Maine Guide Practice Questions with
Approved Solutions.
Who needs a license? ✔️ Anyone who hunts wild birds or animals in Maine
Junior Hunter ✔️ hunters under the age of 16
Exceptions (assisting in a hunt) ✔️ you can do this as long as you don't
carry any hunting equipment
Landowner Priviledge ✔️ Maine resident landowners and immediate family
members can hunt w/o a license on land they own and reside upon as long
as it is 10 or more acres and used exclusively for agricultural purposes (does
not apply to revoked or suspended licenses or moose hunting)
License Requirements? ✔️ either held a hunting license in a prior year or
taken a hunter safety course.
Native American Exception ✔️ Native Americans are exempt from the
safety course requirement for archery, crossbow and trapping
Military Exception ✔️ active-duty Armed Forces member stationed outside
the US who is home on leave is exempt from hunter, archery and crossbow
safety requirements if they can show proof at time of license application
that their home state of record is Maine
Resident (definition) ✔️ US citizen or non-citizen who has been domiciled
in the State for 1 year +: 1) is registered to vote, is registered in this state +
2) is license to drive a motor vehicle, has made application for or possesses
a Maine driver's license + 3) has registered in Maine any motor vehicles
they own that are located within the state + 4) is in compliance with the
state income tax law + 5) is a full-time student at a Maine college/university
who satisfies above requirements.
, Nonresident (definition) ✔️ means a person who does not fall within the
definition of a resident
Apprentice Hunter License ✔️ available to anyone 16 or older who has
never held a hunting license. Can get this license 5 times max. Must hunt in
the presence of a licensed hunter over 18 yrs old.
GHL - Unlawful Conduct ✔️ the hunting, possession, transporting of any
species of wild animal or bird (or parts thereof) that does not have an open
hunting season. It is also unlawful to take, possess or needlessly destroy the
nest or eggs of any wild bird.
GHL - Night Hunting ✔️ 1/2 hour after sunset until 1/2 before sunrise
(unless otherwise provided)
GHL -Exceptions to Night Hunting ✔️ migratory game birds, raccoon and
coyote
GHL - Raccoon Hunting ✔️ raccoons may be hunted at night during the
open season if the hunter is: 1) Accompanied by a dog #2) using a rifle or
handgun no more powerful than .22LR 3) Loads the weapon only when
dispatching a raccoon treed or held at bay by dog(s) and ID'd by a
flashlight
GHL - Definition of "Bait" ✔️ "Bait" means an animal, plant or part thereof
used to attract wild animals for the purpose of hunting
GHL - Placement of Bait ✔️ must have 1) oral or written permission from
landowner 2) labeled the bait 2x4" tag with the name and address of the
baiter 3) cleans up the bait site immediately upon landowner request or
withing 20 days of last day the site is hunted.
GHL - Hunting over bait ✔️ you cannot hunt over anyone else's bait site
Approved Solutions.
Who needs a license? ✔️ Anyone who hunts wild birds or animals in Maine
Junior Hunter ✔️ hunters under the age of 16
Exceptions (assisting in a hunt) ✔️ you can do this as long as you don't
carry any hunting equipment
Landowner Priviledge ✔️ Maine resident landowners and immediate family
members can hunt w/o a license on land they own and reside upon as long
as it is 10 or more acres and used exclusively for agricultural purposes (does
not apply to revoked or suspended licenses or moose hunting)
License Requirements? ✔️ either held a hunting license in a prior year or
taken a hunter safety course.
Native American Exception ✔️ Native Americans are exempt from the
safety course requirement for archery, crossbow and trapping
Military Exception ✔️ active-duty Armed Forces member stationed outside
the US who is home on leave is exempt from hunter, archery and crossbow
safety requirements if they can show proof at time of license application
that their home state of record is Maine
Resident (definition) ✔️ US citizen or non-citizen who has been domiciled
in the State for 1 year +: 1) is registered to vote, is registered in this state +
2) is license to drive a motor vehicle, has made application for or possesses
a Maine driver's license + 3) has registered in Maine any motor vehicles
they own that are located within the state + 4) is in compliance with the
state income tax law + 5) is a full-time student at a Maine college/university
who satisfies above requirements.
, Nonresident (definition) ✔️ means a person who does not fall within the
definition of a resident
Apprentice Hunter License ✔️ available to anyone 16 or older who has
never held a hunting license. Can get this license 5 times max. Must hunt in
the presence of a licensed hunter over 18 yrs old.
GHL - Unlawful Conduct ✔️ the hunting, possession, transporting of any
species of wild animal or bird (or parts thereof) that does not have an open
hunting season. It is also unlawful to take, possess or needlessly destroy the
nest or eggs of any wild bird.
GHL - Night Hunting ✔️ 1/2 hour after sunset until 1/2 before sunrise
(unless otherwise provided)
GHL -Exceptions to Night Hunting ✔️ migratory game birds, raccoon and
coyote
GHL - Raccoon Hunting ✔️ raccoons may be hunted at night during the
open season if the hunter is: 1) Accompanied by a dog #2) using a rifle or
handgun no more powerful than .22LR 3) Loads the weapon only when
dispatching a raccoon treed or held at bay by dog(s) and ID'd by a
flashlight
GHL - Definition of "Bait" ✔️ "Bait" means an animal, plant or part thereof
used to attract wild animals for the purpose of hunting
GHL - Placement of Bait ✔️ must have 1) oral or written permission from
landowner 2) labeled the bait 2x4" tag with the name and address of the
baiter 3) cleans up the bait site immediately upon landowner request or
withing 20 days of last day the site is hunted.
GHL - Hunting over bait ✔️ you cannot hunt over anyone else's bait site
