If you are willing to give your name and go to court to give evidence, the officer may be able to lay a charge using you as a witness. You do not have to give your name and you could be paid for your information. Hunters and non-hunters are asked to provide community support by reporting any information they become aware of. Poachers are not hunters, they are criminals. Only a small percentage of people are involved in this illegal activity.
Conservation officers enforce a variety of acts and regulations, including the Wildlife Act.
The following is an overview of some ofthe regulations. The general open season for hunting deer is the last Friday in October until the first Sunday in December, includsive, every year. Anyone hunting other harvestable wildlife may possess a shotgun loaded with shot no greater than .24 inches in diameter or a bow and arrow with or without broadheads. The owner or occupier of a dwelling may discharge a firearm or bow or hunt within the distances stated ifthe point of discharge is not within the prescribed distances from any other dwelling or a school, public building, playground, golf course, athletic field, woods operation or place of business. No person shall sell the meat of white-tailed deer, moose, bullfrogs, snapping turtles or game birds unless permitted by regulation or licence.