Hunting spears banned in Alberta

Spears will no longer be permitted for hunting big game in Alberta. The provincial government’s list of approved weapons for the 2018 hunting season will be limited to rifles, shotguns and conventional archery gear.
The new regulations also set a .24-calibre minimum for shotgun pellets when hunting big game.Other tools, including spears and spear-throwing tools such as atlatls, will not be allowed under new regulations introduced in early February.
The change comes after an outcry ove