Trappers and hunters
trap and hunt wild animals for pelts or live sale.
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Full NOC Description
Trappers and hunters trap and hunt wild animals for pelts or live sale. They are usually self-employed and work on a seasonal basis.
Main Duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Set traps with bait and position traps along trails
- Operate boats or snowmobiles or travel on foot, snowshoes or skis to patrol trapline or to reach hunting areas
- Pursue animals by observing and recognizing tracks, trails, animal droppings or broken foliage
- Remove catch and reset traps and snares
- Kill and skin catch for pelts, and treat and pack pelts for marketing or for transport to public auctions
- Kill wild animals using firearms or other weapons
- Trap live animals for sale to buyers or for relocation purposes
- Maintain and repair trapping and hunting equipment
- Maintain trails and access to trapping lines or hunting regions
- Trap designated animals for bounty or other control programs
- May train dogs for hunting
- May monitor animal population in the trapping or hunting regions to ensure future sustainability.
Also Known As
- fur trapper
- game trapper
- hunter
- sealer
- trapper
Employment Requirements
- Completion of trapping or hunting courses may be required in some provinces.
- A provincial trapping or hunting licence is required.
Provincial Regulation
Not Provincially Regulated
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Economic Regions
The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.
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