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Hello Everyone,
I hope to clarify some confusion I have on where the WMUs are that limit rifle caliber to .27. I am looking to purchase a rifle in the future in the caliber range of .30-06 (for big game up north) and plan to use it in WMU 46 and further north. However I have had trouble identifying if that would be "too much gun", as in many WMUs it would be. Where can I find the info that would clarify that?
Thanks
Ryder
There are no hunting regulation restrictions for caliber for big game, only small game. This restriction is not based on WMU but rather municipality and is listed in the regulations. You do have to make sure though that the municipality you hunt in does not have a bylaw restriction as some do.
Ok thanks, where could I find a municipal by law restriction? website?
Municipal bylaws are dependent on the area you will be hunting, every municipality is different, you will have to call them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryder
Page 79 of the regulations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryder
"A person hunting small game may not carry or use a rifle of greater calibre than a .275-calibre rifle, except a muzzle-loading gun, in the geographic areas of Brant, Chatham-Kent, Durham, Elgin, Essex, Haldimand, Halton, Hamilton, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Niagara, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxford, Peel, Perth, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington or York."
You are good in WMU 46 with your 30-06 if that was your question.
Each municipality/township has their own website. You can use their search engine looking under "Firearms Discharge By-Laws". Most in southern Ontario amended or rescinded their "no discharge/shotguns only" by-laws when the FWCAct covered the issue when it was enacted. They wisely decided that there was a redundancy in having by-laws on the books that closely,if not identically,matched provincial legislation. Having said that,there are some townships in the western urban sections of the province which have kept their by-laws as written more from population density issues rather than an anti-hunting stance,although,in some instances,anti-hunting was certainly an underlying ulterior motive which generated political pressure to keep the by-laws in place. Hunters wishing to hunt varmint/predators can check the by-laws quite easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryder
Yes a 3006 would be over the size limit in zones were there is a restriction.
WMU 46 has a rifle season for deer, so you'll be fine. The "270" law is referring to small game hunting.
Sounds like a good excuse to buy a 30-06 and a 270. ;)
Sure worked for me LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Useless
Tons of better options for a SW varmint and Ontario deer rifle, the 270 and 30-06 are so close it makes it really hard to justify. Now, 243 and a 30-06, 25-06 and 30-06, 257 Roberts and 30-06, 250 savage and 30-06, 260 Rem and 30-06, etc :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Useless
Thanks Everyone, Much appreciated