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Jan. 20, 2012 For final number of authorizations to be drawn for the 2012 Spring Grizzly and 2012 Skeena Mountain Sheep draws click here. Sept. 20, 2011 Schedule of Fur Royalties for 2011 [PDF 91 KB] Sept. 12, 2011 Notice to Hunters - The Fish, Wildlife & Habitat Management Branch, Thompson-Okanagan Region, is currently working on a collaborative project with the Lillooet Tribal Council & St’at’imc Nation to assess migration ecology and habitat use of mule deer bucks in Management Unit 3-32 and parts of 5-03 and 5-04, Read more... Aug. 2, 2011 The 2011 Special Mountain Sheep Resident draw has been completed and the winner has been contacted. July 2011 For persons successful in drawing a LEH authorization for a Kootenay Bull Moose (Hunt Codes 4124 to 4132 as listed in the 2011/12 Limited Entry Synopsis), may hunt with Archery Equipment Only from Sept 1 to Sept 19. June 24, 2011 The black bear hunting season on Haida Gwaii (MU’s 6-12 and 6-13) is closed effective midnight on June 27, 2011. The fall black bear season is also closed. The season closes 72 hours after public notification that a total of 4 black bears have been harvested on Haida Gwaii by licensed hunters.
The open season for Black bears on Haida Gwaii is scheduled to re-open on April 1, 2012.
June 21, 2011 The 2011 Limited Entry Hunting Draw has been run. Hunters can check the results of the draw at http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/resident/leh.html. June 15, 2011 Notice of changes to wolf hunting and trapping regulations in the Cariboo Region; effective June 15, 2011:
- There is no closed season and no bag limit for wolf hunting in Management Units 5-1 to 5-6 and 5-12 to 5-15.
- There is no closed season for wolf trapping in Management Units 5-1 to 5-6 and 5-12 to 5-14; restricted to private land only and modified leg-hold traps only from April 1 to October 14.
Apr. 15, 2011 Notice of changes to black bear hunting regulations on Haida Gwaii (MU’s 6-12 and 6-13): Effective April 14, 2011 the annual black bear season in MU’s 6-12 and 6-13 will close 72 hours after the regional manager has published the fact that four black bears have been harvested by licensed hunters in the two management units combined.
The bag limit for black bears in MU’s 6-12 and 6-13 has been decreased from 2 bears per licence year to one bear per licence year. Any bear harvested in these MU’s is required to be compulsory inspected. Hunters are required to submit the skull and the hide with evidence of sex attached, within 10 days of the kill, to a compulsory inspection centre. A list of compulsory inspectors for the province is available at http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/ci.html.
Hunters may also arrange to have a compulsory inspection of their black bear on Haida Gwaii if they set up an appointment for the inspection through the district Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations office at 1229 Oceanview Drive in the village of Queen Charlotte by calling (250) 559-6200.
Mar. 31, 2011 The 2011/2012 Limited Entry Hunting Synopsis is now available on-line.
Hard copies (printed version) are now available at select vendors. Note in the printed version map 6H on page 24 is incorrect, please see map 6H, page 24 of the online LEH synopsis for the correct map [updated April 5].
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