What is required for an Albertan to legally hunt in BC, with or without a place of residency in BC (I just sold my last piece of property last year but hope to be acquiring two more parcels this summer). Will I still qualify as a non-resident and thus have to have a guide with me when hunting ?
Albertan hunting in BC
- Thread starter gorky
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Are you looking to hunt big-game or birds and small game?
Small game and birds you are OK with out a guide, big-game you'd either need a guide or someone (relative I believe) who is has their BCRHN to get a permit to accompany you.
Search the BC MOE website - the reg's are all on-line there.
Small game and birds you are OK with out a guide, big-game you'd either need a guide or someone (relative I believe) who is has their BCRHN to get a permit to accompany you.
Search the BC MOE website - the reg's are all on-line there.
.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/
I beleive as long as you pay the permits, should be no problem. I don't think you need a guide, unless you want Big Game, in that case you need to buy a tag from a guide or someone from BC that won a limited entry draw.
Best is to phone and as the Fish and Wildlife guys.
I beleive as long as you pay the permits, should be no problem. I don't think you need a guide, unless you want Big Game, in that case you need to buy a tag from a guide or someone from BC that won a limited entry draw.
Best is to phone and as the Fish and Wildlife guys.
It's in the BC regs. Big game requires that you get a guide (a BC resident hunter with more than two consecutive years of hunting). Then you and your guide must both fill out a bunch of forms in order for you to get your non-resident license. When you get the approval forms back, you can go pay and receive your license and tags.
It's expensive, tedious, and annoying, and you are supposed to do all your paperwork at least 30 days before you want to hunt.
It's expensive, tedious, and annoying, and you are supposed to do all your paperwork at least 30 days before you want to hunt.
As a non-resident you require a guide for big game hunting or you can be accompanied by a B.C. resident hunter who has applied for a permit to accompany you.
And limited entry permits are non transferable. Do not take advice from anyone advising you do anything illegal.
And limited entry permits are non transferable. Do not take advice from anyone advising you do anything illegal.
longbranch*
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Victoria,BC.
Non-resident
I "hosted" a buddy from Ontario in 2008. "Permit to accompany" was $55, License and deer tag was around $205 I recall. The license and tags I got from the Ministry office on his behalf because I dont think retail outlets actually carry "non-resident" licences. Like other other reply said, has to be done 30 days prior to hunt.
Cheers
Geoff in Victoria
I "hosted" a buddy from Ontario in 2008. "Permit to accompany" was $55, License and deer tag was around $205 I recall. The license and tags I got from the Ministry office on his behalf because I dont think retail outlets actually carry "non-resident" licences. Like other other reply said, has to be done 30 days prior to hunt.
Cheers
Geoff in Victoria
- Location
- Lakes District BC
Gorky, you need a buddy to do a acompany to hunt permit for big game, only certain species may be hunted depending on the area deer and black bear are easy to get moose is more challenging and like Geoff said get it in early so its aporved in time
I am glad you added that last line as you obviously dont have a clue about non resident hunters in BC
I am glad you added that last line as you obviously dont have a clue about non resident hunters in BC
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If it is your primary residence and you have a BC health card and driver's licence there should no issue but then you would be a non-resident in Alberta. You can't hold resident licences in two provinces at the same time. Yes, the provinces routinely share that info!
Sitkaspruce
Member
- Location
- Fort St. John
Goats are the same rules IF, they are not in an LEH area. You need to have a "friend" who knows of open areas for goats, then follow all the rules to get the permit to accompany.
All grizz are under LEH....and attack from tree huggers who say we are killing them off, that is the reason they are now on VI
, they are trying to hide.....Deer and Black bear are the easiest to get permits to accompany for, moose are ok, as long as it is not in an LEH area, same with elk and caribou. Mt. goats and sheep are a lot harder, I believe sheep are actually off limits, but not sure. My recomendation, is if you want to do this, do it way before the 30 days, because there is a limit to how many "permit to accompany" are issued for a certain species in an area. We did this about 8 years ago for Mt goats and a friend form Ontario. We started the process in June and finally got the OK in mid august, a week before the trip was to take place. The reason was that there were two other applications in as well and they actual only issued the single one, because we were first in.
SS
Yep,I know a guy locally,he has a summer place in BC,managed to get a resident licence (somehow),although he resides in Alberta.He got checked(his truck has Alberta plates!
),and got busted.Now he's in trouble in Alberta too! Mur
- Location
- Lakes District BC
be very carefull on assuming about the 1/2 time resident rule there have been changes made to that not so long ago, best to call a CO and have a talk about it all before you spend a extra couple days in BC in court
No dice there - AB is my primary residence (it is one of my companies that is based out of BC).
Then you are stuck being a non-resident in BC. Hiring an outfitter or going with a resident for big game is the only legal option. Owning land or a business there doesn't mean a thing as far as hunter residency goes if you are a resident in another province.
