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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.
Bella Coola
Contact the Nanaimo Regional Office for instructions at 250 751-7220.
Campbell River
Shane Renouf
250 203-1638
Shanerenouf@telus.net
Shawnigan Lake
Rich Pearce
Southvancouverislandci@gmail.com (primary)
250 686-1615 (secondary)
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
604-885-7194
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
Kamloops (all species except mountain sheep):
Norm Stackhouse
250-320-5947
Merritt (all species except mountain sheep):
Ray Wiens
778-241-0208
Salmon Arm (all species except mountain sheep):
Jason Bellows
250-832-0757
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
Contact: Pasquale (Lino) Grifone
Telephone: 250 365-6327
Cranbrook
Bob Faiers
250 426-9653
Creston
Dustin Oakley
250 402-8132
Nakusp
James Henry Scown
250 265-4137
Radium Hot Springs
Kent Kebe
250 342-5601
Sparwood (all species except thinhorn sheep)
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
Contact the Nanaimo Regional Office at, 250 751-7220.
Quesnel
Michael Pelchat
250 747-1599
Williams Lake
Courtney Jones
Courtney.N.Jones@gov.bc.ca
250 302-3554
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 250 787-3415 or 778 576-8819 for availability and bookings
Fort St. John
Myles and Thea Hanson
250 793-3922 or 250 793-3612
Fort Nelson (by appointment for available days only)
Contact 250 787-3415 or 778 576-8819 to book appointment for the following days:
August 21 to 25, 2023
September 18 to 22, 2023
October 23 to 27, 2023
Region 8: Okanagan
For general information, contact the Penticton Regional Office at 250 490-8200.
Kelowna
Greg Hoyer
250 764-2482
Penticton
Craig McLean
778 622-6842
Andrew Walker
778 622-6838
Kieran Braid
778-476-9012
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.