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Newfoundland
and Labrador
Open Season Spring Big Game Black Bear Hunting
and Snaring (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
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. Prohibition 9. Repeal Short title 1. This Order may be cited as the Open Season Spring Big Game Black Bear
Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 2008. Spring open season 2. (1) The spring 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, 2007-2008 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 or neck snares shall
not be used to take black bears. Bag limits 5. (1) The bag
limit shall be two black bears 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. Prohibition 8 Hunting
with a firearm on Sundays shall be permitted across the entire province,
beginning Repeal 9. The Open Season Spring Big Game Black Bear
Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 2006, Newfoundland and Labrador
Regulation 82/05, is repealed. ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer (Includes
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