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Initiation Licence

The initiation hunting licence is a mentoring licence that allows a person, 18 years of age or older, who has never previously held a hunting licence in British Columbia, to try hunting for a one-year period.
The requirements to complete Conservation & Outdoor Recreation Education and to hold a FWIDare waived for this one-time-only licence.
The initiation hunting licence can be purchased at any Service BC office or local vendor. The licence costs $19.00 ($15.00 licence fee plus $4.00 Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation surcharge).
To be eligible for the initiation hunting licence, a person:

  • Must be a B.C. resident
  • Must be 18 years or older
  • Must not have held a B.C. hunting licence in the past, with the exception of a youth hunting licence
  • Must be under the close personal supervision of a licensed adult who satisfies the qualifications to be a supervising hunter

Supervising Hunter for an Initiation Hunter

A person who holds an initiation hunting licence must be accompanied by, and under the close personal supervision of, a supervising hunter who is 18 years of age or older and meets the prescribed qualifications. It is an offence for an initiation hunter to hunt without a supervising hunter.
The prescribed qualifications to be a supervising hunter are:

  1. The person must be a resident of B.C. and hold a resident hunting licence other than an initiation hunting licence (or be exempted from holding a licence)
  2. The person must have held a hunting licence in B.C. (other than an initiation hunting licence) or a licence to hunt elsewhere in not fewer than three of any of the licence years preceding the current licence year (or be exempted from holding a licence)
  3. If the person is an Indian residing in B.C., paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply and the person must have received training in hunting and previously hunted lawfully without supervision
  4. The person must not be prohibited from carrying a firearm

If the holder of an initiation hunting licence is hunting with a licensed guide, item (b) of the prescribed qualifications does not apply to the supervising hunter.
The supervising hunter may accompany no more than:

  • Two initiation hunting licence holders at one time
  • One youth and one initiation licence holder at one time