Out of province hunting

AlbertaSheepdog

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Just out of curiosity, what would be necessary for me to hunt out of province? I currently live in Alberta, have my aheia hunters Ed, my pal, my rifle, and can hunt legally in Alberta (got a mully doe first year, no big deal!)

I have friends in bc that have asked me to come out hunting with them. What do I need? I'd just be looking at general tags.
 
Download a copy of the regs, read 'em, and tally up the expenses.
Gonna need a Non-resident Hunting Lic., and non-res tag for what and where you are planning to hunt.

Sooo...$75 for the hunting lic., $125 for a deer tag, and $50 more for grouse.
This not counting any area specific additional permits required.

Search and ye shall find, eh!

Read and understand 'em.


Have fun.

Cheers
Trev
 
AlbertaSheepdog said:
Just out of curiosity, what would be necessary for me to hunt out of province? I currently live in Alberta, have my aheia hunters Ed, my pal, my rifle, and can hunt legally in Alberta (got a mully doe first year, no big deal!)

I have friends in bc that have asked me to come out hunting with them. What do I need? I'd just be looking at general tags.
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Your friends in BC should be able to tell you what you need.
 
Cheaper to hunt in the USA than in another Canadian province and you can use your handguns to hunt in most American jurisdictions.
I hunt hog in Texas and deer in Maine, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
No mandatory guide laws either.
 
Every province has their own regulations. You mentioned only a rifle, so we should assume you do not hunt birds? It is far simpler to hunt birds in most provinces as a non-resident Canadian than it is to hunt big game. Usually buy a tag and go.
In BC you would need to be sponsored by a resident to hunt most big game, or go with a guide / outfitter.
A guide / outfitter is an option in most provinces, but expensive.
Saskatchewan has wonderful hunting for elk, and mule deer, but residents only. You could hunt whitetails here but only for two weeks and with a special draw licence. Apply before the end of May.
 
Would it be easier or less expensive to have them come to Alberta for a hunt? The reason that I ask is because we are all first te hunters this fall. I'm not totally up to date on the inter provincial regulations. I just thought I would ask here first
 
Oh FFS. Read your regs. Download them. Read them. Alberta RELM would be a good place to start, for the link to the Alberta Hunting Regs. Search BC Hunting regs and read them too.

It's in there, I swear. Along with detailed and simple definitions, carefully defining what is or is not a "Resident Hunter".

There are no "inter provincial regulations".

You are a resident hunter, or not a resident hunter. In some provinces there is differences in how bad you get screwed if you are a non-resident from Canada, vs. a non-resident from outside Canada. Others don't.

Read the regs. It's in there.

Cheers
Trev
 
Longwalker said:
Every province has their own regulations. You mentioned only a rifle, so we should assume you do not hunt birds? It is far simpler to hunt birds in most provinces as a non-resident Canadian than it is to hunt big game. Usually buy a tag and go.
In BC you would need to be sponsored by a resident to hunt most big game, or go with a guide / outfitter.
A guide / outfitter is an option in most provinces, but expensive.
Saskatchewan has wonderful hunting for elk, and mule deer, but residents only. You could hunt whitetails here but only for two weeks
and with a special draw licence. Apply before the end of May.
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And yet I can get a license on the Internet and go hunt deer in Pennsylvania with a handgun and no need to hire a guide or outfitter.
And there are a lit of deer in Pennsylvania and it's closer to my home than many areas of Ontario where I live.
 
Here's a pic of the page from the BC regs

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I don't know how it works for BC or Alberta but in Manitoba it would simply involve buying a somewhat more expensive non resident tag. (About $100 compared to my $30). No guide required with the exception of caribou and wolf hunting for some reason. Only foreign hunters require guides for all big game. Read your regs, but I would suspect it's similar in nature.
 
Its not at all like Alberta or Manitoba. You have to have your host send application to Victoria and get approval, then you buy your licenses. If you harvest, some animals require an additional royalty to be paid on top of the tag purchase. You or your potential hosts should call F&W and get the details.

It will be a whole lot clearer than letting a bunch of intraweb wannabe helpfuls fill your head with misconceptions.
 
rem338win said:
Its not at all like Alberta or Manitoba. You have to have your host send application to Victoria and get approval, then you buy your licenses. If you harvest, some animals require an additional royalty to be paid on top of the tag purchase. You or your potential hosts should call F&W and get the details.

It will be a whole lot clearer than letting a bunch of intraweb wannabe helpfuls fill your head with misconceptions.
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If he downloads and reads the Reg synopsis, he'll know what he needs to.

The relevant information is all on the pages preceding the ones with the prices. eh.

Cheers
Trev
 
From page 9 of the 2012-2014 BC Hunting regs:

NON-RESIDENT HUNTERS
Non-residents of British Columbia hunting big game must be accompanied by either a licenced BC guide or a resident who holds a Permit to Accompany.

When my brother was planning a hunt in BC I had to apply for the permit 30 days in advance.

Family definitions "do not include cousins". A friend had to have an Assistant Guide licence to allow cousins to hunt big game.

 
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"...Gotta hose those out of provincers..." Non-resident licences typically are much higher. You get bent over with no sweet nothings whispered in your ear, no dinner, and no respect in the morning.
"...inter provincial regulations..." Like trevj says, there's no such thing.
"...hunt deer in Pennsylvania..." $101.70 US plus all the firearm paperwork.
 
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