BC resident guiding question

[phinton81]

I'm an ON resident with a cousin living in Cranbrook and a resident of BC. He wants me to come out and hunt with him. Questions are:

1. Can he be my guide? What's involved in this?

2. What are the easiest tags to get? Anything over the counter?

3. Should I be applying in LEH draws as a non-resident and is this possible?

Thanks

Patrick

 

[Rugdoc]

Post # 3 below corrects the error I made in a previous post.

Sorry. Read the regs too fast.

 

[horseman2]

The previous comment is incorrect as cousins are not permitted as non-resident aliens. The question is about a Canadian resident.

LEH draws are for residents only.

Read the Regulations attached:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlif...6/docs/Hunting-TrappingSynopsis_2014-2016.pdf

Some of the questions you posed have been captured. There are some conditions that your host must comply with. His residency and years he has held a licence are listed below.
If it is your intention to hunt this year you should not waste any time. When I inquired about having my brother hunt with me there was something about 30 days.

Non-Resident - means a person who is not a BC resident but who is a Canadian citizen or
a permanent resident of Canada, or a person who is not a BC resident but whose only or
primary residence is in Canada and has resided in Canada for the 12 month period immediately before doing a thing under the Wildlife Act.

Resident hunting licences are available at all Service BCs’ Offices, and other commercial
outlets and sporting goods stores. Non-resident hunting licences are available from Service BC
Offices. Non-residents may also obtain their licences by mail from Service BC Offices www.
servicebc.gov.bc.ca/locations/. Please note that non-resident licences are NOT available
from commercial outlets and/or sporting goods stores.

A non-resident of BC who is a resident of Canada or a Canadian citizen may be accompanied by a resident of BC who holds a Permit to Accompany. Only one Permit to Accompany will be issued to a person in a licence year.4The BC resident applying for this permit must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada who has held a BC hunting licence and a big game species licence for 3 of the 5 years preceding application (or 2 of the 5 years pre-ceding application if the applicant has completed C.O.R.E). Applications for permits are available at Service BC offices, Front Counter BC, or electronically from: www.FrontCounterBC.gov.bc.ca (See Wildlife Permits & Commercial Licences article, pg 63.)
Non-residents must show the Permit to Accompany or a copy indicating the name of the permittee when purchasing their big game species licences.