Do I need to win a draw to hunt in British Columbia, or can I just buy a licence and go?
Short answer: Usually you can just buy your licences and go. British Columbia runs two systems side by side: General Open Season (GOS), where any licensed hunter can pursue an open species with no draw, and Limited Entry Hunting (LEH), a random draw that caps hunter numbers for certain hunts. Most hunting in BC happens under GOS, so the draw only matters if you want one of the capped hunts.
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