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Editor: Fritz Angst OcrOBER 1994Circulation: Bill Rockett

ALBERTA HUNTING REGULATIONS AND STAMPS

No. 6

Attached is the first half of a 12 page article on Alberta Hunting Regulations and Stamps,prepared by member Ed Zaluski. The second half will appear in the December edition. To keepmailing costs down, we have reproduced the article on both sides of the page. Hopefully, thisformat will not present any problems for our readers.

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ALBERTA HUNTING REGULATIONS

AND STAMPS By Edward Zaluski

INTRODUCTION

Within this article, a reasonably detailed description of the Alberta Government's currentwildlife legislation will be followed by a description of Alberta Hunting and Resource

Development Stamps and booklets, and how they are used.

WILDLIFE LEGISLATION

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• changes to the regulations that ap­ply to the Wildlife Act are madeeach year, as required, and

• the information presented herecomes mostly from currentgovernm~nt publications, as identi­fied in the Bibliography.

To protect, manage, conserve, and provide for the public's use of the province's natural wild-life resources, the Alberta provincial government has passed legislation and issued appropri­

ate regulations that apply to all peoplewho hunt or wish to hunt within the itsboundaries. The appropriate act is MOOSEnamed the ALBERTA WILDLIFE ACT.

AL8ERTA WILDUFE ACT

The information presented in thissection (under Wildlife Legislation)reflects Alberta's hunting regulations asthey applied to the 1993 hunting season ~

because:

Further details on hunting "do's" and"don'ts" are provided later.

The Alberta Wildlife Act and its regu-lations formally record a hunting

code, taking into account the wants andneeds of the public. For example, thelegislation and its regulations outline"seasons" and times for hunting variousspecies, describe the types of weaponsallowed or not allowed, discuss land­holder permission procedures, providerules for firearms safety, etc.

Figure 1: Big Game: l:Joofed Animals

DEFINITION OF WILDLIFE

A ccording to the current Alberta Wildlife Act, wildlife includes all vertebrate animals nativeto Alberta (except people), including some species that were introduced to and continue to

live wild in Alberta. Wildlife is further divided into eight groups (Various booklets 1993), asfollows:

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1. Big Game: All large mammals, including pronghorn antelope, black bear, grizzly bear,cougar, mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, bighorn sheep, or anyhybrid of these species. All aredisplayed in either Figure 1 or in the"Big Game" section of Figure 3.

2. Birds of Prey: All meat-eating birdswh ich hunt or scavenge for theirfood, including bald eagle, goldeneagle, prairie falcon, northern gos­hawk, gyrfalcon, northern hawk,read-tailed hawk, rough-legged hawk,sharp-skinned hawk, Swainson' shawk, northern hawk owl, Americankestrel, merlin, osprey, barred owl,boreal owl, common barn owl, greatgrey owl, great horned owl, long­eared owl, northern pygmy owl,northern saw-whet owl, short-earedowl, snowy owl, western screechowl, turkey vulture, and any hybridof these species.

3. Endangered Animals: All animalsneeding maximum protection orclose monitoring because of theirlow numbers, including wood bison~

barren-ground caribou, woodlandcaribou, whooping crane, peregrinefalcon; swift fox, ferruginous hawk,burrowing owl, white pelican, moun­tain plover, piping plover, trumpeterswan, and any hybrid of these spe­cies. Pictures of the bison and cari­bou are displayed in Figure 2.

4. Fur-bearing Animals: All animalstrapped for their fur, includingbadger, beaver, bobcat, coyote,ermine, fisher, arctic fox, grey fox,red fox, lynx, marten, mink, muskrat,otter, red squirrel, least weasel, long­tailed weasel, wolf, wolverine, andany hybrid of these species. A fewof the. larger animals are identified inFigure 3.

5. Migratory Game Birds: All birdsthat migrate across international Figure 3: Fur-bearing Animals

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7. Non-game Animals: All ani­mals and birds protected fromhunting, including about 260species in the classes of nativereptiles, waterbirds, shorebirds,gulls, terns, perching birds, orsongbirds.

8. Non-licence Animals: Rodentanimals and birds which may behunted without a permit or li­cence, such as frogs, snakes,hares, rabbits, raccoons, squir­rels, chipmunks, lemmings, mar­mots, shrews, skunks, wood­chucks, porcupines, mice, go­phers, rats, bats, crows, magpies,cowbirds, doves, pigeons, black.birds, sparrows, starlings, andany other animal or birds notfalling within one of the pre­vious seven groups.

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boundaries and are subject tofederal legislation based on theinternational agreement titledMigratory Birds Convention Act.These birds include Americancoot, all ducks, all geese, com­mon merganser, hooded mergan­ser, red-breasted merganser, sorarail, Virginia rail, yellow rail,Wilson's snipe, and any hybridof these species.

Upland Game Birds: Ground­dwelling, chicken-like birds thatmay be hunted, including bluegrouse, ruffed grouse, sagegr0use, sh arp-ta i Ied grouse,spruce grouse, hungarianpartridge, ring-necked pheasant,white-tailed ptarmigan, willowptarmigan, and any hybrid ofthese species.

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RECREATIONAL HUNTINGLICENCES Figure 4: 1965 Wildlife Certificate, Front Side

Within the framework of wildlifemanagement, Recreational Hunting Licences -- labelled Wildlife Certificates -- are used by

the Province of Alberta to provide private individuals with physical evidence of authorized andcontrolled access to its wildlife resources. Specifically, recreational licences are used to:

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• regulate hunters and hunting activities by forcing them to first qualify for and obtaina licence;

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• limit the number or type of animals killed (with the aid of "tags");

• distribute hunting activities over specific geographic areas; and

• restrict hunting activities to specifically stated times.

Early Wildlife Certificates comprised only one page. One used in 1965, both its front and backsides, is shown in Figures 4 and 5; note that all information on the certificate's original owner,and all the stamps that were once attached, have been electronically removed from these d is:played figures. (This early example of a Wildlife Certificate was provided by Clayton Rubecand is reproduced with his permission.)

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Current recreational hunting licencescome in booklet form, each containingwithin it:

• the applicable year with expirydate, the certificate serial number,the cost of licence procurement,and some administrative informa­tion, all printed on the front page(see Figure 6);

• an information page identifyingthe hunter, his address, height,weight, sex, date of birth, and dateof licence issue;

• a "Resource Development Stamp",for which an extra fee is coI:ected;

• a number of pages containing pre­printed squares designed to receive"stamps" that identify the types ofgame the licence holder is author­ized to hunt; and

• a S UNRISE/S UNSET TABLEprinted on the back page to assistthe hunter in determining the exacttimes during the day when huntingis permitted.

Pictures of a wild Iife certificate's frontpage for the years 1983, 1987 and 1992are shown in Figures 6, 7 and 8.

SPECIAL LICENCES

Special licences and authorizations areadditional management tools to

control access to specific wildlifespecies, sex, or size of animals killed,Of to provide an additional opportunityto hunt a specific species in a specific(possibly restricted) area during a spe­cific time. Special licenses are usuallyrestricted to hunters resident in Albertaand are available only on a draw basis(i.e., a lottery of all hunters filing appli­cations) after the payment of a initialapplication fee. This fee is deposited inthe "Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund, Buckfor Wildlife Program"; monies from thisprogram are used to retain, enhance anddevelop habitat for fish and wildlife.(See comment on front of the 1992 Cer­tificate pictured in Figure 8.)

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