EMS guy I know told me when he got his PAL it was a question asked on it if he hunted for subsistance , he said yes and has it printed on his pAL He also said said he never used it but wondered what would happen if he did, and he wasn't exactly a starving albertain at the time. So I guess if you really want to know , you gotta go find out for yourself. Maybe it's true maybe it's not, I never actually saw it.