Black Bear

Black Bear Management Area

(BMA 200)

Spring 2022 Season Fall 2022 Season
April 1, 2022 to July 13, 2022  August 10, 2022 to November 30, 2022

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.
  • 2022 black bear licences are valid for the 2022 spring and fall season.
  • Licenced black bear hunters are permitted to trap 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. Note: Beginning in the 2023 spring season bear hunters must possess a valid big game black bear licence and a valid trapping licence to set foot hold trapping devices for black bear.
  • Apply for your 2022 Resident Black Bear licence online by visiting wildlife.gov.nl.ca or you can print an application form by clicking here and mail it with your cheque or money order to the address indicated on the form.

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 2022-23, 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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