| Black Bear Management Area | Spring 2024 Season | Fall 2024 Season |
| 200 Labrador | April 1, 2024 to July 13, 2024 | August 10, 2024 to November 30, 2024 |
Regulations
- A valid black bear licence may be used for both the spring and fall 2024 season.
- Bag limits remain at two black bears per licence. Hunters may either harvest two bears in spring, two in fall, or one in each season.
- Female bears (sows) with cubs may not be harvested.
- Black bear hunters may apply for additional licences if they wish to harvest more than two black bears.
- There is no preseason bow hunt for black bears in Labrador during either the spring or 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.
- Black 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.
- Note that for licencing purposes for the 2024 spring Black Bear season, individuals who possess a 2023-24 General Trapper’s Licence and a 2024 Black
- Bear Licence will be permitted to use Aldrich foot holding traps or similar devices for harvesting Black bear. A person who intends on using these trapping devices during the 2024 fall Black Bear season will be required to purchase a 2024-25 General Trapper’s Licence which will be available during the normal trapper application/licence processing period in July.
- Apply for your 2024 Resident Black Bear licence online by visiting wildlife.gov.nl.ca.
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.