 want nitrile gloves on?

    1. AThey give a firmer grip on the knife when the carcass is wet
    2. BThey keep your scent off the meat, which makes it taste better
    3. CThey keep hair from sticking to the meat while you skin it
    4. DThey protect you from diseases that can pass from game to people
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    DThey protect you from diseases that can pass from game to people

    Some diseases carried by wild animals can pass to humans, and field dressing puts your hands right in the blood and organs. Nitrile gloves are a simple barrier. When you finish, seal the viscera and the gloves in a plastic bag for the household garbage, disinfect your tools and wash your hands.

58. 58. Doing your tick check after a hunt in the Montérégie, you find a black-legged tick dug in at your waistband. Which removal method does Lesson 10 teach?

    1. ACover it with oil or liquid soap so it lets go on its own
    2. BCrush it where it is, then scrape it off with a fingernail
    3. CHold a hot match near it until it backs out of the skin
    4. DGrip it close to the skin with fine tweezers and pull gently
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    DGrip it close to the skin with fine tweezers and pull gently

    Oil or soap makes the tick empty its stomach before it lets go, which raises the chance of passing on bacteria. Crushing it can spread the bacteria too. Use tapered tweezers or a tick remover, grip as close to the skin as you can, pull gently and disinfect the spot. See a doctor if you get spreading redness, sore muscles, a headache or a fever in the days after.

59. 59. Your uncle lends you a small aluminum boat with a 6 horsepower motor for a duck hunt. What does Lesson 11 say you need before you run it yourself?

    1. ANothing, because small motors under 10 horsepower are exempt
    2. BOnly a signed note from the owner giving you permission
    3. CA pleasure craft operator card from a recognized boating safety course
    4. DNothing, as long as an adult with a card is somewhere on the lake
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    CA pleasure craft operator card from a recognized boating safety course

    The lesson says any motorboat counts, whatever its length, motor type or horsepower. Before you operate one yourself, you must pass a recognized boating safety course and get the competency card. A small motor changes nothing. The FédéCP offers the course online.

    Source: Fédération québécoise des chasseurs et pêcheurs, Introduction to Hunting with Firearms (ICAF), Lesson 11, Boat safety while hunting: If you wish to personally operate a motorboat, regardless of its length, engine type or horsepower, you must first take and pass a recognized boating safety course to obtain a mandatory competency card. Checked 2026-09-30.

60. 60. A friend lends you the regulations summary he used for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Why does quebec.ca say it won't do for this fall?

    1. AThe regulations are updated every two years, and a new period began April 1, 2026
    2. BQuébec stopped printing its rules and now posts them only in a phone app
    3. CPrinted summaries expire after one season and must be swapped at a licence outlet
    4. DEach hunting zone rewrites its own rules every September before the season
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    AThe regulations are updated every two years, and a new period began April 1, 2026

    Québec updates and publishes its sport hunting regulations every two years on April 1. The rules in force now cover April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2028, so a summary from the previous period may be out of date. Changes made in between are announced by press release. Checking the current rules before each season is part of being a responsible hunter.

    Source: Gouvernement du Québec, Hunting in Québec, Current regulations: The regulations governing sport hunting in Québec are updated and published every two years on April 1. Checked 2026-09-30.