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Who requires Hunter Education in New Brunswick?

All gun hunters born on or after January 1981 and all first time hunters of any age are required to show proof of successfully completing a Firearm Safety / Hunter Education Course in order to legally acquire a hunting license. Firearm Safety/ Hunter Education certificates from other Provinces, Territories and the United States are recognized. Persons born prior to 1981 may show a previous hunting license as proof of experience.

Minimum Age Requirements

  • Deer and Black Bear: age 12 must be accompanied until age 18
  • Small Game License: 12 years of age with training, must be accompanied until age 16
  • Moose: 18 years of age primary license holder; 16 years of age secondary (designated second gun) license holder

Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL)

A PAL is NOT required to obtain a Hunting Licence in New Brunswick.

Exam challenge

Home-study Programs are available for Hunter Education and Bowhunter Education. Trapper Education and the Canadian Firearms Safety Program must be completed in person.

Online Training Available?

CFSC and the Atlantic Hunter Education Home-study materials and study guide are available online , registration and examination are done at a DNR Ranger Office. CICK HERE

Other Details

An Outdoors Card number is required to purchase an angling, hunting, or trapping licence, to apply to draws for certain types of licences, and to register for a Conservation Education course. An Outdoors Card number is obtained by completing a one-time registration process. This can be done

  • online at the Fish and Wildlife Licensing System site.
  • in person at an authorized vendor, or
  • at any Service New Brunswick location.

There is no fee for your Outdoors Card number, which is issued as soon as you complete the registration process.

Following registration, you will be sent an Outdoors Card by mail. This card is a convenient way to remember your Outdoors Card number and can be used to access the online Fish and Wildlife Licensing System or to facilitate a transaction at a vendor or Service New Brunswick location. Your Outdoors Card is not considered a licence and you are not required to carry it when angling, hunting, or trapping.

Links

For information about courses contact:

Alyson Watson
Conservation Education Program Coordinator
Email: fw_pfweb@gnb.ca
Phone: (506) 453-3826

Hunter Education Program Website:

www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.5215.html

Regulations Summary/Synopsis:

www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/nr-rn/pdf/en/Wildlife/HuntTrap.pdf

Government Department responsible for hunting:

Dept. of Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Branch
PO Box 6000
Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1

NGOs Related to Hunting:

nbwildlifefederation.org/