Hunter Compulsory Inspection
In order to comply with the British Columbia Wildlife Act and hunting regulations, hunters must have certain game species inspected by a provincial inspector.
Information gathered from inspections is submitted for the purposes of data collection and enforcement. The species required to be inspected will vary by region or management unit (MU).
Compulsory wildlife inspections
Compulsory inspected species must be submitted to an inspector within 30 days of the kill for the purpose of taking measurements or parts of the animal required for management.
More information on the animal parts required can be found on page 21 of the most recent Hunting & Trapping Regulations Synopsis.
Instructions on how to extract an incisor tooth from an animal:
Compulsory inspectors will not complete the inspection unless all information and parts are submitted and able to be collected. Hunters are requested to submit unfrozen wildlife parts.
Hunters are not in legal possession of the wildlife unless they comply with compulsory inspection requirements. See the Hunting & Trapping Regulations Synopsis for clarification.
The following species of game must be submitted to a regional compulsory inspection centre:
- Black bear on Haida Gwaii (MU 6-12 & 6-13)
- Mountain goat
- Cougar
- Mountain sheep
- Caribou
- Elk in Regions 1 & 2 and MUs 4-08, 4-09, 4-14 to 4-19, 4-27 to 4-33, 4-37, 4-38, 5-2, and 6-4, 6-8 and 6-9
- Moose in Regions: 3 (spike-fork bull under the GOS only), 4 and 8 and MUs 5-03 to 5-06, 5-10 to 5-14, 6-1 to 6-11, 6-15, 6-17 to 6-30 and 7-51 to 7-53
- Lynx in Region 4
- Bobcat in Region 4
Regional inspection stations
Compulsory inspections for hunter harvest are provided through qualified compulsory inspectors throughout B.C.
The information obtained through inspections helps the Provincial Government to base decisions about wildlife management on sound science. All information an inspector receives on behalf of the province is confidential.
Find a contract compulsory inspector from regions listed below.
Compulsory inspection stations are open by appointment only.
Region 1: Vancouver Island
General information:
Nanaimo Regional Office
Telephone: 250 751-7220
Contract compulsory inspectors:
Bella Coola
Contact Nanaimo Regional Office for instructions
Telephone: 250 751-7220
Campbell River
Contact: Shane Renouf
Telephone: 250 203-1638
E-mail: Shanerenouf@telus.net
Nanaimo
Contact: Kim Brunt
E-mail: kbrunt56@gmail.com (primary contact)
Telephone: 250 802-9471
Victoria
Contact: Wayne Zaccarelli
Telephone: 250 382-8502
Region 2: Lower Mainland
General information:
Surrey Regional Office
Telephone: 604 586-4400
Contract compulsory inspectors:
Eastern Lower Mainland
Contact: Jamie Reynolds
High Caliber Adventures
Web: www.highcaliberbc.ca
Telephone: 604 819-2016
Western Lower Mainland
Contact: Maurice Jenkins
Telephone: 604 970-4449
Squamish
Contact: Nathan Webb
Telephone: 604 815-9035
Sunshine Coast
Contact: Mike Veen
Email: mikeloriveen@gmail.com
Telephone: 604 886-0115
Region 3: Thompson
General information:
(all species)
Kamloops Regional Office
Telephone: 250 371-6200
Kamloops
Contact: Chris Procter
Telephone: 250 312-6635
Kamloops
Contact: Sean O'Donovan
Telephone: 250 312-6634
Contract compulsory inspectors:
(all species except mountain sheep and mountain goat)
Kamloops
Contact: Norm Stackhouse
Telephone: 250 320-5947
Merritt
Contact: Ray Wiens
Telephone: 778 241-0208
Salmon Arm
Contact: Jason Bellows
Telephone: 250 832-0757
Region 4: Kootenay
General information:
Cranbrook Regional Office
Telephone: 250 489-8540
Nelson Sub-regional Office
Telephone: 250 354-6333
Contract compulsory inspectors:
Castlegar
Contact: Pasquale (Lino) Grifone (all species including wild sheep)
Telephone: 250 365-6327
Cranbrook
Contact: Bob Faiers (all species including wild sheep)
Telephone: 250 426-9653
Creston
Contact: Dustin Oakley
Telephone: 250 402-8132
Nakusp
Contact: James Henry Scown
Telephone: 250 265-4137
Radium Hot Springs
Contact: Kent Kebe (all species including wild sheep)
Telephone: 250 342-5601
Revelstoke
Contact: Jason Cameron
Telephone: 250 814-8725
Sparwood
Contact: Don Patterson (all species including wild sheep)
Telephone: 250 425-2550
Trail
Contact: Josh Conci
Telephone: 250 231-5674
Region 5: Cariboo
General information:
Williams Lake Regional Office
Telephone: 250 398-4530 or 250 398-4345
Contract Compulsory Inspectors:
100 Mile House
Jerry Faulkner
Telephone: 604 845-4862
Alexis Creek
Alan Madley (moose only)
Telephone: 250 394-4287
Quesnel
Michael Pelchat
Telephone: 250 747-1599
Alternative Compulsory Inspections:
Bella Coola
Contact Region 1 (Nanaimo) office for instructions
Williams Lake Ministry of Forests Office
Pat Dielman
Email: Pat.Dielman@gov.bc.ca
Telephone: 250 302-5698
Courtney Jones
Email: Courtney.N.Jones@gov.bc.ca
Telephone: 250 302-3554
Shane White
Email: Shane.White@gov.bc.ca
Telephone: 250 302-4600
100 Mile House Ministry of Forests Office
Emily Blythe
Email: Emily.Blythe@gov.bc.ca
Telephone: 250 302-3545
Region 6: Skeena
General information:
Smithers Regional Office
Telephone: 250 847-7260
Fax: 250 847-7728
Contract compulsory inspectors:
Hours of work BY APPOINTMENT – CI Contractors are not required to be available if an appointment has not been made 24 hours prior to a designated time period.
Atlin
Contact: Jacquie Hanslit
Telephone: 250 651-2277
Available by appointment only
Dease Lake
Limited availability and available only on select dates. Hunters that are not residents of the north Skeena are requested to conduct their inspection in another location.
Contact Ministry of Forests, Regional Operations, for scheduled dates and booking.
Wildlife Cell: 250-643-7481
E-mail: Skeena.Wildlife@gov.bc.ca
Haida Gwaii
Only available for CI of black bear harvested in MU's 6-12 & 6-13. This office is not able to inspect any other species.
Contact: Village of Queen Charlotte
Telephone: 250 559-6200
Smithers
By appointment only during Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Evenings and weekend coverage available upon request pending staff availability, but must be booked in advance; weekends must be booked by Friday at 4:30 pm the latest, prior to the weekend being requested.
Contact Ministry of Forests, Regional Operations
Wildlife Cell: 250-643-7481
Email: Skeena.Wildlife@gov.bc.ca
Terrace
Contact: Paul Rusch
Email: paul_rusch@msn.com
Telephone: 250 615-1101
General information:
Prince George Regional Office
Telephone: 250 565-6135
Contract compulsory inspectors:
Prince George
Contact: Ministry of Forests, Regional Operations
Telephone: 250-614-7400
Region 7B: Peace
General information:
Fort St. John Regional Office
Telephone: 250 787-3411
Fort Nelson District Office
Telephone: 250 774-5511
Contract compulsory inspectors:
Dawson Creek
Contact: Cheyenne McLeod
Telephone: 250 219-6405
Fort St. John
Contact: Basil & Velynda Szoo
Telephone: 250 785-3468
Fort St. John
Contact: Myles & Thea Hanson
Telephone: 250 793-3922 or 250 793-3612
Region 8: Okanagan
General information:
Penticton Regional Office
Telephone: 250 490-8200
Contract compulsory inspectors:
Kelowna
Contact: Greg Hoyer
Telephone: 250 764-2482
Compulsory inspection database
The compulsory inspection database contains information that is collected during these inspections.
Compulsory inspection records begin in 1900 and are presented at the MU 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.
