I'm Interested in a Seal Hunt

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The title says it.

I did a search on here but nothign really came up.
Any info would be awsome.
 
Last I remember reading about it, it was pretty regulated and hard to get out on the ice, even just to watch. But that was when it was at its peak so maybe there might be some more chances now. I would think it would be fun, kinda like big lazy gophers without a hole.
 
No chance here in NL. The best I can suggest is travel to Nunavut and get out with one of the locals.

Trykillthis, not quite as easy a gophers. Try moving up and down in a boat at the same time your target is moving up and down.
 
There are several ways/times to hunt natsiqs(seals) ... summer time you shoot them from a boat and have to speed up and harpoon or hook them before they sink ... in fall when the ice forms they're fatter and float so you don't have to worry about them sinking. Winter time, you snowmobile out on the sea-ice ... shoot them from long distance or sneek up on them from behind a sled-blind andshoot them from close ... or you can stand over a seal hole for possibly hrs waiting with a harpoon or hook/club ... ;)

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. any one of those way is always fun ... ;)
 
Otokiak said:
There are several ways/times to hunt natsiqs(seals) ... summer time you shoot them from a boat and have to speed up and harpoon or hook them before they sink ... in fall when the ice forms they're fatter and float so you don't have to worry about them sinking. Winter time, you snowmobile out on the sea-ice ... shoot them from long distance or sneek up on them from behind a sled-blind andshoot them from close ... or you can stand over a seal hole for possibly hrs waiting with a harpoon or hook/club ... ;)

is there a season for it? or can u shoot them al year round? do you hunt them?
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-Chinook: Is it now forbidden to go sealing in NL? I worked in Iqaluit with east-coast guys who LOVED seal

-Otokiak: Qanupiq! Natsiq mumaktopualo (sp?)

My son's grandfather can barely see the type on a newspaper and, could single-shot seals I couldn't even see. They are not in the same league as groundhogs for sportin! I'm thinking anybody can hit a whisltepig (big 'ol marmots of eastern half and, not those tiny little ground squirrels you westerners practice on) but, you have to pretty sharp out there sealing

ikedaboy: I'm thinkin that sustenance hunting in the arctic for the Inuit (please correct me if I'm wrong!!!) isn't something you need a licesne for...I don't have a clue about "tourist" seals. There are people(tourist hunters) who spend tens of thousands for the privilege/oportunity of taking a polar bear (no bear guaranteed)
 
Maybe the question was more about the legal aspect of the sealhunt at least I'm interested in that part first for myself.
As a non-resident can I buy a seal tag in Nunavut? (If yes, it would worth a trip to Moosonee for sure!)
 
Not forbidden just highly regulated. No such things as outfitters that offer hunts. Hard for a resident of NL to get a liscense now let alone someone from the mainland.



camster said:
-Chinook: Is it now forbidden to go sealing in NL? I worked in Iqaluit with east-coast guys who LOVED seal

-Otokiak: Qanupiq! Natsiq mumaktopualo (sp?)

My son's grandfather can barely see the type on a newspaper and, could single-shot seals I couldn't even see. They are not in the same league as groundhogs for sportin! I'm thinking anybody can hit a whisltepig (big 'ol marmots of eastern half and, not those tiny little ground squirrels you westerners practice on) but, you have to pretty sharp out there sealing

ikedaboy: I'm thinkin that sustenance hunting in the arctic for the Inuit (please correct me if I'm wrong!!!) isn't something you need a licesne for...I don't have a clue about "tourist" seals. There are people(tourist hunters) who spend tens of thousands for the privilege/oportunity of taking a polar bear (no bear guaranteed)
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When I lived in Iqaluit there were no tags purchased. We would head out and get 3 or 4, skin em and eat em. Not sure on the regs of someone just coming into town with a boat and heading out. I lived there for 5 years and could get a resident hunting lic. for wolves, caribou etc.. But not the good stuff like polar bear. At least not for shooting myself but was there when a couple friends harvested thier bears. Awesome to see.


Rudi said:
Maybe the question was more about the legal aspect of the sealhunt at least I'm interested in that part first for myself.
As a non-resident can I buy a seal tag in Nunavut? (If yes, it would worth a trip to Moosonee for sure!)
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I'm pretty sure most residents of Labrador (or maybe just the Metis and Inuit) can hunt them for personal consumption year round. The commercial hunt has a lot more rules. I don't think there is any non-resident seal hunting permitted.
 
I like getting out on the spring sea ice to hunt them. There is no limit on ring seals, but I personally leave those big bearded seals alone, I saw one way out in the distance yesterday afternoon enjoying the sun, but not many ring seals. I don't know what it will be like this year though. There's been a big lead a couple of miles off shore for weeks and the seals just aren't coming up onto the good ice. There's often a half mile of new ice along the flow edge, and IMHO that stuff isn't safe to be on. I haven't seen the seal yet that's worth dying for, guys like Otokiak would probably laugh at me, but thats OK, that's their environment. If we get a good north wind for a few days, it will close up, but the winds here have benn light most of the winter, The seals in western Hudson Bay are moulting in May, by which time the hides aren't much good. We'll have to see what the spring brings.

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Rudi said:
Maybe the question was more about the legal aspect of the sealhunt at least I'm interested in that part first for myself.
As a non-resident can I buy a seal tag in Nunavut? (If yes, it would worth a trip to Moosonee for sure!)
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Moosonee ?....longs ways from Nunavut. I think most of the travel to Nunavut is through Montreal via First Air but I could be wrong.
 
$5 for license to hunt natsiq(seals) here in Nunavut and you have to get them from DFO. As for hunting them at the flow-edge Boomer ... no thanks I like solid ice ... but other hunters here go to the flow-edge all the time ... too many hunters getting blown out on icepans for me ... HAHA ... :)

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. personally I like hunting them from the boat in fall ... :D
 
Pathfinder said:
Moosonee ?....longs ways from Nunavut. I think most of the travel to Nunavut is through Montreal via First Air but I could be wrong.
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Actually all of the waters of Huson Bay and James Bay and any rock that sticks out of them, are within Nunavut, regardless of which province they border, Manitoba, Ontario, or Quebec. I don't know if a license would be sold to a nonresident, better make some calls.

Otokiak, I don't stray very far from land locked ice, but a day with no wind and an onshore tide I've been known to stray where I probably shouldn't.
 
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Boomer said:
Actually all of the waters of Huson Bay and James Bay and any rock that sticks out of them, are within Nunavut, regardless of which province they border, Manitoba, Ontario, or Quebec. I don't know if a license would be sold to a nonresident, better make some calls.

Otokiak, I don't stray very far from land locked ice, but a day with no wind and an onshore tide I've been known to stray where I probably shouldn't.
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I have hunted a lot of Sea ducks from ice pans... and it is fun and can be dangerous...

Last few years it seems that it's mostly slob ice in around the harbours and coves though..(NFLD)
 
Boomer said:
Actually all of the waters of Huson Bay and James Bay and any rock that sticks out of them, are within Nunavut, regardless of which province they border, Manitoba, Ontario, or Quebec. I don't know if a license would be sold to a nonresident, better make some calls.

Otokiak, I don't stray very far from land locked ice, but a day with no wind and an onshore tide I've been known to stray where I probably shouldn't.
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You learn something everyday.....Correct me if Im wrong...It would probably a hell of a boat ride from Moosonee before you would see a Seal.:eek:
 
sealhunter said:
I have hunted a lot of Sea ducks from ice pans... and it is fun and can be dangerous...

Last few years it seems that it's mostly slob ice in around the harbours and coves though..(NFLD)
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I've seen old films of you guys in Nfld going out on ice that was lifting in 10' swells, thats not for me, but it sure looks cool. I've seen polar bears go out on ice like that in the fall, but I wasn't tempted to follow, not even a little. I went out for a couple of hours yesterday, but didn't see anything, but its early yet.
 
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