Anyone who wants to hunt, trap or snare any species of wildlife in Nova Scotia.

NO APPLICATION FORM IS REQUIRED.

Your base licence is complete once you purchase a Wildlife Habitat Stamp and this stamp is affixed to the front cover of the current copy of your Nova Scotia Hunting and Furharvesting licence and Summary of Regulations Booklet.

Note: Whenever you are hunting, you have to have this Base Licence with you. [And if you are walking in the woods with a gun during hunting season, you are presumed to be hunting!]

This is a seasonal licence which expires on March 31 of each calendar year. Once it expires, it is invalid, and you must get a new one.

For information on seasons, limits and regulations, see the Nova Scotia Hunting and Furharvesting Summary of Regulations booklet, available on the Department of Natural Resources website. This booklet is available in August of each year, wherever you can buy licences or by contacting the Licensing Division office (see "Where Can You Get . . ." above).

1. To get a Base Licence, you have to have a valid Wildlife Resources Card and be certified for the weapon with which you will be hunting.   [If you are a non-resident, you have to have whatever is the equivalent in your own province or state.]
   
   
2. If you are carrying a gun in any wildlife habitat in Nova Scotia, you may also be asked to produce one of the following:
   
   1. A valid Firearms Acquisition Certificate ; or
      
   2. Canadian Firearm Possession & Acquisition Licence ; or
      
   3. Canadian Minor's (Firearm) Possession Only Licence (if you are under 18).
      
      
3. Hunting is not allowed in Nova Scotia on Sundays.
    
4. If you are going to hunt ducks, geese, woodcock, Wilson or common snipe, in addition to your N.S. Small Game Hunting Stamp, you will also have to have a (Canadian) Federal Migratory Game Bird Hunting Permit. This can be obtained at any Office of Canada Post.

1. You can only get one Base Licence each year.
2. You have to carry your Base Licence with you whenever you are hunting.
3. A Base licence is required to snare rabbits, even if you are under 18.
4. Special Stamps are required for the following:

Bear Hunting;
Bear Snaring;
Deer Hunting;
Antlerless Deer Hunting;
Moose Hunting;
Small Game - including ruffled grouse, ringed neck pheasant and migratory game birds (ducks, geese, woodcock, Wilson or common snipe); [non-residents also need this stamp to hunt or snare rabbits];
Furharvesting - including beaver, otter, mink, muskrat, fisher, raccoon, fox, bobcat and weasel;
Bow hunting;
Muzzle Loader hunting.

5.
(A) The following can be hunted with a Base Licence (only), but only during their open season :