CALGARY – Increased bag limits on geese and extensions on moose season for some areas have been announced by Alberta Fish and Wildlife.
The fish and wildlife department has set a June 24 deadline for applications for license draws. Applications and the new regulations are available at all fish and wildlife offices and some private license vendors.
Changes for this year include:
- A firearm in or on a vehicle, aircraft or boat is considered loaded if it has live ammunition in the breech, chamber or magazine, unless the cartridges are in a magazine not attached to the gun.
- Fees for licenses and wildlife certificates have gone up. The money will be used to support wildlife conservation education programs.
- Youths 12 years of age or older, who have successfully completed the Alberta Conservation and Hunter Education program, are eligible to hunt big game with a bow and arrow.
- Youths are also eligible to buy a youth mule deer license, and the antlerless mule deer special license has been reduced in price.
- The antlered moose-calling season has been extended one week in 17 northern wildlife management units. This delays the opening of the general moose season by one week to reduce the harvest of bulls. Moose hunting will be expanded in other areas.
- Delivery of pheasants to designated pheasant-release sites in northern parts of Alberta has been discontinued.
- Bag limits on geese have been increased and season dates have been changed.
- Fixed-season dates have been introduced for all upland game birds and will remain the same from year to year.
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