shooting after legal time..happening all the time

Also, it has been mentioned by some locals, that OPP are looking for POL's and PAL's in the field. Some have been charged recently.

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Originally Posted by chris lavoie

Also, it has been mentioned by some locals, that OPP are looking for POL's and PAL's in the field. Some have been charged recently.

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That's usually the very first thing they ask for down here,Chris,and everything better be in order,too. Without a license,the Police have no problem siezing a gun and hauling your a** to jail.

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Originally Posted by chris lavoie

Also, it has been mentioned by some locals, that OPP are looking for POL's and PAL's in the field. Some have been charged recently.

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That was happening here some time ago by a lone OPP officer who thought the registry was a good thing? (shortly after it was enacted) He would randomly stop vehicles when he saw the occupants wearing their hunter orange and check the registry, etc. of their firearms. Didn't happen to me, but a couple of my neighbours here at camp were pulled over. I think he has either retired now or transferred out.

Everybody is a criminal under the letter of the law, whether it be shooting a duck that landed in your spread 1 millisecond after LST, or driving 1km/h over the limit, or jaywalking, ect. What if your watch is 5 minutes slow? What if you got your sunrise time for Toronto when you were actually going to be hunting in London? That's about 6 minutes difference there.

Most laws are created with safety in mind, and 30mins before/after sunrise/sunset is just another example. You should be able to use your discretion, but I understand that there are those that like to really push the envelope.

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Originally Posted by smitty55

Really??? You don't know me at all but you're pretty quick to assume things and attack with all these you and your. WTF!! I probably shouldn't waste my time on you but what the hell... Half of my post was just a scenario I threw out there to get folks thinking about human nature. I didn't really expect anyone to actually admit anything, but you sure were easy to hook, I guess the bow scenario helped. But have you not read all these other posts. I'm not sure what world you live in but it happens everywhere man, that's life, and there's no use whining about it.

I'll be nice about this and just suggest maybe you didn't quite get the drift of my post. Now for sure I had a few brews in me at that time of night, but I really tried to make sure I didn't word things wrong. So I went back today and really reviewed my post to make sure. Seemed fine to me, but you never know these days with some folks it seems so I reread it again. Just in case, I edited one two letter word. I still can't find anywhere where I said anything about my fantasy scenario being what I do, so I don't see how you took it that way so readily. But whatever. I really don't care

lol I can just see you at deer camp scalder, at the end of the day. "Hey guys, you wouldn't believe the beauty buck I just saw in the field, I had a good clear view, but it was two minutes past legal time so I didn't shoot." Aren't you proud of me? Well don't be surprised if you don't get any pats on the back or get invited back the next year. Just sayin...

Cya

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yah thats what I want is a pat on back for knowingly taking a deer after legal shooting time....(atleast its a big buck eh Smitty!) makes me more of a man!

Buddy and I were hunting some crown a few weeks ago and a OPP came cruising by ,he stopped and asked for hunting license and PAL. We explained that we were bowhunting and after seeing we had the proper tags and such he wished us good luck and was on his way. He was a big friendly guy and seeing how thin the MNR is stretched I didn't mind seeing him checking up on hunters.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

There's still many hunters who don't realize that there's an official legal sunrise and sunset time and they can be charged if discharging or being caught with an uncased firearm. Scalder27 is absolutely correct about some areas of The Ganaraska Forest. I spend a fair bit of time there and when seasons are short,it happens all the time. Unfortunately,provincial offense charges can only be laid when someone is "found committing" and unless a CO or Police Constable is right there to write them up,it's another provincial offense that is almost impossible to enforce.

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Charges can only be laid if "found committing" ???? Come on Trimmer, you know better than that !

I usually get checked by the OPP in my hunting area. Just a quick courtesy call and license check. After the formalities are over most want to check out what military surplus rifle I am packing. Many of the cops I have met hunt and target shoot. One year I had a cop help me drag a deer to my vehicle. I have yet to have a negative encounter with the police.

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Originally Posted by fishermccann

I know of people who empty their gun into a tree, rather than unloading it. Some guys just want to shoot it off ,even if they see no game. I also know some shoot it off when they get back to the truck. Some duck hunters I know do it every night.

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I have seen guys do this too. It is not illegal to target shoot at night.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

That's usually the very first thing they ask for down here,Chris,and everything better be in order,too. Without a license,the Police have no problem siezing a gun and hauling your a** to jail.

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There is no offence of "failing to surrender a firearms licence ". BUT, you may have your gun seized. You have 14 days to produce your licence to the police, after which your gun must be returned. Just to clarify !!