No Hunter Safety Certificate Required — Any Veteran or Serving Member
Wyoming ordinarily requires anyone BORN AFTER 1 JANUARY 1966 to hold a certificate of competency and safety in the handling of firearms before hunting. ANY ACTIVE MEMBER, HONORABLY DISCHARGED PAST MEMBER, OR VETERAN of the U.S. armed forces is EXEMPT. No rating, no wartime service, no residency of long standing — service itself is the qualification. Claim it by submitting the WGFD Hunter Education Exemption Application with military documentation.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Wyoming ordinarily requires anyone BORN AFTER 1 JANUARY 1966 to hold a certificate of competency and safety in the handling of firearms before hunting. ANY ACTIVE MEMBER, HONORABLY DISCHARGED PAST MEMBER, OR VETERAN of the U.S. armed forces is EXEMPT. No rating, no wartime service, no residency of long standing — service itself is the qualification. Claim it by submitting the WGFD Hunter Education Exemption Application with military documentation.
What it's worth: Exemption from the hunter education certificate requirement
- Wyoming ordinarily requires a certificate of competency and safety for anyone BORN AFTER 1 JANUARY 1966.
- ANY ACTIVE MEMBER, HONORABLY DISCHARGED PAST MEMBER, OR VETERAN of the U.S. armed forces IS EXEMPT.
- NO RATING, NO WARTIME SERVICE REQUIREMENT.
- Claimed by submitting the WGFD HUNTER EDUCATION EXEMPTION APPLICATION with military documentation.
- It removes a course and a test rather than a fee.
- If you were born before 1 January 1966 the certificate was never required of you anyway.
Who is entitled to it
- You serve or served in the U.S. armed forces.
- Your service meets the test.
- Wyoming hunting.
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How to claim it
- 1Submit the WGFD Hunter Education Exemption Application with your military documentation.
- 2Do this before booking a hunter education course — the whole point is that you need not take one.
- 3If you were born before 1 January 1966, the requirement never applied to you.
- 4Serving members qualify as well as veterans.
- 5Ask whether the exemption is recorded once or must accompany each licence purchase.
- Form
- WGFD Hunter Education Exemption Application
- File with
- Wyoming Game and Fish Department
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyWyoming Game and Fish Department — hunter education exemption
- operating · published policyWyoming Military Department
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