| Black Bear Management Area
(BMA 200) |
Fall 2021 Season | Spring 2022 Season |
| Labrador (excludes National Parks) | August 10 to November 30 | April 1 to July 13 |
Regulations
- There is no preseason bow hunt for black bears in Labrador during either the spring or fall season.
- Two bears of either sex may be harvested. Female bears (sows) with cubs may not be harvested.
- 2021 black bear licences are valid for the 2021 spring and fall season.
- Licenced black bear hunters may snare black bears using Aldrich foot snares or similar devices (designed to capture and hold bears by the foot) set in a covered “cubby set”. The set must be checked daily and clearly marked with a warning sign indicating that a bear snaring device is set in the cubby.
- As began fall of 2020 Labrador black bear licences will now require a completed application and payment submitted to the address identified on the bottom of the black bear application or through our online process at https://www.wildlife.gov.nl.ca. All of Labrador is under one Black Bear Management Zone – 200 – Labrador.
Labrador Inuit Settlement Area
Non-beneficiaries of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement are required to get permission from the Nunatsiavut Government to access Labrador Inuit Lands unless your interests are accommodated under the Agreement.
Akami-Uapishkᵁ-KakKasuak-Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve
For 2021-22, small game, waterfowl hunting and fur-bearer trapping will continue to be permitted within the national park reserve boundary under the authority of a valid provincial licence. For more information concerning other activities inside the national park reserve boundary, please consult the Parks Canada website, www.parkscanada.gc.ca or contact Parks Canada Western Newfoundland and Labrador Field Unit (709)458-2417 or email: info@pc.gc.ca