Hunting & Trapping

HUNTING AND TRAPPING GUIDE 2016-17
Coyotes/Wolves
Coyote Licence
• A coyote licence permits hunters to harvest coyotes
using small calibre, centre-fire rifles and shotguns
during the open season which runs from September
10, 2016 to July 15, 2017.
There are no bag limits for coyote harvest.
• The following firearms/ammunition are legal for use
under a coyote shooting licence:
centre-fire rifle calibres up to and including a
.225 (these include .17 Rem., .22 Hornet,
.204 Ruger, .218 Bee, .222 and .223 Rem.,
.223 WSSM, .22-250 Rem., .220 Swift, .224
Weatherby Mag. and .225 Win.)
shotguns using shot size (#2 or larger).
• Rim-fire rifles and shotguns with slugs are not permitted to be used under the authority of a coyote shooting licence.
• Only licenced trappers are permitted to use trapping and snaring equipment to harvest coyotes.
Additional Opportunities to Harvest Coyotes
• Holders of a valid big game or wolf shooting licence may harvest coyotes during the open season for those species and in
the management area for which their licence is valid (licences become invalid when tags have been filled). Hunters
must use firearms and ammunition that the big game licence authorizes them to possess.
• Holders of a valid small game/coyote licence may also harvest coyotes during the open season for small game using a
shotgun with shot size #2 or larger or a .22 rimfire rifle.
• Licenced trappers may possess and use small calibre, centre-fire rifles up to a .225 to harvest coyotes during the coyote
trapping season.
Coyote Carcass Submission
• All hunters must submit carcasses to the nearest FAA or Wildlife Division Office within 14 days of harvest.
• All hunters must submit their licence returns within 7 days at the close of the season.
• Hunters may offer coyote pelts for market. Fur Export Permits may be required for hunters shipping furs out of province
that are not handled through a fur agent. See page 38.
Wolf Shooting Licence (Labrador)
• Upon application, a person other than a licenced trapper, may be issued a licence to take one wolf by shooting.
• Wolf shooting licences for Labrador are available at FAA offices in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Labrador City.
• Hunters are asked to not shoot wolves that have been marked with radio collars and/or eartags. See page 48.
• The lower jawbone or complete skull of all harvested
wolves must be submitted to the Wildlife Division by
May 12, 2017.
Wolves on the Island of Newfoundland
Wolf occurrences have been confirmed on the Island of
Newfoundland. To monitor any continued occurrence of
wolves on the Island, hunters and trappers are encouraged
to report sightings and are required to submit possible wolf
carcasses to the nearest FAA or Wildlife Division office. To
legally possess a wolf pelt harvested on the Island a permit
is required from the Wildlife Division. A $25.00 carcass collection
fee will be offered for each carcass submitted.
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