I just talked to the ministry about hunters from other places. If you are a Canadian you can go with a resident from that provence BUT if you have close friends or relitives from the USA or abroad they can only hunt with a outfitter. If we would like to change this I was told that we need to write (here in BC) Berry Penner in Victorea to voice our conserns. Now I know outfitters need the people to servive but at the same time I know that a lot of people if givin the chance would love to take friends out with them from other parts of the world o show them our great past time. and I know that moast of these people would not pay a outfitter to take them becouse like the rest of use they just dont have the money that the out fitters ask. So if you agree then send your provence rep a note and say so. the more people that do the more we as hunters can acheve
Hunting In Canada
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Each province has some very different regulations regarding this issue and what applies in BC does not apply in many other provinces. Here in Alberta for example, we can hunter host Non-Resident Aliens as well as Canadians but in the NWT, there are no hunter host opportunities.
I'd like to see it as if the person is a direct relative (brother/sister/aunt/uncle/cousin/grandparent/etc) and they have a valid hunting license from their home territory to be allowed to hunt under a resident hunter on the resident's license. So if my cousin were to come up from the US he could hunt as a member of my party for deer and fill my tag if the opportunity presents itself.
I'm not in favour....Do you know how many "friends" can be bought for a stone sheep hunt and $10 000?
IMHO, it should be limited to plentiful species, such as bear or deer.
I'm not in favour....Do you know how many "friends" can be bought for a stone sheep hunt and $10 000?
IMHO, it should be limited to plentiful species, such as bear or deer.
I agree. Some species such as sheep, moose etc., need to be regulated,but others should be open in certain circumstances. If I can go on an unoutfitted antelope hunt in Montana, then I would expect that someone from Montana should be able to do an unguided hunt for ??? in Manitoba. Guides and Outfitters offer expertise and services that improve the odds of a hunt. Unfortunately not everyone can afford it and that excludes them. IMO any non-res hunting would have to be controlled by some kind of a draw system or it would be a free for all,especially in the big whitetail provinces.
I agree that we would have to keep them to things like deer and bear. Keep our elk,moose,griz and such off limits to them. When I posted this I was only thinking of deer and bear hunts. I think if they open it to much to them we will have a problem but if we had a draw sistym that they coupd enter for deer and bear I think that would go over great. As a BC person I know how hard it is to evan get a draw here.
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Well, good luck with your letter campaign to Barry.
Let us know what he says when he writes back.
Let us know what he says when he writes back.
This is straight from the hunting regs in BC:
Big Game Accompanied Hunts
4A 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 preceding application
if the applicant has completed
C.O.R.E).This person must obtain the
required permit at least one month prior
to hunting. Applications for permits are
available at Service BC offices, the Permit &
Authorization Bureau, or electronically from
the MoE website:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/pasb/applications.
html. (See Wildlife Permits &
Commercial Licences article, page 19.)
4The non-residents must show the Permit
to Accompany or a copy indicating the
name of the permittee when purchasing
their big game species licences.
4A non-resident who is not a resident of
Canada and is not a Canadian citizen, may
also be eligible under the Permit to
Accompany providing they qualify under
one of the required relationship categories
(ie, if accompanied by a father, brother, son,
uncle, nephew, grandson, grandfather,
mother, sister, daughter, aunt, niece, granddaughter,
grandmother, spouse, father-in-law,
mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, but excludes
cousins).
4Permits to Accompany may not be available
for all species and areas (for example,
thinhorn sheep). Please contact the Permit
and Authorization Service Bureau toll free
at 1-866-433-7272 (Victoria: 952-0932) for
more information.
4Royalties are payable on animals taken
under a Permit to Accompany (see Royalty
Fees section).
Your non-resident alien friends are unable to use a permit to accompany, but your close relatives are.
The species and area you wish to hunt will determine if you can get the PTA.
Yes I know what the regs say I just think it should also aply to people from other places outside of Canada. If they get there CORE and we are only alowed 1 person a year that would not hurt the outfitters at all. And we could then have others that would love to join us hunting the opertunity to do so.
yeah but anyone who can write the test can be a guide. In BC "outfitting" (i.e employing guides) is big bussiness and a million might get you a half decent trerritory.
I don't agree. Give me a Rich foriegn uncle who would bank roll a couple months of hunting and I am sure we'd take at least one animal an outfitter was hoping to sell!
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Thats a given all outfitters are hoping to sell everything they see and if you had a rich relitive that offered to pay for your huinting would you turn them down? It is one animal and who's to say that that outfitter would have gottin it any way? and I am only talking about a Deer or Bear. Most outfitters are after cats,goats,sheep and griz,moose and such. A limit to the 2 types of deer and black bear and only alowed one guest a year would not hurt the outfitter. And if it did then he could not be that good at his job. At least thats what I think anyway
I havnt read all posts so this may be a repost.
When i went to alberta from bc to hunt with my bro he had to get a outfitter license(i believe thats what it is) and I could come with him. It was very cheap (50$or less i think) and no test, they sold it a hunting goods store.
When i went to alberta from bc to hunt with my bro he had to get a outfitter license(i believe thats what it is) and I could come with him. It was very cheap (50$or less i think) and no test, they sold it a hunting goods store.
It's a hunter host licence but yes, we can get one ever year to accompany Canadian residents.
