What you must know
- Know the shooting positions and how to shoot steadily in the field
- Know how a rifle is zeroed, and what the bullet does at different ranges
- Know the requirements of the shooting test for big game hunters
Position and support
Prone with support is the steadiest position, then sitting and kneeling; standing is the least steady. Use support whenever you can — your pack, a tree, shooting sticks.
Breathe calmly, hold your breath in the pause between two breaths, and squeeze without jerking. Follow through — keep the sight picture until the bullet has left the barrel.
Zeroing and holdover
A rifle zeroed at 100 metres hits slightly high at shorter range and drops below the line of sight further out. Know your bullet's path at the ranges you actually shoot, and never shoot further than you have practised.
A shotgun throws a pattern that widens with distance. In small game hunting it is that pattern — not the sights — that decides whether you hit, and beyond 25–30 metres the risk of wounding grows quickly with light shot.
The shooting test
To hunt big game with a rifle you must pass the shooting test every hunting year, for every rifle you will use. It has two parts.
First 30 mandatory shots at a free target. They must be taken over at least two days, and at most 15 shots can be approved per day. Then you shoot five shots at a game figure, and all five must be inside the marked hit area.
See the bullet path for your load
Read more in the Hunter's Handbook
Practise this session
Veida does not run courses and does not hold exams. The mandatory course must be taken with an approved provider, and the exam is taken in the «Jegerprøveeksamen» app through your municipality. These pages are revision and practice alongside the course. Our questions are written by us from public regulations — they are not exam questions.