You should also know it’s unlawful:
1. to shoot wildlife from a motor vehicle or
a boat propelled by a motor.
2. to hunt migratory birds from a power
boat.
3. to use a power boat, aircraft, or motor
vehicle or other mechanical device to
herd or harass wildlife.
4. to hunt, take, wound or kill big game
while it is swimming unless it has been
previously wounded.
5. to discharge, carry or have in possession
a firearm containing live ammunition in
its breech or in its magazine attached to
the firearm, in or on a railway car, motor
vehicle, sleigh, aircraft, bicycle or other
conveyance.
6. to carry a cocked crossbow in or on a
vehicle, or to discharge a bow from a
vehicle of any kind
7. to hunt or transport hunters or wildlife
by a helicopter.
8. to hunt wildlife from an aircraft.
9. to hunt wildlife within 6 hours of being
airborne in an aircraft other than a
regularly scheduled commercial aircraft.
10. to hunt game, except migratory game
birds (see #11 below), from one hour
after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
To find out the time of sunrise and sunset,
consult a local newspaper or the following
website:
www.hia-iha.nrccnrc.
gc.ca/sunrise_e.html
The responsibility remains with the hunter
to make the determination of sunrise and
sunset in the field based on existing terrain
and circumstances.
11. to hunt migratory game birds from 1/2
hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before
sunrise.
12. to hunt wildlife by the use of, or with the
aid of, a light or an illuminating device.
13. to use poison for the hunting, trapping,
taking or killing of any wildlife.
14. to use recorded or electronic calls to
hunt wildlife except wolf, coyote, cougar,
lynx or bobcat or any bird listed in
Schedule C (see “What is Wildlife?”
section).
15. to use live birds as decoys or recorded
bird calls to hunt game birds.
16. to hunt migratory game birds within
400 m of any place where bait has been
deposited unless that place has been
free of bait for at least 7 days.
17. to kill wildlife (with the exception of
grizzly bear, cougar or a fur bearing
animal other than a black bear) and fail
to remove from the carcass the edible
portions of the four quarters and loins
to the person’s normal dwelling place or
to a meat cutter or the owner or
operator of a cold storage plant.A
person who kills wildlife is exempted
from the requirement to remove the
edible portions if that person transfers
possession of the wildlife to a recipient
who complies with the requirement.
Edible portions do not include meat that
has been damaged and made inedible by
the method of taking. Of grizzly bear,
cougar or a furbearing animal other than
a black bear, the hide must be removed
to the person’s normal dwelling place or
to a meat cutter, the owner or operator
of a cold storage plant or to a
taxidermist, tanner or a fur trader.A
person who kills wildlife is exempted
from the requirement to remove the
hide if that person transfers possession
of the wildlife to another person who
complies with the requirement.
18. to interfere with or obstruct a person
licensed or permitted to hunt, guide or
trap while that person is lawfully so
engaged.