Sharing your regular or additional licence for white-tailed deer hunting

You can also hunt as a group of six people with your regular or additional hunting licence. You have to agree on a commitment to share the harvest limit for white-tailed deer. Each member may hunt as long as one of the people in the group still has a transportation coupon on his or her licence.

Licences can only be pooled in this way in wildlife reserves and outfitters with exclusive rights, as well as on the Kenauk Nature X S.E.C., Seigneurie du Lac Métis and part of the Seigneurie Nicolas‑Rioux S.E.C. territories.

It is up to the hunters to decide if they will adhere to it when they enter the site.

To use this measure, you must meet the following conditions.

Fill in and submit a commitment form

When your group of hunters enters the hunting site, it must give the reception officer a copy of the completed commitment form (PDF 107 Kb). This document identifies members of the group authorized to use the licence of another hunter. The form includes the names and signatures of the hunters, their white-tailed deer hunting licence numbers, the purpose of the commitment and its duration, the name of the area, and the date of the commitment.

Respect the duration of the commitment

The duration of the commitment cannot exceed the duration of your group’s stay in the territory. A hunter who is a party to the commitment cannot, for its duration, become a party to another similar commitment. For the duration shown on the form, all the hunters whose names appear on the form may use the white-tailed deer hunting licence of another member of the group, in the area concerned. This measure is valid as long as one of them has a valid deer hunting licence and is present in the area.

Carry the commitment document

When hunting, all the group members must carry a copy of the commitment and must also carry their own hunting licence, even if the transportation coupon has already been used. The commitment must be shown to a wildlife protection officer or assistant upon request.

Affixing the unique transportation coupon number

When a hunter kills a white-tailed deer, they must use the transportation coupon from their own licence by affixing their unique transportation coupon number to the animal. If their coupon has already been used on a deer, they must, on the same day the animal is killed, ensure that the unique number of a transportation coupon from the still-valid licence of a person whose name appears on the commitment and who is present in the territory is affixed to the animal.

Registering the game

When the animal is registered, each hunter registers the deer on which their unique transportation coupon number is affixed.

The members of your group are responsible for complying with the limit on the number of deer that they can kill. A person who takes part in the hunt, but no longer has a valid transportation coupon on their licence, must ensure that he or she always hunts in close proximity to another member of the group who has a valid one. He or she must be able to communicate with the other member at all times to avoid multiple kills.