Anyone who wants to hunt antlered deer in Nova Scotia. There is a different licence and different regulations covering antlerless deer (does and young fawns).

Note: One must be 18 years of age or older to get this licence. If you are between 16 and 18, you can get a licence IF it is signed by a parent or guardian.  Also, he/she must accompany you when you apply for this licence.

For more information on this draw please see the Hunting and Furharvesting Summary of Regulations

Authorized Vendors (on behalf of the)
N.S. Department of Natural Resources

Authorized Vendors

OR

Any of the Local or Area Offices of the N.S. Department of Natural Resources.

OR

Service Delivery Division
Business Registration Unit
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

Tel: (902) 424-4821
Fax: (902) 424-4633

Note:  The Maritime Centre is located at the intersection of Barrington Street and Spring Garden Road (the Aliant Building at the foot of Spring Garden).

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.)

You have to have a valid Wildlife Resource Card and be certified for the weapon with which you will be hunting. [If you are a non-resident, you have to have whatever is the equivalent in your own province or state.]

No application form is needed.  A licence can be purchased from any of the offices listed above, as well as from authorized vendors. 

You have to provide proof of age and residency to the person issuing the licence.

You have to be 18 years of age or older. [However, persons 16 or 17 can get a licence through a parent or guardian.  When you are actually hunting, you must be under the supervision of an adult (18 years or older) who has a valid Firearm Hunting Certificate or Bow Hunting Certificate.]

You have to have a Base Licence for hunting.

If you have all those requirements, than you can buy a Deer Hunting Stamp .  You stick that hunting stamp on the inside of the back cover of your Base Licence, and that turns it into a Deer Hunting Licence.  Base Licence + Deer Hunting Stamp = Deer Hunting Licence

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This is a seasonal licence, which is valid until the end of the current deer season.  Once it expires, it cannot be reused.

Resident: $27.50
Non-Resident: $135.27
Seniors (65 years of age, and older): Free 

1. See Meat Permit (Wildlife) for the rules to follow if you want to store (freeze, etc.) the meat.
   
   
2. If you are carrying a gun in any wildlife habitat in Nova Scotia, you may also be asked to produce one of the following:
   
   1. A valid Firearms Acquisition Certificate ; or
      
   2. Canadian Firearm Possession & Acquisition Licence ; or
      
   3. Canadian Adult (Firearm) Possession Only Licence ; or
      
   4. Canadian Minor's (Firearm) Possession Only Licence (If you are under 18).

1. You always have to obey local (municipal) regulations regarding the firing of guns.  (For example, firing guns is illegal in many Towns in Nova Scotia.)
   
   
2. If you are a non-resident hunter, you can only hunt for deer if you are accompanied by a licensed guide, or by a resident of Nova Scotia who is over 19 and who has received a Special Permit to Guide (Temporary) .
   
   
3. When you are issued a Deer Hunting Licence, you are also issued one or more tags (whatever is the number of tags available for each hunter for that particular season).  Once you have used those tags, your licence becomes invalid.
   
   
4. When you kill a deer, you must attach one of those tags to the deer, and then you must take the deer to a Deer Registration Station, so that the proper Deer Registration Form can be filled out or you can register the deer using the online Deer Registration Form.  If the deer is registered online, the confirmation number must be written on the Base Licence and Deer Tag.   You can find a list of Deer Registration Stations in the Nova Scotia Hunting and Furharvesting Summary of Regulations.
   
   
5. Hunting is not allowed in Nova Scotia on Sundays.
   
   
6. For more information on Hunting Regulations, download the Nova Scotia Hunting and Furharvesting Summary of Regulations.

Wildlife Act, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, Chapter 504.