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Newfoundland Regulation 1998 Open Season Spring Big Game Black Bear Hunting
and Snaring (Filed
November 3, 1998) Under the
authority of sections 38 and 114 of the Wild
Life Regulations and the Wild Life
Act, I make the following Order. Dated at Kevin
Aylward ORDER Analysis 1. Short
title 2. Spring
open season 3. Devices
permitted 4. Prohibited
devices 5. Bag
limits 6. Validity
of licence 7. Prohibition 8. Repeal Short title 1. This Order may be cited as the Open Season Spring Big Game Black Bear
Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 1999. Spring open season 2. (1) The spring open season for the
hunting and snaring of black bear shall be Area No. Season Dates 1 No Open Season 31 No Open Season 32 No Open Season 33 No Open Season 34 No Open Season 35 No Open Season 36 No Open Season 38 No Open Season 43 No Open Season 44 No Open Season 45 No Open Season 47 No Open Season (2) The
moose management areas referred to in subsection (1) are described in the Open Season Big Game Moose Hunting Order,
Newfoundland, 1998-99 except that Moose Management Area 28 is further
described, for black bear hunting only, to exclude: All that area
of the Then extending
to a radius of 2 kilometres from that point in all directions, with an area of
approximately 1,250 hectares and a perimeter of approximately 12,543 metres. Devices permitted 3. Only Aldrich foot snares or similar
devices may be set for the taking of black bears and those devices shall be set
in a covered “cubby set” and clearly marked with a warning sign indicating that
a bear snaring device is set in the “cubby”. Prohibited devices 4. Steel-jaw leghold, spring or jump
traps shall not be used to take black bears. Bag limits 5. (1) The bag limit shall be one
black bear of any age or sex. (2) Notwithstanding
subsection (1), female black bears accompanied by cubs may not be taken by
shooting. Validity of licence 6. Each spring season black bear
licence shall be valid only for the area for which it is issued. Prohibition 7. A person shall not transport or
possess any firearms under the authority of a valid game licence without being
in possession of an outdoor identification card, or non-resident equivalent
card, issued to the person. Repeal 8. The
Open Season Spring Big Game Black Bear
Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 1998, Newfoundland Regulation
12/98, is repealed. ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |