Game transportation and exports

When you kill a white-tailed deer, a moose, a black bear or a wild turkey, you must immediately remove the appropriate transportation coupon from your licence and attach it to the animal. 

In addition, when you kill an antlerless deer under an antlerless deer hunting licence (random draw) or an adult female moose under an adult female moose hunting licence (random draw), you must immediately punch the random draw licence in the circle provided, no later than at midnight on the day of the harvest.

Special rules apply if you hunt antlerless deer or if you hunt deer as part of a group in a wildlife reserve, outfitter with exclusive rights and certain ZECs, or if you share your licence to hunt female moose in a wildlife reserve.

If you kill a moose, you must ensure that the required number of additional transportation coupons (i.e. the same as the number of licences required per moose) are attached to the animal on the same day it is killed. 

Every additional coupon must come from the hunting licence of an individual: 

• who is legally entitled to hunt moose using a permitted weapon, during the period and in the area (zone, outfitter with exclusive rights or ZEC) where the animal was killed, and where moose hunting is subject to quotas; and 
• who took part in the hunting expedition during which the moose was killed. 

If the moose was killed in a ZEC, all the additional coupons must come from the licences of individuals who, before the animal was killed, had paid the requisite fee to hunt moose in the ZEC, and had registered when entering the ZEC.

During a moose hunt subject to a quota in a wildlife reserve, and regardless of whether the group is a single group or a double group, the person who kills the animal must ensure that another transportation coupon from the hunting licence of a person in the same group is attached to the animal on the day it is killed. The people whose transportation coupons are attached to the animal are then deemed to have reached their annual bag limit for moose.

In wildlife reserves, a single group of four hunters may accept a fifth hunter, provided he or she is a young person or student (see the section on Bag limits in wildlife reserves). The same applies to a double group of seven or eight hunters, who may accept no more than two additional hunters on the same conditions. If the additional hunter holds a moose hunting licence, he or she may place the transportation coupon from that licence on the animal killed, in the same way as any other group member. If the additional hunter does not have a moose hunting licence and is hunting under the licence of an adult member of the group, he or she will be deemed to have reached his or her moose bag limit and may not participate in the registration of another moose during the current year.

A young hunter who kills a big game animal or a wild turkey under a regular licence must attach the transportation coupon from the licence under which he or she hunted, and must then comply with all subsequent requirements, including registration of the game in his or her name. 

When all the transportation coupons from the licence have been removed, neither the young hunter nor the adult licence holder can continue to hunt the animal in question, for the rest of the year. A young hunter who kills an antlerless deer under the antlerless deer hunting licence of an adult must punch the licence in question, no later than at midnight on the day of the harvest, and, in the circle provided, must comply with all subsequent requirements, including registering the antlerless deer in his or her name. Once punched, the privilege to kill an antlerless deer expires, but the licence remains valid to kill a buck if the transportation coupon is still attached to the licence. The same rule applies to a female moose hunting licence.

Below are the specific transportation rules applicable to game animals before online registration or during in-person registration. The animal’s condition may be checked by a wildlife protection officer or registration station delegate.  

If you kill a wild turkey, you must transport it and present it whole, eviscerated or not, at a registration station. 

The government has introduced measures to protect wild cervid herds and continues to take action to reduce the risk that  chronic wasting disease (CWD) will become established in wild populations.

Below are the regulatory restrictions that apply to the transportation of anatomical parts of cervids killed by hunters.

The regulation places restrictions on the transportation of certain anatomical parts of cervids (white-tailed deer, moose and farm-raised cervids) killed within a 45-km radius of a site at which CWD has been confirmed (see the map ). It is therefore forbidden to take the anatomical parts in which CWD is concentrated out of the 45-km radius AND out of the hunting zone in which the animal was killed.

It is forbidden to import or possess whole carcasses and certain anatomical parts of cervids (except caribou) killed outside Québec. In cervids with CWD, pathogenic prions are concentrated in the organs concerned.

If you hunt outside Québec:

• Avoid hunting in or near sectors where CWD has been detected .
• If the authorities of the province or state where you killed the cervid informs you that the animal has CWD, please notify SOS Poaching – Wildlife Emergency by calling 1 800 463-2191.

The transportation coupon and proof of registration allow for the transportation of big game or part of it, including fur, outside Québec. This applies to residents and to non-residents who have held a valid Québec big game hunting or trapping licence. However, if the animal is a black bear, a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)  permit is usually required to transport all or part of the animal outside Canada (see the section on Registration, transportation and registration for non-residents).

To obtain a CITES permit, which is issued by the Canadian government, please visit the website of Environment and Climate Change Canada  or call 1 800 668- 6767.

In addition, to export raw fur out of Québec for commercial purposes, a person must hold a raw fur dealer’s or tanner’s licence. However, such a licence is not required from a resident if the product is from their own hunt. An export permit may also be required, depending on the destination. In this case, a regional wildlife management office can provide the export form issued by the Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs.