2017 RANDOM DRAWS HUNTING SPECIAL LICENCES INFORMATION

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1 INFORMATION With regards to random draws: (toll free) sepaq.com/randomdraw With regards to hunter s certificates and regulations: Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (toll free) mffp.gouv.qc.ca 2017 RANDOM DRAWS HUNTING SPECIAL LICENCES Photos: Steve Deschênes ADULT FEMALE MOOSE LICENCES ANTLERLESS DEER LICENCES 1 ST KILLING ANTLERLESS DEER LICENCES (DOUBLE HARVEST) sepaq.com/randomdraw

2 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR RANDOM DRAWS REGISTRATION GENERAL TERMS: You must be a Québec resident and hold a valid hunter s certificate (except for the landowners). Your registration can be done in three ways: From the online registration form available at sepaq.com/randomdraw By telephone, toll free at (option 3). Please note that telephone registration ends at 7 p.m., May 31, 2017 and payment must be made by credit card only. By completing an official entry form. You must enter your hunter s certificate number (8 embossed characters), last name, first name, and date of birth as they appear on the certificate. If it is impossible to validate your hunter s certificate with the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, your draw application will be rejected. If there is an error on your certificate or if you believe that it may have expired (expiration date before ), we invite you to contact your regional office or the Direction des affaires législatives et des permis at to make the necessary corrections. Note that initiation licence holders cannot register to these draws. However, they may be designated by winning landowners. Only one registration per entry code will be accepted. If your name is selected more than once for one of these draws, the computer will assign you a single zone or territory. The document numbers on the forms will determine your preferences if selected, the smallest number being your first choice. For online registrations, please refer to the instructions on our Web site at sepaq.com/ randomdraw. At no time, a special hunting license delivered by random draw and issued specifically for a zone, a zec or a wildlife reserve, can be modified, transferred or canceled. Entrants must complete boxes 180 through 185 of the entry form since the code determines the choice. All of the boxes on your form must be filled out, or else it could be rejected without notice before the draw, and no refunds will be granted. To increase your chances, you may participate in more than one registration code. However, you must fully comply with the specific conditions of each category of draws. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS for recently certified hunters (2016): To be admissible, you must have followed and succeeded your first course in the use of firearms (code A, B or F) during the calendar year preceding that of the random draw - from January 1 st to December 31, SPECIFIC CONDITIONS for the mobility impaired: To be admissible, you must be a disabled hunter with a permit authorizing you to hunt from a vehicle, issued by the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs by April 1 st, SPECIFIC CONDITIONS for landowners: 1. Your hunter s certificate is not required for your registration. 2. To be admissible, you must own an all in one piece property of 4 hectares* or more in one of the zones where licences are allocated (municipal tax account required following the random draw). * Equivalency : 4 hectares = 9.88 acres or m 2 or ft 2 3. Registration for the random draw must be made in the name of an individual person, not in the name of a company, society or entreprise. 4. Only the person whose name appears as the owner on the municipal tax account can enter. Spouses and children may not enter this draw. 5. A landowner who would like to hunt must enter his name as one of the designated hunters if selected to the draw. A non-hunting landowner may designate two people to receive antlerless deer licences. At all times, the hunter has the right to harvest only one animal, with the exception of hunters who hold a 1 st Killing Antlerless Deer Hunting Licence. Please note that if the hunter s certificate number of the designated hunter cannot be validated, the permit application will be rejected without notice. 6. Only two licences will be issued for each property. 7. Landowners selected in the draws will receive a notice asking for the following: Contact information of the designated hunter(s); A copy of the last municipal tax account 2017 for the properties located in the selected hunting zone or a notarized contract in the case of recently acquired properties 2017 for which the municipality has not yet issued a tax account; A resolution confirming the name of the designated hunter(s) is also necessary to obtain the licences allocated to a property belonging to a corporation or a society. These items must be provided by the date requested. Otherwise, the application will automatically be rejected. 2

3 ADULT FEMALE MOOSE LICENCE The Moose Management Plan, in accordance with current regulations, authorizes the issuing of Adult Female Moose Special Licences specific to wildlife reserves and other managed territories. A licence identified to a wildlife reserve or a Zec must be used in the territory for which it is delivered. This permit is not valid for the entire hunting zone. Adult Female Moose Special Licences for zone 1 may not be used in a wildlife reserve, but may be used in a Zec located in this zone, except the Zec Casault. WILDLIFE RESERVES After the reservation of a hunting stay in the wildlife reserves, all hunters who are part of a group staying in one of the eligible reserves can participate in the Adult Female Moose Special Licences draw. RESERVE WILDLIFE RESERVES Chic-Chocs 98 OFRCHC Mastigouche 25 OFRMAG Matane 148 OFRMAT Papineau-Labelle 31 OFRPAL Portneuf 10 OFRPOR Rouge-Matawin 1 OFRROM Saint-Maurice 14 OFRSTM NOTE : There is no point in applying for an Adult Female Moose Licence in a wildlife reserve unless you are part of a hunting stay for the same reserve. 1 UNIVERSAL OFZ001 RECENTLY CERTIFIED HUNTERS (2016) * OFN001 NOTE : Zone 1 licences will not be valid in Zec Casault in 2017 since licences will be allocated for this Zec. * Please refer to the specific conditions on page 2 ZEC CONTROLLED HARVESTING S (ZECS) CONTROLLED HARVESTING S Batiscan-Neilson 56 OFZBAN Casault 170 OFZCAS Jaro 10 OFZJAR Lesueur 10 OFZLES Maganasipi 20 OFZMAG Mazana 5 OFZMAZ Mitchinamécus 10 OFZMIT Normandie 10 OFZNOR Petawaga 55 OFZPET Rapides-des- 20 OFZRDJ Joachims Rivière-Blanche 32 OFZRIB Saint-Patrice 30 OFZSPA Wessonneau 110 OFZWES Ashuapmushuan An Adult Female Moose Licence will be allocated to each group. A draw will be made on site to designate the holder of the licence for each group. La Vérendrye, Laurentides and Port-Daniel For these wildlife reserves, special licences will be issued to leaders of groups having booked a stay in a given sector, including a special adult female moose hunting licence. Please refer to the hunting plan on our website for more information. Port-Cartier Sept-Îles and Rimouski Hunters will be able to harvest a male, a female or a calf depending on what they choose. Entry deadline: May 31, 2017 Limit: one registration per entry code Hunter s certificate mandatory 3

4 ANTLERLESS DEER LICENCES In 2017, the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs will allow the allocation of (estimate) Antlerless Deer Licences by random draw. This licence authorizes the holder to hunt antlerless deer in the zone (or part of a zone), the wildlife reserve or the controlled harvesting zone (Zec) that is indicated on the licence during a season when only hunting deer with antlers is permitted. All Québec s hunters are eligible for this draw, subject to certain conditions. A licence identified to a wildlife reserve or a Zec must be used in the territory for which it is delivered. UNIVERSAL 3 West 428 CEU03W CEU004 6 North** 3825 CEU06N 6 South** 2250 CEU06S 7 North 338 CEU07N 7 South 3150 CEU07S 10 West et CEU10W 13 South-West 37 CEU13S 27 West*** 743 CEU27W **Special licences for antlerless deer issued for zone 27 west are valid only for territories located to the south of the Batiscan- Neilson and de la Rivière-Blanche controlled harvesting zones (zecs), as well as for the Portneuf and Laurentides wildlife reserves and Forêt Montmorency. RECENTLY CERTIFIED HUNTERS (2016) * 3 West 190 CEN03W CEN004 6 North** 1700 CEN06N 6 South** 1000 CEN06S 7 North 150 CEN07N 7 South 1400 CEN07S 10 West et CEN10W 13 South-West 10 CEN13S 27 West*** 330 CEN27W * Please refer to the specific conditions on page 2 **Special licences for antlerless deer issued for zone 27 west are valid only for territories located to the south of the Batiscan-Neilson and de la Rivière-Blanche controlled harvesting zones (zecs), as well as for the Portneuf and Laurentides wildlife reserves and Forêt Montmorency. MOBILITY IMPAIRED * 3 West 48 CEH03W CEH004 6 North** 425 CEH06N 6 South** 250 CEH06S 7 North 38 CEH07N 7 South 350 CEH07S 10 West et CEH10W 13 South-West 3 CEH13S 27 West*** 83 CEH27W LANDOWNERS * 3 West 142 CEP03W CEP004 6 North** CEP06N 6 South** 750 CEP06S 7 North 112 CEP07N 7 South CEP07S 27 West*** 247 CEP27W * Please refer to the specific conditions on page 2 **Special licences for antlerless deer issued for zone 27 west are valid only for territories located to the south of the Batiscan-Neilson and de la Rivière-Blanche controlled harvesting zones (zecs), as well as for the Portneuf and Laurentides wildlife reserves and Forêt Montmorency. ZEC CONTROLLED HARVESTING S Jaro 50 CEZJAR Maganasipi 50 CEZMAG Pontiac 30 CEZPON Rapides-des- Joachims 5 CEZRDJ Restigo 50 CEZRES WILDLIFE RESERVES La Vérendrye You do not need to register for this random draw. A licence will be allocated to each group. A draw will be made on site to designate the holder of the licence for each group. Papineau-Labelle You do not need to register for this random draw. All group leaders holding a white-tailed deer hunting stay or a stay combining whitetailed deer and moose hunting are registered automatically for a random draw. The reserve will hold the draw on their premises in the presence of witness. Participants will be informed of their result upon arrival at the Registration Centre. Port-Daniel, Portneuf and Rouge-Matawin No antlerless deer licence available in these wildlife reserves. 4 * Please refer to the specific conditions on page 2 ** An experimental project in zones 6 north and 6 south will change certain hunting procedures in fall For more information, please visit the MFFP website at mffp.gouv.qc.ca or call *** Special licences for antlerless deer issued for zone 27 west are valid only for territories located to the south of the Batiscan- Neilson and de la Rivière-Blanche controlled harvesting zones (zecs), as well as for the Portneuf and Laurentides wildlife reserves and Forêt Montmorency.

5 1 ST KILLING ANTLERLESS DEER LICENCES (double harvest) In 2017, the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs allows the allocation of (estimate) 1 st Killing Antlerless Deer Hunting Licences (double harvest) by random draw. This licence authorizes the holder to harvest a first antlerless deer (female or fawn) on the condition that the holder also possesses a standard valid hunting licence. The holder will then be allowed to harvest a second deer by virtue of his regular licence. The purpose of this measure is to allow an additional harvesting of white-tailed deer in the regions concerned. All Québec s hunters are eligible for this draw, subject to certain conditions. The licence granted through this draw is a complete licence, which includes a transportation coupon. The winner of the random draw for such a licence will have to purchase it at the cost of $ (taxes included) from an authorized dealer equipped with the computerized hunting licences selling system. UNIVERSAL 5 West CGU05W 8 East CGU08E 8 North 675 CGU08N 8 South CGU08S MOBILITY IMPAIRED * 5 West 300 CGH05W 8 East 175 CGH08E 8 North 75 CGH08N 8 South 225 CGH08S * Please refer to the specific conditions on page 2 RECENTLY CERTIFIED HUNTERS (2016) * 5 West CGN05W 8 East 700 CGN08E 8 North 300 CGN08N 8 South 900 CGN08S LANDOWNERS * 5 West 900 CGP05W 8 East 525 CGP08E 8 North 225 CGP08N 8 South 675 CGP08S * Please refer to the specific conditions on page 2 FOR ALL THESE DRAWS Entry deadline: May 31, 2017 Limit: one registration per entry code Hunter s certificate mandatory (except landowners) 5

6 S MAPS S OR PARTIAL S CONCERNED BY THESE DRAWS 6 *Special licences for antlerless deer issued for zone 27 west are valid only for territories located to the south of the Batiscan-Neilson and de la Rivière-Blanche controlled harvesting zones (zecs), as well as for the Portneuf and Laurentides wildlife reserves and Forêt Montmorency.

7 Refer to the tables in the previous pages to select your entry code(s). These maps are provided for reference purpose only. You can obtain more accurate maps by visiting the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs Web site at : Sources : Hunting zones, wildlife territories, territories where hunting is restricted and prohibited : Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, 2007 Conservation and protection territories : Ministère du Développement durable, de l Environnement et des Parcs,

8 $ HOW TO MAKE YOUR PAYMENT The $8 per entry registration fee (taxes included) is non-refundable. Payment in the form of a money order or cheque made out to Sépaq must accompany your entry. No post-dated cheques will be accepted. Any money order or cheque that contains an error and is refused by a financial institution will automatically be rejected from the draw along with the winner s rights. You may include several entries and the total payment in the same envelope. However, be sure to indicate the form numbers on the back of your cheque or money order. In the event of an administrative error in processing your entry or during the random draw, your sole recourse as an entrant will be the refund of your registration fees. We advise you to keep a copy of your payment vouchers as well as your document numbers. The Sales and Reservations Office must receive your entries no later than May 31, 2017, at the address indicated on the back of the entry form. Please note that the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec may not be held responsible for postal delays. Registrations made by telephone must be paid by credit card at the moment of the call.! CORRECTION SERVICE If there is an error on your form, we will send you a notice by mail, if time allows. This notice will tell you how to correct your registration. Online and telephone registrations are secure and easy methods that ensure the validity of each participant s registration. RESULTS The draws will take place in mid-june. Afterwards, we will advise participants of the results of the draws by or mail, depending on the registration method that was used. The winners of the following categories: Universal, Recently Certified Hunters, Mobility Impaired, Controlled Harvesting Zones and Wildlife Reserves will have to get their licences from an authorized dealer equipped with the computerized hunting licence selling system. However, winners of the category Landowners must complete the landowners form and send in a copy of their property tax account (see specific conditions for Landowners on page 2). HUNTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS If your name is selected in one of the draws, you must comply with the regulations and the following terms and conditions before hunting: You must have a valid regular licence for hunting white-tailed deer (other than zone 20) or for moose hunting (specific to the hunting zone). Except in cases provided for specifically in sport hunting in Québec regulations published by the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, a special hunting licence may not be used by another individual. Only the holder of the licence may hunt under the terms of said licence. A hunting special licence is valid only in the zone, sub-zone or the territory (Zec or wildlife reserve) indicated on the licence. NOTES The Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) which manages these hunting activities reserves the right to limit, modify or cancel certain services and activities, if circumstances warrant it. The information of a regulatory nature found in this brochure is summarized. For more information, please visit the MFFP Web site at mffp.gouv.qc.ca or dial The Société des établissements de plein air du Québec would like to remind all concerned that completing a draw registration form in the name of or on behalf of another person with fraudulent intent and without legitimate authorization may constitute a criminal act. The Société des établissements de plein air du Québec holds random draws on behalf of and with the approval of the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs. The Société des établissements de plein air du Québec, the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, or a duly authorized agency reserves the right to verify all documents provided for obtaining a hunting special licence. These random draws are supervised by an independent accounting firm. YOU CAN OBTAIN ADDITIONAL ENTRY FORMS AT: Wildlife reserves administration offices; The regional offices of the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP); Major hunting, fishing, and sporting goods stores; The Sépaq Sales and Reservations office: Place de la Cité tour Cominar, 2640, Boulevard Laurier, Suite 1300, 13th floor, Québec City; Or register online at sepaq.com/randomdraw. This document was printed on 100% recycled paper made in Québec, containing 100% post-consumption fibers and produced without using chlorine. The inks used for this production have no volatile organic compounds and contain vegetable oils. La version française de cette brochure est disponible sur demande.