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Department of Natural Resources
Bow Hunting Stamp For Deer
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| Who Needs This
Stamp? |
Anyone who wants to hunt during the
special open season for bowhunting deer in Nova Scotia.
(For the dates of that season, see Expiry,
below...)
NOTE: For more information, please see the Hunting
and Furharvesting Summary of Regulations
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| Issuing Department
/ Agency: |
Authorized vendors (on behalf of the)
N.S. Department of Natural Resources
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| Where can you get this Stamp and / or further information? |
Authorized Vendors
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Any of the Local or Area Offices
of the N.S. Department of Natural Resources.
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Service Delivery Division
Business Registration Unit
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Tel: (902) 424-4821
Fax: (902) 424-4633
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Office Location:
Maritime Centre
9th Floor, Reception Area
1505 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3K5
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1529
Halifax, NS B3J 2Y4
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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.)
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| Application Process: |
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No application form is needed. The Bow Hunting stamp can be
purchased at any of the offices listed above.
You mus have a valid Wildlife
Resource Card.
You must have valid Bow Hunting Certification.
You must have a valid Deer Hunting Licence.
If you have those requirements, then you can buy a
Bow hunting Stamp . You stick that hunting stamp on the inside
of the back cover of your Base Licence, and that turns it into a Bow
Hunting Licence. Base Licence + Bow Hunting
Stamp = Bow Hunting Licence .
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| Waiting Period:
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None
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| Expiry:
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This licence is valid for the length of the Special Open Season
for Bowhunting Deer. This starts before the general
open season on deer - on the last Saturday in September and lasts until the general open season begins. It resumes again on the 2nd day after the
general open season closes.
Hunting is not allowed in Nova Scotia on Sundays
. Once the Special Open Season ends, this licence is invalid.
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| Price:
(GST is included) |
Resident: $ 6.15
Non-Resident: $12.29
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| Related Requirements:
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- You have to have a valid Wildlife
Resource Card with Bow Hunting Certification.
- Base Licence for Hunting and Furharvesting;
and
- Deer Hunting Licence
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| Additional Information:
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- Bowhunters who fill their tag(s) in the Special Open Season
for Bowhunting Deer cannot hunt
for any more deer after that, either in the rest of the Special season
or in the general open season.
- 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
- 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:
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Wildlife
Act, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, Chapter 504
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