Big Game Hunting

Black Bear

Licences

You require a black bear hunting licence to hunt this species in Manitoba. Licences can be purchased at Manitoba Conservation offices throughout the province, or at participating vendors.

Bear Hunting

• It is illegal to kill a cub (young of the year) or a female bear with cubs.
• Hunting black bears within 100 metres of any man-made clearing surrounding any garbage dump is prohibited. However, in a provincial park, black bears may not be hunted within 300 metres of a garbage dump.
• Baits must be clearly identified with the name and address of the hunter, guide or outfitter.
• Baits may not be placed within:
• 200 metres of a road or dwelling,
• 500 metres of a cottage subdivision or a Crown land picnic site or campground, or
• 100 metres of Riding Mountain National Park.
• Baits on Crown land may not exceed 100 kilograms of meat and/or fish.
• Baits shall not contain the head, hooves, hide, mammary glands or internal organs of livestock.
• In GHAs 23 and 23A:
• baits may not be placed between June 14 and August 9 and between October 4 and April 5, 2010.
• baiting equipment on Crown land must be removed from the bait site within 5 days after the closure of both spring and fall seasons.

NOTE: It is illegal to possess bear gall bladders in Manitoba.

Foreign Resident

• Foreign resident black bear hunters must book their hunt through a registered lodge or outfitter authorized to outfit foreign resident black bear hunters.
• Foreign resident black bear hunters must be accompanied by a licensed Manitoba guide. No more than three hunters may use the services of a guide at the same time.
• Foreign resident bear hunters must only use the services of the outfitter specified on their hunting licence.
• If a female bear is harvested, foreign resident black bear hunters must provide to their lodge or outfitter, a premolar tooth taken, a complete reproductive tract and all required information pertaining to these samples. Each hunter should receive an information package from the registered lodge or outfitter.
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) export permits are required before transporting a black bear out of Canada. A CITES export permit is not required if the hunter is personally transporting his/her fresh, frozen or salted black bear hide, the black bear hide with paws and claws attached, the skull or the meat of a black bear into the United States. Black bear paws and claws that are detached from the hide must be accompanied by a CITES permit.