1941 BC Firearms licence

[kjohn]

I bought some paper Imperials (for perfume!) from a fellow on Saturday at the Saskatoon Gun Show. He gave me these items: A 1941 BC Firearms Licence, a tag with matching number, and a funny little holder that the licence was folded up in.

Pretty neat, considering that it came from 71 years ago and 1200 miles west of my place!

 

[Brandon3]

That's neat. The guy actually lived not too far from me. Even during the 80's you had to get one of these in order to travel with a firearm in your vehicle.

 

[H4831]

Nice find K.
This was actually a small game licence. Note that deer and bear were considered small game! I guess the tag was for deer.
I bought my first BC hunting licence in 1946. There were two types. The small game as shown and cost $3 and the big game licence, which cost $7, but allowed the hunting of what is on this licence, plus ALL big game.
In 1946 the only tags needed for any game was deer and pheasant.
These licences were good for a whole year and, as someone pointed out, you had to be in possession of one, either small game or big game, in order to carry a firearm.

 

[H4831]

Before someone corrects me on my first post, I am going to clear up the licence required to carry a firearm in BC.
As pointed out, either game licence allowed you to carry a firearm any time of the year.
However, if you were not a hunter, or if you were from out of province, you still had to have a licence to carry a gun. This licence was available to anyone, BC resident or not. It cost only $5 and was good for five years.
When we ran a major rifle shooting competition in BC in the 1970s and 80s, the competitors coming from Alberta had to have this licence, to legally bring their rifles into BC.
This licence requirement in BC lasted until the POL and PAL licences came out and BC accepted either, for having a firearm in the province.