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| Firearms: |
Big game, including black bears, may only be hunted
with a firearm (this includes bows). If you are hunting deer or moose at the same time you are hunting black bears, you may only use or carry (on your person, in a vehicle or boat) a firearm of the type permitted for deer or moose, as the case may be, at that time in that WMU.
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| Party Hunting for Bear |
Party hunting for bear is permitted during the open season for moose under a set of specific conditions listed on MNR website |
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| Sealing and Transporting Bear |
If you have killed a black bear while hunting alone, you must immediately after the kill and at the kill site securely attach the game seal to the animal in the manner described on the seal. The seal must remain attached while transporting the carcass.
If party hunting for black bears, the member whose game
seal is to be used must, immediately after the kill and at the
kill site, securely attach the game seal to the animal in the
manner prescribed on the seal.
A person who seals a black bear must notch out the month, date and time of the kill on the game seal.
Only the hunter whose game seal is to be used is allowed to
attach the game seal to the black bear. It is illegal to transfer a game seal in order to seal a black bear. |
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| Other Regulations |
It is illegal to hunt black bears within 400 m (437 yd.)
of a waste disposal site, regardless of whether the land is
Crown or private.
It is illegal to shoot or interfere with black bears in their dens, or damage or destroy their dens.
It is illegal to possess a bear gallbladder that has been
separated from the bear carcass. Leave the gallbladder with the entrails after field dressing your bear. |
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Who Can Hunt Bears?
Residents who purchase a black bear hunting licence are required to complete a mandatory questionnaire and mail it to the ministry by December 15 of the year of the hunt. A hunter must submit the mandatory questionnaire even if they did not bear hunt. The questionnaire is included on page 69 of this publication. Copies are available at ServiceOntario Centres or at
ontario.ca/hunting.
A resident hunter must complete the mandatory question-naire, place it in an envelope, and mail it to Ministry of Natural Resources, Big Game Harvest Assessment Program, 1350 High Falls Road, Bracebridge ON P1L 1W9 by December 15 of the year of the hunt.
WMU-specific second game seals for black bears may be available to resident bear hunters in WMUs where there are
no sustainability concerns. The second game seal allows a
resident hunter to harvest a second black bear. A second game seal can be purchased and/or used before the seal received with the licence tag is filled. These seals are available from ServiceOntario Centres. You can contact a ServiceOntario Centre in August of the year of the hunt for information on WMUs where second game seals are available or go to ontario.ca/hunting. It is illegal to hunt in a WMU not specified on the game seal when hunting black bears under a second game seal.
A non-resident who wishes to hunt a black bear in Ontario must have a Black Bear Hunting Licence Validation Certificate (white copy) to validate their non-resident black bear hunting licence. This certificate can be obtained from a bear operator (operator of a tourist establishment, guide or air carrier) licensed in Ontario to provide black bear hunting services to non-residents.
The following non-residents are not required to use a
licensed bear operator:
• A non-resident hunting with an immediate relative who is an Ontario resident licensed to hunt a black bear in a Wildlife Management Unit that has an open season for non-residents. Immediate relative, when used in reference to a person, means that person’s grandparent, parent, spouse, child, sibling or grandchild.
• A non-resident who is the owner of property in a WMU that has an open black bear season for non-residents.
A non-resident who qualifies under either of these two exceptions MUST still apply for the validation certificate at a ministry office in the area of the hunt. A non-resident black bear hunting licence is not valid unless a validation certificate accompanies it. Where a property is owned by more than one person or by a corporation, only one validation certificate will be issued. The non-resident landowner may hunt only in the WMU where the property is located.
A non-resident hunter using the bear hunting services of an
operator licensed to provide black bear hunting services must hunt only in the areas designated on the Black Bear Hunting Licence Validation Certificate received from the operator. These areas can include Crown or private land located within a Bear Management Area (BMA) assigned to the operator, and private land located within a WMU designated on the operator’s licence. The licence to provide black bear hunting services does not permit the operator to provide hunting services on private land located within a BMA licensed to another operator. The operator must have permission of the landowner in order to provide bear hunting services to clients on private land.
Non-resident hunters are required to report their black bear hunting activity and harvest by November 30 of the year of the hunt. To report, the hunter must complete, sign and date the hunter mandatory report on the pink copy of the Black Bear Hunting Licence Validation Certificate held by the issuer of the certificate (operator licensed to provide bear hunting services or ministry office). It is the responsibility of the issuer to return the hunter’s completed mandatory report to the ministry.
Successful black bear hunters can assist the Ministry of Natural Resources in determining the age structure of local bear populations by submitting for analysis two premolar teeth from each bear harvested. This information provides data necessary for the sustainable management of the species.
In return for your support of wildlife management efforts, an Ontario Bear Hunter Crest and information about the age of your bear(s) will be mailed to your home address, usually within six months. Please contact the ministry office in the area in which you will be hunting, or your bear operator, for more information.
Premolar teeth should be extracted shortly after the animal has been killed while the jaw is still pliable. The first premolar is a small, single-rooted peg-like tooth located just behind the canines. To remove the tooth push the blade of a knife down along all sides of the tooth between it and the gum. Gently loosen the tooth by rocking it back and forth using the canine for leverage, then carefully remove the tooth using pliers. Care should be taken when extracting the tooth to ensure that the root is not broken.
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