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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 Charlene
Johnson 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. Sunday
hunting 9. 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, 2008-2009 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, 45, and 47 during the period of August 30, 2008 to September 13, 2008. 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 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. Sunday hunting 8. Hunting
with a firearm on Sundays shall be permitted across the entire province,
beginning Repeal 9. The
Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear
Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 2007, Newfoundland and Labrador
Regulation 95/07, is repealed. ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |