34.1. Except in areas 17, 22, 23 and 24, a person may use a bird of prey to hunt the small game referred to in sections 12 to 15, 18, 19 and 21 of Schedule III during the hunting seasons prescribed in those sections for Type 3 implements; a person may also hunt woodchuck, referred to in section 8 of that Schedule, during the hunting season prescribed in that section for Type 4 implements, and the species referred to in section 17 of that Schedule, from 1 April to 31 March.
For the purposes of this section, a bird of prey is a bird listed in Schedule VI to the Regulation respecting animals in captivity (chapter C-61.1, r. 5), or a hybrid of those species; the bird must be used with a system ensuring that the hunter or the holder of a hawker’s licence accompanying the hunter, if applicable, in accordance with the second paragraph of section 11.1 of the Regulation respecting hunting activities (chapter C-61.1, r. 1) remains in contact with the bird; for that purpose, the hunter or the hawker must attach a transmitter to the bird and be equipped with a receiver to locate it.