Carry shotgun while filling feeders?

So we choose to enter the wild to bait wild animals then we want to carry a gun for protection? Doen't seem fair if we choose to bait them? I say give them a chance:)

In New Brunswick,it is illegal to carry a gun out of season and bear guides are not allowed to carry anything while baiting for a client. my buddy had a few close calls. Me I drive right to the bait and when I run across a few Bears talk to them and clap my hands.Some young Bears just do not want to leave,but move off while I bait.

I would have thought NB would have changed it laws after 30 years eh and they still havent.

Can you hunt on Sundays yet? I heard they were looking at changing it.

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Originally Posted by Greenhorn

In New Brunswick,it is illegal to carry a gun out of season and bear guides are not allowed to carry anything while baiting for a client. my buddy had a few close calls. Me I drive right to the bait and when I run across a few Bears talk to them and clap my hands.Some young Bears just do not want to leave,but move off while I bait.

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Originally Posted by Greenhorn

In New Brunswick,it is illegal to carry a gun out of season and bear guides are not allowed to carry anything while baiting for a client. my buddy had a few close calls. Me I drive right to the bait and when I run across a few Bears talk to them and clap my hands.Some young Bears just do not want to leave,but move off while I bait.

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I had a friend talk calm and clap, the massive bear turned towards him and snapped his jaw. I am pretty sure my buddy needed new shorts about then.

I actually asked a question like this to a CO once. My circumstances were a bit different. I was dating this girl at the time and her family had a cottage up on Mississauga Lake (close to what is now the Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park) and a bear had decided to make itself a member of the family near a lot of people's cottages (so much so that the bear showed it wasn't afraid of humans during a few confrontations). I asked the CO if I could carry a rifle for protection during walks and I was told if he caught me, he would charge me with hunting out of season and I had best find another way around this problem.

Dyth

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Originally Posted by Fox

Who cares what every once else says, if you feel that it is safest for you to bring a shotgun then bring a shotgun.

I have baited for bears and I always brought a gun in to the bait, most of our baits were in areas where you could be ambushed and I did not really care what anyone had to say, I felt safer with one so I brought it.

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Definitely the best answer IMHO

If there is a season open and you have your small game license, in southern Ontario for example where coyote season is all year long, you are absolutely legal to carry a shotgun with buck shot or slugs as that is legitimate ammo for yotes. A CO could not charge you in this situation providing you are not breaking any local bylaws...

The question I have, is would you use it to scare the bear off, or to shoot it? It would be out of season and not really classified as a nuisance bear, as you brought it there on purpose.

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Originally Posted by JeffBondar

If there is a season open and you have your small game license, in southern Ontario for example where coyote season is all year long, you are absolutely legal to carry a shotgun with buck shot or slugs as that is legitimate ammo for yotes. A CO could not charge you in this situation providing you are not breaking any local bylaws...

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The problem is that they could charge you, if it sticks or not does not mean they cannot charge you.

Dyth's comment was one from a CO that really did not have any clue about what was going on or just trying to be a jerk but this may be the case.

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Originally Posted by Fox

The problem is that they could charge you, if it sticks or not does not mean they cannot charge you.

Dyth's comment was one from a CO that really did not have any clue about what was going on or just trying to be a jerk but this may be the case.

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If they could charge you in this scenario then they could basically charge you all year every day.... There is no difference carrying a shotgun in winter for coyotes compared to summer when coyote season is still and always open...