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From the Synopsis. Pg 14 of 2024-26
See bold underlined text.
Now seeOne of the most common questions that wildlife staff receive is about deer bag limits and deer species licences. On the surface it seems confusing, with provincial bag limits vs. regional bag limits, buck limits vs. antlerless bag limits, aggregate bag limits, individual bag limits for species, and species licences for mule (black-tailed) and white-tailed deer. Once the system is broken down into its parts it is straight forward. There are two classes of bag limits, Provincial and Regional, neither of these bag limits can be exceeded.
- The Provincial bag limit for deer is 3 (not including Haida Gwaii). Hunters may not harvest more than 3 deer in one licence year, but only 1 may be a mule (black-tailed) deer buck from Regions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7A, 7B, and 8 combined. Hunters may harvest 3 white-tailed deer (if they purchase 3 white-tailed deer licenses), or 3 mule (black-tailed) deer (if they purchase 3 mule (black-tailed) deer licenses), or a combination of white-tailed and mule (black-tailed) deer (1+2 or 2+1) providing they do not exceed the provincial limit of 3 and not more than 1 mule (black-tailed) deer buck from Regions 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7A, 7B, and 8 combined. The reason hunters may purchase more than 3 deer licenses in total is to provide hunters with the flexibility to harvest any combination of white-tailed or mule (black-tailed) deer up to a maximum of 3.
- Regional bag limits are implemented to limit the number of a species or sex of deer that may be harvested per hunter per year in response to local conditions. If a hunter harvests the maximum number of a species or sex of deer within a region, they can no longer hunt deer within that region. They can, however, continue to hunt and harvest deer in other regions until they reach the provincial bag limit of 3. The following table outlines the provincial and regional bag limits for deer. Deer bag limits on Haida Gwaii are not covered in this article, as they are a unique case.
Region 8 example.
REGIONAL BAG LIMITS »DEER DEER:
The aggregate bag limit for deer is 3. Two deer may be antlerless but only one antlerless deer of each species may be taken. The bag limit for mule deer is 1. Antlerless mule deer are available only through LEH. The bag limit for white-tailed deer is 2, only one of which may be a buck, and one of which may be antlerless.
By the sounds of the bold and italic text we cannot, for example, hunt region 8 and harvest a mule deer buck or doe and then continue to hunt any other deer. We already maxed out the regional limit for species mule deer, so we must stop.
We could however hunt a white tailed buck or doe then continue to hunt region 8 until we harvest either the opposite sex white tail deer as what we already took, AND / OR a mule deer buck or doe (with LEH). If we harvested a white tailed buck, a white tail doe, we could also harvest a mule deer buck or doe (with leh).
Am I wrong?
I started reading this again this year because I moved and can hunt more often. I've never taken more than one deer in a year before so it was never an issue. I want to make sure my understanding is correct.
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