Hunting on Indian reserve?
- Thread starter mzcloud
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If you can figure out how the regulations apply to indians, you deserve a medal.
I work with a girl whose boyfriend has his status, apparently, if he is fishing he doesn't need his boat license, but if he doesn't have a rod with him, he does. It didn't make sense to me, but.....
I work with a girl whose boyfriend has his status, apparently, if he is fishing he doesn't need his boat license, but if he doesn't have a rod with him, he does. It didn't make sense to me, but.....
yellowknifedave
Regular
- Location
- Somewhere in SK.....
In Sask. hunting is legal and open all year round on a reserve if you are first nations. Non-aboriginal hunters can hunt on reserve land during hunting season with permission from the band council.
Sounds really complicated. Guess each area is different. I have been told that they can take you to hunt at a off hunting season. Do not know if its true. Even in hunting season, do you still need a tag for it. Or maybe a special tag for that area.
My experience from living on a Rez is that the Band Counsil sets the local hunting regulations. Often there are the traditional "family hunter(s)" on the Rez, who hunts for the elders and widows, and these individuals end up shooting a large number of animals every years. These traditional native communal hunters are found where ever there is a Native community in Canada. This ancient Native tradition have survived into modern times, and often there is a community freezer in which game is stored, and everyone is free to help themself for food, anytime.
The last known canadian Inuits to die of starvation was in 1952, and the responsiblity of the Native community hunter is therefore still very important, something one will appriciate if you know what hunger is.
The last known canadian Inuits to die of starvation was in 1952, and the responsiblity of the Native community hunter is therefore still very important, something one will appriciate if you know what hunger is.
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as far as i know, in BC, hunting is open year round in the "traditional territory" not just on the reserve.
i have been invited in the past to come hunting on a reserve where it would be for any elk (instead of just 6 point bulls), i asked what do i do if i get one, the answer was that they would give me a letter and i could take it to the butcher or whatever. i can only imagine the responce from the CO if i was stopped transporting an elk out of season and showed him a letter from bob (or whoever).
i have been invited in the past to come hunting on a reserve where it would be for any elk (instead of just 6 point bulls), i asked what do i do if i get one, the answer was that they would give me a letter and i could take it to the butcher or whatever. i can only imagine the responce from the CO if i was stopped transporting an elk out of season and showed him a letter from bob (or whoever).
my wife is native and it is ture they can hunt anything in there traditional hunting area all year round,but if they go out of there hunting area they have to fallow the regs.
Caster 456 is right.
I don't know about the rest of Canada, but in B.C., the size of the actual reserves are quite small, but of course they are situated in the band's traditional area.
Thus you have residents of Alexis Creek hunting in the Chilcotin and members of the Campbell River band hunting in the Campbell River/Sayward area in B.C. as examples.
I know one place on Vancouver Island where I had an elk draw there were two bulls permitted for non-First Nations, and the First Nations were designated two others.
Same in Sayward. I had an elk draw thee too and the Campbell River band had a designated guy come up and shoot the band's elk.
But in much of the province, particularly in the central interior, in the traditional area of some reserves, there seems to be year round hunting if they feel like it.
But the notion that as a non-Native you can be invited to a reserve and hunt all year round sounds a bit far fetched to me. Try it and find out.
I don't know about the rest of Canada, but in B.C., the size of the actual reserves are quite small, but of course they are situated in the band's traditional area.
Thus you have residents of Alexis Creek hunting in the Chilcotin and members of the Campbell River band hunting in the Campbell River/Sayward area in B.C. as examples.
I know one place on Vancouver Island where I had an elk draw there were two bulls permitted for non-First Nations, and the First Nations were designated two others.
Same in Sayward. I had an elk draw thee too and the Campbell River band had a designated guy come up and shoot the band's elk.
But in much of the province, particularly in the central interior, in the traditional area of some reserves, there seems to be year round hunting if they feel like it.
But the notion that as a non-Native you can be invited to a reserve and hunt all year round sounds a bit far fetched to me. Try it and find out.
first nation people can hunt on reserve land any time of year... in AB. they can hunt on crown land or private land (with permission) any time of the year... non status persons can hunt on a reserve with appropriate permission but ONLY during open seasons and you MUST have an appropriate license/tag ... if you are not first nations then you are required to hunt by the regs reguardless of where you hunt...
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
Same laws in Manitoba. FWIW, no one here hunts on reserve land, including the natives, for obvious reasons.
- Location
- Burke Mountain & Pavilion Lake, B.C.
I would have to imagine for the same reason that if you were allowed to harvest vegetables from your neighbour's garden, why would take them from your own? Leave yours in the ground and they are still there once you have cleaned out the neighbour's garden and they are bigger.
KTK
"I have been told if an Indian guides you, you can hunt ducks year round."
I'm in B.C. not Ontario, but I'd bet either a provincial or federal conservation officer (I encounter both here) would be able to provide you with some very informative detail on possession of game animals out of season once you leave the reserve with your ducks.
I'm in B.C. not Ontario, but I'd bet either a provincial or federal conservation officer (I encounter both here) would be able to provide you with some very informative detail on possession of game animals out of season once you leave the reserve with your ducks.
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Originally Posted by bearkilr View Post
Same laws in Manitoba. FWIW, no one here hunts on reserve land, including the natives, for obvious reasons.
...because most reserves are devoid of ANY wildlife.
Originally Posted by bearkilr View Post
Same laws in Manitoba. FWIW, no one here hunts on reserve land, including the natives, for obvious reasons.
...because most reserves are devoid of ANY wildlife.
