Legal responsibilities practice questions for Alberta

Legal responsibilities questions

1. 1An outfitter assures you a wildlife management unit is open. The regulations say it closed last week. You hunt it. Who is liable?

   1. AThe outfitter, since they gave the advice
   2. BYou are, because responsibility for knowing the rules is not transferable
   3. CNobody, if the advice was given in good faith
   4. DThe licence vendor
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   BYou are, because responsibility for knowing the rules is not transferable

   Relying on someone else's word is not a defence. Liability stays with the licence holder, which is why the current synopsis is the only authority worth trusting.

2. 2A field you would like to hunt carries no signs, has no fence, and no house is visible from the road. What is your first step?

   1. AFind out who owns or occupies it and ask permission before you set foot on it
   2. BGo ahead, since land without signs is open to anyone
   3. CGo ahead, and leave only if somebody tells you to
   4. DTreat it as Crown land because there is no fence
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   AFind out who owns or occupies it and ask permission before you set foot on it

   Missing signs and fences tell you nothing about who owns the ground, and private land stays private whether or not it is marked. Asking first also gets you a name, a phone number, and often an invitation back next season.

3. 3A wildlife agency asks successful hunters to submit a tooth or complete a harvest questionnaire. What is the point of that?

   1. AIt supplies biological data such as age and harvest numbers, which managers use when setting future seasons and quotas
   2. BIt checks whether you paid for your licence
   3. CIt builds a mailing list for advertising
   4. DIt serves no real purpose and is only a formality
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   AIt supplies biological data such as age and harvest numbers, which managers use when setting future seasons and quotas

   Nobody can count every animal in a province, so what hunters report becomes a large share of the evidence behind next year's seasons. Skipping the survey quietly weakens the numbers your own opportunity is built on.

4. 4Walking a ditch along a gravel road, your partner suggests shooting a grouse sitting on the far shoulder. What is the problem?

   1. ADischarging a firearm on, from, or across a public roadway is restricted, so the shot could be an offence as well as unsafe
   2. BGrouse may not be hunted anywhere in Alberta
   3. CThere is no problem, because road allowances are public land
   4. DRestrictions apply only to someone shooting from inside a vehicle
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   ADischarging a firearm on, from, or across a public roadway is restricted, so the shot could be an offence as well as unsafe

   Road and right of way rules are a common source of charges, and the exact wording and distances change, so confirm the current Alberta regulations rather than relying on any remembered version. The idea to carry away is that a road is not somewhere you shoot from or across.