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Newfoundland
and Labrador
Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and (Filed 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 Tom
Osborne ORDER Analysis 1. Short
title 2. Fall
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 Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting
and Snaring Order, Fall open season 2. (1) The fall open season for the
hunting and snaring of black bear shall be
(2) The
moose management areas referred to in subsection (1) are described in the Open Season Big Game Moose Hunting Order,
Newfoundland, 2005-2006 except that (a) 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;
and (b) moose
management sub-areas do not apply to black bear hunting. (3) Hunting
black bear by bow and arrow only shall be permitted in Moose Management Areas
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 45 during the period
August 27, 2005 to September 10, 2005. 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 fall season a black bear
licence shall be valid only for the area for which it is issued. Prohibition 7. A person shall not transport or
possess 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 Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 2004,
Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 116/04, is repealed. ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |