Hunters in B.C. must have certain game species inspected by a provincial inspector.
The following species of game must be submitted to a compulsory inspection centre within 30 days being killed:
Compulsory inspected species must be submitted to an inspector within 30 days of the kill, with the following exceptions:
For information about trapping compulsory inspection requirements, please see the Trapping compulsory reporting and inspection page.
Inspectors will only complete the inspection if all information and parts are submitted and able to be collected. Hunters are not in legal possession of the wildlife unless they comply with compulsory inspection requirements.
The following information must be reported to a compulsory inspector for any species:
Hunters must submit unfrozen wildlife parts for the following species.
Mountain sheep (Dall's, Stone's, California or Rocky Mountain)
Note: The horns will have a numbered aluminum plug inserted by an officer.
Mountain goat
Black bear, lynx, cougar and bobcat
Caribou
Elk and moose
Instructions on how to extract an incisor tooth from an animal:
Find a compulsory inspector from regions listed below.
Compulsory inspection stations are open by appointment only.
Region 1: Vancouver Island
For general information contact the Nanaimo Regional Office at, 250-751-7220.
Campbell River
Shane Renouf
250-203-1638
Shanerenouf@telus.net
Nanaimo
Rick Merriman
Rick.Merriman@gov.bc.ca (preferred method)
250-739-8355
Region 2: Lower Mainland
For general information, contact the Surrey Regional Office at, 604-586-4400.
Eastern Lower Mainland
Jamie Reynolds
604-819-2016
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Western Lower Mainland
Maurice Jenkins
604-970-4449
Powell River
Contact FrontCounter BC Surrey Office
604-586-4400
Sechelt
Darryl Raynolds
604-885-7419
Squamish
Nathan Webb
604-815-9035
Sunshine Coast
No inspector at this time. Contact the Surrey Regional Office at, 604-586-4400.
Region 3: Thompson
For general information, contact the Kamloops Regional Office at, 250-371-6200.
Kamloops (all species)
Chris Procter
250-312-6635
Alexandra Francis
778-362-7180
Kevin Watt
250-787-6102
Cayden Olstad
778-471-9513
Region 4: Kootenay
For general information, contact the Cranbrook Regional Office at 250-489-8540 or the Nelson Sub-regional Office at 250-354-6333.
Castlegar
Pasquale (Lino) Grifone
250-365-6327
Cranbrook
Bob Faiers
250-426-9653
Fish and Wildlife Regional Office
KootenayCI@gov.bc.ca
250-420-6341 (please leave a message)
Creston
Dustin Oakley
250-402-8132
Nakusp
James Henry Scown
250-265-4137
Radium Hot Springs
Kent Kebe
250-342-5601
Revelstoke
Lee Hollingsworth
250-814-9384
Sparwood
Chad Darren Bowen
catwelder@shaw.ca
250-433-6902
Trail
Josh Conci
250-231-5674
Region 5: Cariboo
For general information, contact the Williams Lake Regional Office at 250-398-4530 or 250-398-4345.
100 Mile House
Jerry Faulkner
604-845-4862
Alexis Creek (Moose only)
Alan Madley
250-394-4287
Bella Coola
Williams Lake Regional Office
250-398-4530
Quesnel
There is no local inspector in Quesnel for the 2024 hunting season, but regional biologists will be organizing dates throughout the fall to conduct CIs in Quesnel. Please contact the Williams Lake Regional Office (250-398-4530) to book an inspection
Williams Lake
Cullen Sikkes
778-267-7572
Courtney Jones
Courtney.N.Jones@gov.bc.ca
250-302-3554
Lili Simon
Lili.Simon@gov.bc.ca
250-302-4243
Shane White
Shane.White@gov.bc.ca
250-302-4600
Region 6: Skeena
For general information, contact the Smithers Regional Office at, 250 847-7260, 250 643-7481 or Skeena.Wildlife@gov.bc.ca.
Atlin
Jacquie Hanslit
250-651-2277
Burns Lake
Dominique Rutchka
d.rutchka@gmail.com
250-692-9393 (call or text)
Dease Lake
No current availability.
Hunters that are not residents of the north are requested to conduct their inspection in another location.
Locals to Dease Lake area, may contact Skeena.Wildlife@gov.bc.ca to inquire on staff travelling through that may be able to support.
Haida Gwaii - for black bear harvested in MUs 6-12 and 6-13 only.
Village of Queen Charlotte
250-559-6200
Smithers
Glen Sikkes
glensikkes@hotmail.com
250-847-0401
Terrace
Paul Rusch
paul_rusch@msn.com
250-615-1101
Region 7A: Omineca
For general information, contact the Prince George Regional Office at 250-565-6135.
Prince George
Ministry of Forests
250-614-7400
Vanderhoof
Ministry of Forests
250-567-6363
Region 7B: Peace
For general information, contact the Fort St. John Regional Office at 250-787-3411 or the Fort Nelson District Office at 250-774-5511.
Fort St. John (by appointment only)
Beaton Building
Contact 250-262-7736 for availability and bookings
Region 8: Okanagan
For general information, contact the Penticton Regional Office at 250 490-8200.
Kelowna
Greg Hoyer
250-764-2482
Penticton
Andrew Walker
778-622-6838
Kieran Braid
778-476-9012
Moriah Tanguay
778-476-9025
Hunters will receive a copy of their finalized Compulsory Inspection Report. Starting in 2023, the report will be made available to the hunter through their Fish and Wildlife profile in WILD.
The Compulsory Inspection database contains information that is collected during these inspections.
Compulsory Inspection records begin in 1900 and are presented at the management unit level. The species required to be inspected changes over time and varies by region, so not all species are represented in the dataset for the full period of record or for the entire province.
To access Compulsory Inspection data, see Hunting Data or DataBC.