BRITISH COLUMBIA 1109 APPROVED AND ORDERED JUN. 13.i984 Lieutenant Governor EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, VICTORIA JUN. 13.1984 A ) \ 3qGA-G, I 33/86 , g.)-‘AG. IX36/1- / Q 74, On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor: by and with tne advice abolconkent ot tne 7 Executive Council, orders that the Hunting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 307/80, and the ql4 /4a 7 Hunting Methods Regulation, B.C. Reg. 401/78, are repealed and the attached Hunting Regulation is made. 1110/68 1441/88 I 533 j8 I1ol0/8? 21 q 87s/89 /b0b/$9 893/90 Maa/96 9G15/9/ lassAt Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This part is for the records ty: the Office Ty:Legislative Counsel, and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section Wildlife Act, section 110 ✓ t/ Other (specify) 0/C 1710/80 and 2287/78 A7/- "" Examined by W.B. Maddaford /2:1k 4" (Stgnature and typed or printed na (*designate°A meg r nerd Eaa nn) June 8, 1984 / 84 / kmr HUNTING REGULATION Division (1) - Interpretation 1. (1) In this regulation "antlerless animal" means a female or young animal of the deer family bearing no visible bony antlers, and for the purposes of this definition the small skin or hair covered protuberances on male fawns and calves are not antlers; "bag limit" means the maximum number of a species of wildlife or a type of wildlife that a person may take or kill (a) in the case of mammals, in one licence year, (b) in the case of birds, in one day; "bait" means any thing, including meat, cereal, cultivated crops, a restrained animal or any manufactured product or material, that may attract wildlife, but does not include a decoy; "buck" or "bull" means a male of the deer family bearing visible bony antlers; "calf" in reference to a moose, elk or caribou means one that is less than 12 months of age; "compound crossbow" means a crossbow on which the bow string passes through a series of pulleys; "decoy" means a material or manufactured product that simulates the appearance or has the form of wildlife; "full curl bighorn ram mountain sheep" means any bighorn ram (male) mountain sheep that has attained the age of 8 years as determined by horn annuli, or whose horn tip, when viewed from the side along the horizontal plane and at right angles to the sagittal plane of the skull, extends upwards beyond a straight line drawn between the ventralmost portion of the eye-socket retained with the skull and the ventral posteriormost portion of the base of the horn; "full curl thinhorn ram mountain sheep" means any thinhorn ram (male) mountain sheep that has attained the age of 8 years as determined by yearly horn growth annuli or whose horn tip, when viewed from the side at right angles to the sagittal plan of the skull, extends upward beyond the dorsal surfaces of the suture joining the left and right nasal bones; "horizontal plane" means the surface intersecting the ventral posteriormost portion of the base of the left and right horns, the ventral portion of the most complete eye-socket retained with the skull and that is at right angles to the sagittal plane; "lateral plane" means the surface intersecting the ventral anteriormost portion of the most complete eye-socket retained with the skull and that is at right angles to the sagittal and horizontal planes; "licence year" means the period April 1 to March 31 next following; "management unit" or "M.U." means an area designated as a management unit by B.C. Reg. 415/75; "plane" means a surface such that the straight line that joins any 2 of its points lies wholly in that surface; "power boat" means a boat, canoe or yacht powered by electric, gasoline, oil, steam or other mechanical means, but does not include a boat powered by oars nor a boat with an outboard motor provided the motor is tilted or otherwise disengaged so as not to be ready for immediate use; "possession limit" means the maximum number of a species or type of wildlife which a person may have in his possession while hunting or returning from hunting; -2- "sagittal plane" means the surface by which the skull is divided equally into left and right sides; "snowmobile" means a vehicle weighing not more than 1 000 pounds, designed primarily for travel on snow or ice, having one or more steering skis and self-propelled by one or more endless belts driven in contact with the ground; "spike buck" means a male deer having antlers that are composed of a main beam from which there are no bony projections; "three quarter curl bighorn ram mountain sheep" means any bighorn ram (male) mountain sheep that has attained the age of 6 years as determined by horn annuli, or whose horn tip, when viewed from the side along the horizontal plane and at right angles to the sagittal plane of the skull, extends beyond a straight line drawn vertically from the ventral anteriormost portion of the eye-socket retained with the skull and which is at right angles to a line drawn between the ventral anteriormost portion of the eye socket retained with the skull and the ventral posteriormost portion of the base of the horn. (2) For the purposes of the Wildlife Act and this regulation, "game bird" includes a migratory game bird. 2. All dates and all references to descriptions by means of serial numbers in this regulation are inclusive, unless otherwise indicated. 3. For the purpose of this regulation, the Province of British Columbia is divided into the following regions: (a) Region 1 - Vancouver Island, comprised of Management Units 1-1 to 1-15 (including a part of the mainland coast in the vicinity of Knight and Seymour Inlets); (b) Region 2 - Lower Mainland, comprised of Management Units 2-1 to 2-15; (c) Region 3 - Thompson-Nicola, comprised of Management Units 3-12 to 3-20 and 3-26 to 3-46; (d) Region 4 - Kootenay, comprised of Management Units 4-1 to 4-9 and 4-14 to 4-40; (e) Region 5 - Cariboo, comprised of Management Units 5-1 to 5-16; (f) Region 6 - Skeena, comprised of Management Units 6-1 to 6-29 including the Queen Charlotte Islands; (g) Region 7 - Omineca-Peace, comprised of Management Units 7-1 to 7-56; (h) Region 8 - Okanagan, comprised of Management Units 8-1 to 8-15 and 8-21 to 8-26. Division (2) - Open Seasons 4. The open seasons for the hunting of each species and type of game animal, subject to section 6, are those set forth in Parts 1 and 2 of each schedule. 5. An open season declared by this regulation shall cease to be in effect in any area (a) while the area is subject to a closure order issued by the Forest Service of the Ministry of Forests, or (b) if hunting is prohibited by an order of the Minister of Environment made under section 41 of the Wildlife Act. -3- 6. Where an open season is marked in Part 1 of a schedule by a cross, the restrictions set out in Part 2 of that schedule apply. Division (3) - Bag and Possession Limits 7. Where a bag limit is marked in Part 1 of a schedule by a dagger, the restrictions set out in Part 3 of that schedule apply. 8. The abbreviation "NBL" in Part 1 of each schedule means no bag limit". 9. (1) An entry such as "2(1)" in Part 1 of a schedule means, in the case of ungulates, that the bag limit is 2 animals of that species in the aggregate, one of which may be antlerless. (2) An entry such as "10(20)" in Part 1 of a schedule means, in the case of game birds, that the bag limit is 10 birds a day, while the possession limit is 20. 10. Subject to section 11 (2), a person commits an offence where he exceeds the bag limit or possession limit for an area as set out in Part 1 or Part 3 of each schedule. 11. (1) Subject to exceptions for areas noted in Parts 1 and 3 of each schedule, a person commits an offence where he exceeds the Provincial bag limit for a species or type of animal as follows: (a) 2 deer of which only one may be an antlerless deer; (b) 2 black bear; (c) 2 cougar; (d) 3 wolves; (e) one big game animal of a species other than those referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d); (f) one wolverine; (g) one lynx; (h) 5 bobcat. (2) Where a bag limit in an area is higher than the Provincial bag limit for a species or type of animal, a person commits an offence where he kills more than the number of animals permitted by the higher bag limit less the number of animals of that species or type taken by him anywhere else in the Province. 12. (1) A person commits an offence where (a) he ;las in his possession, while hunting or returning from a hunt, game birds in excess of 3 times the daily bag limit, (b) he kills more than 5 geese in one day, or (c) he has in his possession more than 10 geese while hunting or returning from hunting. 13. There is no open season for 2 year old or younger grizzly bear or any grizzly bear accompanying it.