Hunters to delay bear hunt
Hunters in Iqaluit decided to open polar bear hunting season on Feb. 1 this year, instead of the traditional Dec. 1. About 100 hunters voted in favour of the decision at the Amarok HTO annual general meeting on Dec. 7.
Jeetaloo Kakee, a director with the HTO, said there are 17 polar bear tags this season. Members agreed to make 10 of those tags open tags – that is, any beneficiary who kills a polar bear can come in after a successful kill to claim the tag.
The remaining seven tags will be drawn once the open tags are used. Any polar bears that are shot in self-defence, or for community safety, will come out of the seven tags to be drawn.
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