Minnesota Firearms Safety Practice Test 2026: Practice test 2

Practice test 2 of 6 for the Minnesota Firearms Safety Practice Test: 25 more questions with answers and explanations.

Hunting
Minnesota
131 questions
Checked October 10, 2026

Question 1 of 25
You see someone poaching. What should you do?
- Note details from a safe distance and report it to a game warden
- Confront them with your firearm so they know you are serious about it
- Follow them home
- Ignore it
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Answer: A. Note details from a safe distance and report it to a game warden
Wildlife agencies have tip lines, and accurate details help officers act.
Question 2 of 25
You see movement and hear a noise in the brush. What should you do?
- Fire a warning shot
- Wait until you can clearly see and identify the animal
- Fire at the sound, since deer are the only animals there
- Shoot quickly before it leaves
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Answer: B. Wait until you can clearly see and identify the animal
Never shoot at sound, movement or color. Hunters are sometimes mistaken for game.
Question 3 of 25
Almost all hunting incidents involve what?
- An attack by a wounded animal
- A broken firearm that fires on its own without anyone touching the trigger
- Breaking one or more of the basic TAB-K safety rules
- Bad weather and poor visibility
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Answer: C. Breaking one or more of the basic TAB-K safety rules
Wisconsin DNR notes that virtually all hunting incidents involve a violation of at least one TAB-K rule.
Question 4 of 25
Which feature helps identify a mule deer?
- A wide tail raised like a white flag when it runs away
- Palm-shaped antlers
- A narrow white tail with a black tip and large ears
- Small, short ears
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Answer: C. A narrow white tail with a black tip and large ears
White-tailed deer have a broad tail, brown on top and white underneath, that they often raise when running.
Question 5 of 25
How do white-tailed deer antlers usually grow?
- They fork, and each fork forks again
- They grow straight back from the head with no points
- Points grow up from one main beam on each side
- They are flat and wide like a shovel
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Answer: C. Points grow up from one main beam on each side
Mule deer antlers fork into branches. White-tailed deer points rise from a main beam.
Question 6 of 25
Which state started the first mandatory hunter education program, in 1949?
- California
- Florida
- New York
- Texas
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Answer: C. New York
Today every state offers hunter education, and most require it for new hunters.
Question 7 of 25
In what year did Congress pass the Pittman-Robertson Act (Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act)?
- 1918
- 1900
- 1964
- 1937
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Answer: D. 1937
The 1937 Act sends money from excise taxes to state wildlife agencies.
Question 8 of 25
Why can deer hunters wear blaze orange?
- Deer see colors differently, so orange does not stand out to them as it does to us
- Deer are completely color-blind, so they cannot see any bright colors at all in daylight
- Deer are attracted to orange
- Orange is only worn after shooting
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Answer: A. Deer see colors differently, so orange does not stand out to them as it does to us
Hunter orange is very visible to people. Movement and scent are more likely to alert deer.
Question 9 of 25
Before you shoot, what must you know about the animal?
- Only that it is on public land
- Its species, and that its sex or antlers are legal for your license or tag
- Only that it is moving away from you and not toward any other hunters
- Only that it is large
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Answer: B. Its species, and that its sex or antlers are legal for your license or tag
Licenses and tags often apply to one species, sex or antler type.
Question 10 of 25
You hit an animal but it runs off. What is your responsibility?
- Make every reasonable effort to find it and finish it quickly
- Assume it will recover, since most wounded animals heal on their own
- Shoot another one instead
- Look for a few minutes, then give up
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Answer: A. Make every reasonable effort to find it and finish it quickly
Following up on every hit is a basic part of ethical hunting.
Question 11 of 25
Two hunters reach a fence together. What is a safe way to cross?
- Unload both guns; one hunter holds them while the other crosses, then hands them over
- One covers the other with a loaded gun
- Both lean loaded guns on the fence
- Both climb over at the same time while holding their loaded guns with the safeties on
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Answer: A. Unload both guns; one hunter holds them while the other crosses, then hands them over
With actions open and guns unloaded, they can be handed across safely.
Question 12 of 25
A hunting partner hands you a shotgun and says it is unloaded. What should you do?
- Look into the muzzle to check the barrel
- Point it in a safe direction and check the chamber and magazine yourself
- Pull the trigger once to be sure
- Trust your partner and close the action right away so dirt cannot get inside
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Answer: B. Point it in a safe direction and check the chamber and magazine yourself
Never take anyone's word that a gun is unloaded. Check it yourself with the muzzle pointed safely.
Question 13 of 25
What does the Pittman-Robertson Act fund wildlife restoration with?
- An excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition
- A tax on gasoline
- A tax on fishing boats only
- Fines collected from poachers in every state
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Answer: A. An excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition
The Act uses an 11 percent excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition.
Question 14 of 25
Which direction is a "safe direction" to point a firearm?
- Always straight up, since bullets fired into the air cannot come back down with force
- Toward your hunting partner's feet
- Always at your feet
- One where an accidental shot could not injure anyone or damage property
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Answer: D. One where an accidental shot could not injure anyone or damage property
What is safe depends on the situation. Think about people, buildings and hard surfaces.
Question 15 of 25
When should you NOT use the shoulder carry, which points the muzzle up and behind you?
- When someone is beside you
- When you are at the back of the group
- When walking alone
- When someone is walking behind you
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Answer: D. When someone is walking behind you
Choose a carry that keeps the muzzle away from everyone around you.
Question 16 of 25
Which US president, a hunter and conservationist, set aside large areas of public land and wildlife refuges?
- George Washington
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Abraham Lincoln
- John Adams
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Answer: B. Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt also helped found the Boone and Crockett Club in 1887.
Question 17 of 25
Why should heaters never be used in a closed blind or tent without ventilation?
- They can produce deadly carbon monoxide
- They scare game
- They use up too much fuel too fast
- They melt the blind
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Answer: A. They can produce deadly carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide has no color or smell.
Question 18 of 25
In the tree stand diagram, what is item 1?
- A single chest strap
- A full-body harness
- A loose rope
- A waist belt
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Answer: B. A full-body harness
Always use a full-body harness in a tree stand.
Question 19 of 25
Why is non-toxic shot required for waterfowl hunting in the US?
- Lead pellets left in wetlands can poison waterfowl that swallow them
- Non-toxic shot is quieter
- Lead shot rusts
- Lead is too heavy for most shotguns to fire safely at flying ducks and geese
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Answer: A. Lead pellets left in wetlands can poison waterfowl that swallow them
Ducks and geese swallow spent pellets while feeding.
Question 20 of 25
How should firearms be carried in a vehicle?
- Loaded on the seat
- With a round in the chamber
- Loaded with the safety on
- Unloaded, and in a case
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Answer: D. Unloaded, and in a case
Many states ban loaded firearms in vehicles. Pennsylvania, for example, bans a loaded firearm in, on or against any motor vehicle.
Question 21 of 25
Why should you never dry-fire a bow or crossbow?
- It only affects the sight
- It makes the bow quieter and much less accurate
- It wastes arrows
- It can damage the bow and injure the shooter
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Answer: D. It can damage the bow and injure the shooter
Without an arrow to absorb the energy, the bow can break.
Question 22 of 25
How should you help someone with mild hypothermia?
- Get them out of the wind and wet and put dry layers on them
- Have them sit in the wind
- Give them alcohol to warm them up
- Rub their arms and legs hard to get the blood moving again
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Answer: A. Get them out of the wind and wet and put dry layers on them
Warm them gently, never give alcohol, and get medical help for serious cases.
Question 23 of 25
Which animal has broad, flat (palmated) antlers?
- Elk
- White-tailed deer
- Pronghorn
- Moose
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Answer: D. Moose
Bull moose have large, palm-shaped antlers.
Question 24 of 25
What did the Lacey Act of 1900 do?
- It banned all hunting of deer in the United States for ten years to let herds recover
- It started the duck stamp
- It made it a federal crime to move illegally taken wildlife across state lines
- It created the first national park
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Answer: C. It made it a federal crime to move illegally taken wildlife across state lines
The Lacey Act was the first federal law protecting wildlife and helped end illegal market hunting.
Question 25 of 25
Which law, passed in 1918, protects migratory birds in the United States?
- The Endangered Species Act
- The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
- The Lacey Act
- The Pittman-Robertson Act
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Answer: B. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
It put into effect a 1916 treaty with Great Britain, acting for Canada.

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