Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-112A
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Hunting - Certificate of competency and safety –
Official statutory text
Exemptions – Apprentice designation.
A. No person thirty (30) years of age or younger may purchase
or receive any hunting license or hunting tag unless the person
possesses and can exhibit a certificate of competency and safety in
the use and handling of firearms from the Department of Wildlife
Conservation. The Department shall charge no fee for the issuance
of certificates. Persons under ten (10) years of age may take the
hunter education course but are not eligible to be tested for and
receive hunter safety certification. A hunter safety certificate
issued by another state or country and approved by the Department of
Wildlife Conservation shall be deemed to meet the requirements of
this section.
B. A youth hunter under sixteen (16) years of age hunting small
game shall be exempt from the hunter safety certification
requirements set forth in subsection A of this section if they are
accompanied by a licensed hunter eighteen (18) years of age or older
who possesses a certificate of hunter safety or is exempt from the
hunter safety certification requirements. The accompanying hunter
shall be in sight of the youth hunter and shall be able to
communicate with the youth hunter in a normal voice without the aid
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 29. Game and Fish Page 56
of any communication device. A youth hunter who possesses a
certificate of hunter safety may hunt small game without an
accompanying hunter as long as the youth hunter carries the
certification on their person.
C. Persons under thirty (30) years of age who do not possess a
certificate of hunter safety may purchase or receive any hunting
license or permit which is required by law with the designation
apprentice listed on the hunter education line of the license or
permit. A person holding a license or permit with the apprentice
designation shall be allowed to hunt only if they are accompanied by
a licensed hunter eighteen (18) years of age or older who possesses
a certificate of hunter safety or is exempt from the hunter safety
certification requirements or is accompanied by a person exempt from
the hunting license requirements. In addition, all persons under
ten (10) years of age, when hunting big game, regardless of hunter
safety certification, shall be accompanied by a licensed hunter
eighteen (18) years of age or older who possesses a certificate of
hunter safety or is exempt from the hunter safety certification
requirements or is accompanied by a person exempt from the hunting
license requirement. When hunting big game, the accompanying hunter
shall be within arm's length of the apprentice hunter or close
enough so that the accompanying hunter can immediately take control
of the firearm or archery equipment of the apprentice hunter. When
hunting small game, the accompanying hunter shall be in sight of the
apprentice hunter and shall be able to communicate with the
apprentice hunter in a normal voice without the aid of any
communication device.
D. Legal residents who do not possess a certificate of hunter
safety may purchase a lifetime hunting license or lifetime
combination hunting/fishing license with the designation apprentice
listed on the hunter education line of the license. A resident
holding a lifetime license with the apprentice designation shall be
allowed to hunt only if they comply with the accompanying hunter
requirements as set forth in subsection C of this section. Upon
obtaining a certificate of hunter safety, a resident holding a
lifetime license with the apprentice designation shall be entitled
to renew their license without the apprentice designation.
E. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall promulgate
rules necessary for the certification of programs for hunter safety
offered by other public or private organizations.
F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person
who has an honorable discharge from the United States Armed Forces,
gnation shall be entitled
to renew their license without the apprentice designation.
E. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall promulgate
rules necessary for the certification of programs for hunter safety
offered by other public or private organizations.
F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person
who has an honorable discharge from the United States Armed Forces,
who is currently on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or
a member of the National Guard. In addition, the provisions of this
section shall not apply to any person who is a resident landowner or
a resident tenant, while hunting game other than deer or antelope,
upon land owned or leased by the person. The provisions of this
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subsection shall not exempt nonresidents owning land in this state
nor any person leasing land, for the purpose of hunting.
G. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less
than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to
exceed thirty (30) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
A. No person thirty (30) years of age or younger may purchase
or receive any hunting license or hunting tag unless the person
possesses and can exhibit a certificate of competency and safety in
the use and handling of firearms from the Department of Wildlife
Conservation. The Department shall charge no fee for the issuance
of certificates. Persons under ten (10) years of age may take the
hunter education course but are not eligible to be tested for and
receive hunter safety certification. A hunter safety certificate
issued by another state or country and approved by the Department of
Wildlife Conservation shall be deemed to meet the requirements of
this section.
B. A youth hunter under sixteen (16) years of age hunting small
game shall be exempt from the hunter safety certification
requirements set forth in subsection A of this section if they are
accompanied by a licensed hunter eighteen (18) years of age or older
who possesses a certificate of hunter safety or is exempt from the
hunter safety certification requirements. The accompanying hunter
shall be in sight of the youth hunter and shall be able to
communicate with the youth hunter in a normal voice without the aid
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 29. Game and Fish Page 56
of any communication device. A youth hunter who possesses a
certificate of hunter safety may hunt small game without an
accompanying hunter as long as the youth hunter carries the
certification on their person.
C. Persons under thirty (30) years of age who do not possess a
certificate of hunter safety may purchase or receive any hunting
license or permit which is required by law with the designation
apprentice listed on the hunter education line of the license or
permit. A person holding a license or permit with the apprentice
designation shall be allowed to hunt only if they are accompanied by
a licensed hunter eighteen (18) years of age or older who possesses
a certificate of hunter safety or is exempt from the hunter safety
certification requirements or is accompanied by a person exempt from
the hunting license requirements. In addition, all persons under
ten (10) years of age, when hunting big game, regardless of hunter
safety certification, shall be accompanied by a licensed hunter
eighteen (18) years of age or older who possesses a certificate of
hunter safety or is exempt from the hunter safety certification
requirements or is accompanied by a person exempt from the hunting
license requirement. When hunting big game, the accompanying hunter
shall be within arm's length of the apprentice hunter or close
enough so that the accompanying hunter can immediately take control
of the firearm or archery equipment of the apprentice hunter. When
hunting small game, the accompanying hunter shall be in sight of the
apprentice hunter and shall be able to communicate with the
apprentice hunter in a normal voice without the aid of any
communication device.
D. Legal residents who do not possess a certificate of hunter
safety may purchase a lifetime hunting license or lifetime
combination hunting/fishing license with the designation apprentice
listed on the hunter education line of the license. A resident
holding a lifetime license with the apprentice designation shall be
allowed to hunt only if they comply with the accompanying hunter
requirements as set forth in subsection C of this section. Upon
obtaining a certificate of hunter safety, a resident holding a
lifetime license with the apprentice designation shall be entitled
to renew their license without the apprentice designation.
E. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall promulgate
rules necessary for the certification of programs for hunter safety
offered by other public or private organizations.
F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person
who has an honorable discharge from the United States Armed Forces,
gnation shall be entitled
to renew their license without the apprentice designation.
E. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall promulgate
rules necessary for the certification of programs for hunter safety
offered by other public or private organizations.
F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person
who has an honorable discharge from the United States Armed Forces,
who is currently on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or
a member of the National Guard. In addition, the provisions of this
section shall not apply to any person who is a resident landowner or
a resident tenant, while hunting game other than deer or antelope,
upon land owned or leased by the person. The provisions of this
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 29. Game and Fish Page 57
subsection shall not exempt nonresidents owning land in this state
nor any person leasing land, for the purpose of hunting.
G. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less
than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to
exceed thirty (30) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
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