| Department of Natural Resources
Hunting Licence: Bear (Snaring)
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| Who Needs This Licence? |
Anyone who wants to snare bear in Nova Scotia.
Note: You have to be 18 years of age or older.
(However, persons 16 or 17 can get a licence through a parent or guardian
who has an appropriate Hunting Certificate.) Also, he/she must
accompany you when you apply for this licence.
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| Issuing Department / Agency:
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N.S. Department of Natural Resources
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| Where can you get this Licence
and / or further information? |
Any of the Local or
Area Offices of the N.S. Department of Natural Resources.
OR
Consult the Nova Scotia
Hunting and Furharvesting Summary of Regulations (which is available
both in printed form and on the Department of Natural Resources website.)
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| Application Process: |
Only residents of Nova Scotia can get this licence.
No application form is needed. A licence can be purchased from any
of the offices of the Department
of Natural Resources .
You have to be 18 years of age or older. (However, persons 16 or 17
can get a licence through a parent or guardian who has an appropriate
Hunting Certificate.) Also, he/she must accompany you when you
apply for this licence.
You have to have a Base Licence
for Hunting.
You have to have a valid Wildlife
Resource Card and be a qualified Fur Harvester.
If you have all those
requirements, then you can buy a
Bear Snaring Stamp . You stick that hunting stamp on the
inside of the cover of your Base Licence, and that turns it into a
Bear Snaring Licence. Base Licence + Bear
Snaring Stamp = Bear Snaring Licence .
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| Waiting Period: |
None
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| Price: (tax is included) |
Resident Only : $26.19
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| Expiry : |
This licence is valid for the length of the bear snaring season
in a given year. Once the licence expires, it cannot be reused.
Bear snaring is allowed on Sundays.
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| Related Requirements: |
A Valid N.S.Wildlife
Resource Card
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| Additional Information:
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- If you are carrying a firearm in any wildlife habitat in Nova Scotia,
you may also be asked to produce one of the following:
- A valid Firearms
Acquisition Certificate ; or
- Canadian Firearm
Possession & Acquisition Licence ; or
- Canadian Adult
(Firearm) Possession Only Licence ; or
- Canadian Minor's
(Firearm) Possession Only Licence (if you are under 18).
- Anyone exporting bears or bear parts out of Canada has to have a
CITES Export Permit.
- Hunting is not allowed in Nova Scotia on Sundays.
- For more information on Hunting Regulations, download the Nova
Scotia Hunting and Furharvesting Summary of Regulations. .
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| Legislative Authority: |
Wildlife
Act, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, Chapter 504
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