Question for the Canadian hunters

[longwinters]

Hey guys I was wondering.....

When I watch some hunting shows different guides in Canada say that they have the, not sure what the exact term is, hunting/guiding rights for 10's of thousands of acres. Like for black bear etc....

Does that mean than no one else can hunt there, or just that no one else can guide there?

Long

 

[DrMike]

Long,

It means that no other outfitter can guide in their territory. Any legally licensed Canadian hunter can hunt on crown (public) land. The guide/outfitter concessions restricts those who wish to hunt with a guide (or who are required by law to do so) to using the guide/outfitter that has that particular concession.

Consequently, some of these concessions have sold in recent years for several millions of dollars. Many of the territories (perhaps even a majority here in British Columbia and/or the Yukon Territory) are held by United States and or German outfitters. They generally hire Canadian guides as they are familiar with the territories.

 

[longwinters]

So are foreigners required to have a guide in your provinces? I think not Ontario because Michigan hunters seem to go up there in droves to rifle hunt whitetail on their own. Unless the motels they stay at act as guides...

Long

 

[DrMike]

I can't speak for all provinces, but in British Columbia, all non-Canadians must hire a guide. I can hunt on any crown (public land) in British Columbia, but were I guiding, I would be permitted to guide only in my concession.

 

[sask boy]

Here in Saskatchewan a non Canadian must hire a guide.
If the guide has the lease on crown land I can still hunt on it but out of sportsmanship most people do not hunt around the same area he is using.
I do believe that most of the guiding services here in Saskatchewan are owned by Saskatchewan residents.
My cousin has been trying to get a guide license for many years not for profit but for friends he has met and would like them to come up to hunt. He advised that he is not going to buy someone out.

Blessings,
Dan

 

[NTM]

Here in Alberta a non Canadian must hire a guide. Someone from out of province can hunt with what is called a "hunter host" which is basically a friend or relative. In Alberta guides have allotments for certain areas. It is possible for more than one guide to be in the same area if that guide sells some of his allotments to another guide but I doubt if it would happen-(2 outfitters in the same area).

 

[super-7]

In Alberta you need a licensed guide for big game or have realitive that would be a hunter host, which you can use every 2nd year( not back to back) but non resident hunters can self guide for waterfowl if they so desire, and many do. In my locoal area we have some southern nieghbors that have come up for years to hunt geese and ducks.