The 2009/2010 Limited Entry Hunting draw has been run except for the Spring Grizzly
and the early Spatsizi Sheep draw.
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Applications for the 2009/2010 Spring Grizzly and early Spatsizi Sheep draw MUST be received in Victoria by 4:30 pm February 5, 2010.
Limited Entry Hunting (LEH) are hunting opportunities created via a "lottery", and the details are found in the LEH Synopsis. Participation in the LEH draw is available to any resident of B.C. who legally possesses a B.C. Resident Hunter Number.
The purpose of Limited Entry Hunting is to achieve wildlife management objectives without resorting to such measures as shortening seasons or completely closing areas. It is only introduced where it has become necessary to limit the number of hunters, limit the number of animals that may
be taken, or limit the harvest to a certain "class" of animal.
If you have any questions about Limited Entry Hunting,
contact the LEH office at: 250 356-5142 LimitedEntry.Hunting@gov.bc.ca
Success in the Draw
Success in the Limited Entry draw is simply a matter of random luck. The odds that are published beside each hunt give an indication of the likelihood of a successful application, but they do not guarantee anything. For example, odds of 3 to 1 suggest that one out of three applicants will
be drawn, but for any one person, this is not a sure thing. With such odds, an individual could be lucky and be drawn twice in three tries or be unlucky and apply for eight straight years without success.
Contrary to the beliefs of many, repeat success in the Limited Entry draw is actually quite low. Successful applicants have their chances reduced in subsequent draws in order to improve the chances of those who have been unsuccessful. In most cases of repeated success, an applicant has
been applying for very lightly subscribed hunts.
If you have lost a Limited Entry Hunting authorization, a duplicate can be issued to you at most Service BC Offices free of charge.
Notice on Roosevelt Elk and Mountain Sheep Special Limited Entry Hunts
The Special LEH hunts for B.C. residents for mountain sheep and Roosevelt elk hunts has been cancelled for 2011. However, the two successful applicants from the 2009 draw will be able to hunt in the fall of 2010 for mountain sheep and Roosevelt elk. The special draw applications will not be sold through Service BC sites or from vendors. If a person has already purchased these applications they should apply for a refund through the Fish and Wildlife Branch, see address below. The auctioning of a mountain sheep tag and a Roosevelt elk tag at the Wild Sheep Foundation 2010 convention has also been cancelled. The Fish and Wildlife Branch will work with various stakeholder associations over the course of the next year to determine if these hunts can be reinstated.
Fish and Wildlife Branch
PO Box 9391 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria B.C. V8W 9M8
The 2010 Special Limited Entry Elk and Sheep Winners!
The winners for the 2010 Special LEH Hunts are:
Special Sheep Winner Greg A. Rhyason
Special Elk Winner
Jesse L. Cates
The winners were drawn on the afternoon of Friday July 17 by Andrew Wilson, Manager of the Fisheries Management Section.
Draw Status
The 2010 Spring Grizzly and Early Skeena Draw Have Not Yet Happened!
Draw results will be mailed out on or before February 20, 2010. If you do not receive notification of your results, please call the Fish and Wildlife Branch and we will look into it for you. Please read your results carefully – every year a few hunters throw away Limited Entry authorizations because they mistakenly thought they were not drawn.
You can check your draw results here after the draw has taken place.
When this service is available (after the draw) search for your draw results by entering your Hunter Number into the box provided and pressing "submit".
If you are successful, your hunt(s) will be listed by Hunt Code(s)*.
If you are unsuccessful, "NIL" will appear in the Hunt Code area.
*(Please refer to LEH Synopsis for Hunt Code Descriptions.)
If you have any questions, you may contact the LEH Office at:
250-356-5142 or lehunt@Victoria1.gov.bc.ca
We regret that First Nation hunters may not be able to check their Limited Entry draw results on this website. For protection of privacy reasons, access to draw results is by British Columbia resident hunter number only. The use of the hunter number rather than the hunter's name is intended to prevent access to draw results by anyone other than the person who applied for the draw. First Nation hunters who do not have a resident hunter number may check their draw results by contacting the Fish and Wildlife Branch at 250-356-5142.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SHEEP HUNTERS
2010 Early Mountain Sheep Draw For Region 6
The deadline for Limited Entry Hunt (LEH) applications for all 2010 limited entry sheep hunts in the Skeena region (Region 6)
has been moved to February 5, 2010, in order to provide hunters with more time to schedule and plan hunts in these remote
areas. This
move aligns with the early Spatsizi sheep draw implemented in 2007.
Please Note: For those who have submitted your application card for the early Spatsizi sheep draw prior to this notification you would have only been able to apply for the Spatsizi hunt (hunt code 6000) with no second choice available. If you now wish to change your first choice or add a second choice due to the addition of these new early sheep hunts, you may contact the Limited Entry Hunting office by phone at (250) 356-5142 or email to LimitedEntry.Hunting@gov.bc.ca and make changes to your application as long as you do so before the application deadline of February 5, 2010. Your hunter number is required to make any changes.
For more details on the 2010 Early Mountain Sheep Draw for Region 6 Skeena click here [PDF 249 KB]
