Remember to read the Regulations

Hunting season is upon us.

Just want to remind people to remember to read the regs.

Quite often I see people asking if they can use a rifle in what I know is a shotgun only area or I have even seen one person ask if he needed a license for deer or could he use his small game license.

It's fine to ask questions when a law or rule is difficult to understand. I ask lot's of questions on here all the time.

But if your going to hunt make sure you know the basics regulations.

If this is your first time hunting make sure you download or get a copy of the regulations and read them.

Here is a direct link to the MNR site with the regulations.

http://www.ontario.ca/environment-an...ations-summary

good Luck and Happy hunting.

I download them right to my smartphone. Always with me

Printing out local township by-laws which,in some areas,regulate firearm use (although rare,anymore,because most have been re-written to coincide with provincial regulations) can save you a ton of grief with the local motor-mouths and municipal law enforcement,too. The more information we have at our fingertips,the better.

Sooooo do we need a license......lolol.just kidding, good call though gw. Good advice

Thanks for the smart phone tip..now I can read it in the blind while I'm hunting

I have a hard copy for fishing and hunting, but sometimes some people just don't have an extra 45 sec to look it up. Forums like this get you pointed in some sort of direction real quick. I can't knock anyone for asking a lazy question. I have done it many times.

Heck today I was sitting in my canoe trying to figure out my goose limit, didn't make time for it before hand, and couldn't find the spot on the page (it was there, just couldn't see it), so I texted a friend, got the answer, kept on hunting. I appreciated his quick help on a 'stupid' question.

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I think asking questions is a great thing. You get to learn a lot about a person from their responses on here so asking questions definitely plays a role in getting to know someone besides why look it up when interacting with a friend or family member is so much better. Grant it everyone should read the regs but memorizing it all just ain't going to happen....Lots of ways to get information, reading may be one of them but asking for it works too...
Happy hunting... :)

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Originally Posted by fishnrod

Thanks for the smart phone tip..now I can read it in the blind while I'm hunting

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Sometimes waiting to read it in the blind might be a tad too late.

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Originally Posted by fratri

I think asking questions is a great thing. You get to learn a lot about a person from their responses on here so asking questions definitely plays a role in getting to know someone besides why look it up when interacting with a friend or family member is so much better. Grant it everyone should read the regs but memorizing it all just ain't going to happen....Lots of ways to get information, reading may be one of them but asking for it works too...
Happy hunting... :)

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Except then you are relying on their interpretation of the rules and regs...and trusting that they are familiar with/have read the latest regs.

If this is your passion there is no reason not to read the regs and know the rules. No different than hockey, football or poker.

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Originally Posted by Fishy Wishy

Sometimes waiting to read it in the blind might be a tad too late.

Except then you are relying on their interpretation of the rules and regs...and trusting that they are familiar with/have read the latest regs.

Lots of knowledgeable people on here to provide clarification...

If this is your passion there is no reason not to read the regs and know the rules. No different than hockey, football or poker.

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Agreed but asking for clarification or thinking outloud should be okay too....

Oh I agree asking for clarification is very good. I do it myself.

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Originally Posted by fratri

Agreed but asking for clarification or thinking outloud should be okay too....

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Good advice as we had a bunch of clowns popping away at ducks a couple of fields over this early goose season.

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Originally Posted by Fishy Wishy

Originally Posted by Fishy Wishy
Sometimes waiting to read it in the blind might be a tad too late.

Except then you are relying on their interpretation of the rules and regs...and trusting that they are familiar with/have read the latest regs.

Lots of knowledgeable people on here to provide clarification...

But how do you know some anonymous Internet personality is "an expert authority"?

If this is your passion there is no reason not to read the regs and know the rules. No different than hockey, football or poker.

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Originally Posted by fratri

Agreed but asking for clarification or thinking outloud should be okay too....

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

Oh I agree asking for clarification is very good. I do it myself.

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Asking others for their opinion/take/interpretation is absolutely ok....but please read the regs yourself first...otherwise you open yourself up...

I have seen some pretty wrong advice given here.

It's CYA that's all I'm saying. Don't ask a Proctologist for advice about a sore throat.

If people never asked about the regs, how would we have five-page arguments?

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Originally Posted by welsh

If people never asked about the regs, how would we have five-page arguments?

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By calling the Trudeau family brilliant upstanding saviors of Canada

Given that the Trudeau family are brilliant upstanding saviours of Canada, is it legal for me to have an encased Tavor in a duck blind with an apprentice hunter while using steel shot to hunt doves before the duck sesson opens, as long as I am using goose dekes and using the Tavor for target shooting? Should I carry a few zombie targets to help convince a CO?

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Originally Posted by welsh

Given that the Trudeau family are brilliant upstanding saviours of Canada, is it legal for me to have an encased Tavor in a duck blind with an apprentice hunter while using steel shot to hunt doves before the duck sesson opens, as long as I am using goose dekes and using the Tavor for target shooting? Should I carry a few zombie targets to help convince a CO?

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No problem if you're a pal of Justin's.

What I don't like seeing, is someone asking a question, and then, once they realize they were wrong, or posting they are about to do something, and being pointed out, they can't, they delete their thread.

Happened twice last week. It's okay to be wrong, we all are at times. But someone else can learn from that thread as well.

The main one I recall was someone posted him and his buddies were heading to a cottage, and it was going to be on the day of heritage waterfowl day, and they were pumped to go hunt some ducks.

I commented with the regs, just in case they weren't aware, that heritage day is for youth only, so unless I miss understood and they were having their kids with them, they could not hunt.

A few minutes later it was gone, that's a good thread to leave up, some people may not know.

There's nothing to be embarrassed about, if you didn't know, you didn't know.

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Originally Posted by Fishy Wishy

Don't ask a Proctologist for advice about a sore throat.

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I am sure he can look into it for you, but he may have to "DIG" a little deeper then normal.

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Originally Posted by welsh

Given that the Trudeau family are brilliant upstanding saviours of Canada, is it legal for me to have an encased Tavor in a duck blind with an apprentice hunter while using steel shot to hunt doves before the duck sesson opens, as long as I am using goose dekes and using the Tavor for target shooting? Should I carry a few zombie targets to help convince a CO?

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Only if it's a full moon, the clock is ringing midnight and you have garlic and holy water on you to ward off the vampires. Than you can do anything you want and I'm sure the CO will understand.:whacked:

What is this mean in the regulation ? REGULATION BUT NOT LEGAL???? (PAGE 1)

This is a summary of information dealing with hunting licences and hunting laws. This summary is neither a legal document nor a complete collection of the current regulations. It is meant to be a convenient reference only.

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Originally Posted by alfoldivandor

What is this mean in the regulation ? REGULATION BUT NOT LEGAL???? (PAGE 1)

This is a summary of information dealing with hunting licences and hunting laws. This summary is neither a legal document nor a complete collection of the current regulations. It is meant to be a convenient reference only.

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It means that the information is only a summary. To find out the actual wording, you would have to read the actual Statute, as in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and it's Regulations, etc..

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Originally Posted by rick_iles

It means that the information is only a summary. To find out the actual wording, you would have to read the actual Statute, as in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and it's Regulations, etc..

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So Use it , but don't believe that is correct ...?

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Originally Posted by alfoldivandor

So Use it , but don't believe that is correct ...?

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It is a CYA. The province publishes the summary but on the off chance there is a mistake (unlikely - but not impossible) they are just saying they will not be held responsible for the consequences. It is up to the hunter to actually read and understand the legislation.

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Originally Posted by alfoldivandor

So Use it , but don't believe that is correct ...?

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I wouldn't say that. I've never seen anything in the summary that wasn't correct. The wordings etc. may differ, but the information given in the summary is pretty much accurate.

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Originally Posted by Species8472

It is a CYA. The province publishes the summary but on the off chance there is a mistake (unlikely - but not impossible) they are just saying they will not be held responsible for the consequences. It is up to the hunter to actually read and understand the legislation.

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Where can hunter get the regulation to read ..... and mnr held responsible for the wording ...?

The regs and various Acts are all on the web. Just Google what you are looking for.

Try googling e-laws....https://www.google.ca/search?q=e+law...&client=safari

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Originally Posted by alfoldivandor

Where can hunter get the regulation to read ..... and mnr held responsible for the wording ...?

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The FWCA can be found on the E-Laws website,but,bear in mind that we need to also check the Revised Statutes of Ontario (RSO) and all the pertaining Ontario Regulations which is a separate entity,altogether. A law degree really helps. LOL

When you go onto the e-laws site you'll find the laws in alphabetical order. When you select the statute you want like FWCA...there will be a + sign in front. Click on the + sign and you'll see the regulations made under that act.