Maine Guide Prep
Who needs a license? - correct answer ✔✔Anyone who hunts wild birds or animals in Maine
Junior Hunter - correct answer ✔✔hunters under the age of 16
Exceptions (assisting in a hunt) - correct answer ✔✔you can do this as long as you don't carry any
hunting equipment
Landowner Priviledge - correct answer ✔✔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? - correct answer ✔✔either held a hunting license in a prior year or taken a
hunter safety course.
Native American Exception - correct answer ✔✔Native Americans are exempt from the safety course
requirement for archery, crossbow and trapping
Military Exception - correct answer ✔✔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) - correct answer ✔✔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) - correct answer ✔✔means a person who does not fall within the definition of a
resident
, Apprentice Hunter License - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔1/2 hour after sunset until 1/2 before sunrise (unless otherwise
provided)
GHL -Exceptions to Night Hunting - correct answer ✔✔migratory game birds, raccoon and coyote
GHL - Raccoon Hunting - correct answer ✔✔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" - correct answer ✔✔"Bait" means an animal, plant or part thereof used to
attract wild animals for the purpose of hunting
GHL - Placement of Bait - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔you cannot hunt over anyone else's bait site
GHL - Deer Baiting Laws - correct answer ✔✔No deer baiting or feeding June 1 - December 1
GHL - Turkey & Moose Baiting Laws - correct answer ✔✔No turkey or moose baiting from Sept 1 - Dec
15. No baiting turkey during spring turkey season either.
GHL - Minimum Shooting Distances - correct answer ✔✔Cannot shoot withing 100 yds of a dwelling (or
a state-owned boat launch)...includes crossbow.
Who needs a license? - correct answer ✔✔Anyone who hunts wild birds or animals in Maine
Junior Hunter - correct answer ✔✔hunters under the age of 16
Exceptions (assisting in a hunt) - correct answer ✔✔you can do this as long as you don't carry any
hunting equipment
Landowner Priviledge - correct answer ✔✔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? - correct answer ✔✔either held a hunting license in a prior year or taken a
hunter safety course.
Native American Exception - correct answer ✔✔Native Americans are exempt from the safety course
requirement for archery, crossbow and trapping
Military Exception - correct answer ✔✔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) - correct answer ✔✔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) - correct answer ✔✔means a person who does not fall within the definition of a
resident
, Apprentice Hunter License - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔1/2 hour after sunset until 1/2 before sunrise (unless otherwise
provided)
GHL -Exceptions to Night Hunting - correct answer ✔✔migratory game birds, raccoon and coyote
GHL - Raccoon Hunting - correct answer ✔✔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" - correct answer ✔✔"Bait" means an animal, plant or part thereof used to
attract wild animals for the purpose of hunting
GHL - Placement of Bait - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔you cannot hunt over anyone else's bait site
GHL - Deer Baiting Laws - correct answer ✔✔No deer baiting or feeding June 1 - December 1
GHL - Turkey & Moose Baiting Laws - correct answer ✔✔No turkey or moose baiting from Sept 1 - Dec
15. No baiting turkey during spring turkey season either.
GHL - Minimum Shooting Distances - correct answer ✔✔Cannot shoot withing 100 yds of a dwelling (or
a state-owned boat launch)...includes crossbow.
