Moving to Toronto

I am moving to Toronto from Nova Scotia and was looking for a partner or group to tag along with to get the lay of the land and do some hunting. I do mainly waterfowl and have all the gear for duck and goose field hunting, and some floaters for water. I do enjoy the odd bear hunt when i have the time to set up a bait site. Ive done some deer hunting, but our deer population is pretty thin so not much experience there. I am working on getting all my licenses switched over to Ontario. Let me know if anyone in the Toronto area is interested.

Tyler

Welcome to Ontario, Lots to discover

Welcome and sorry,can not help.

Check out your status for hunting in Ontario-for many things they may consider you a non resident(living in Ont for less then 6 months this year....)Unsure how that exactly works,just a heads up.
Unless You are a military or police or other "group"where this rule does not applies. Cheers

Welcome! If you're here now, wait till October to buy your licenses. You will have been here for the required residency of 6 months and it will be a lot cheaper?
Lots of hunters and fishers down your way, you should be able to hook up with some of them? Good Luck!

My condolences...unfortunately you will have to do some traveling for any kind of hunting around here...good luck with your move...

Sorry to hear that Man, Canada is a big country!!! My condolence x2....
;)

Lots of public land around Barrie and much more as soon as you arrive around Muskoka / Parry sound.

X3, sorry. You should be able to find people in that area.

I'm in Toronto and I'm trying to get out ;P

I'm a brand new hunter but I've done some research that I'd gladly share.

Drop me a message.

Some advantages, Kensington Market, China Town, St. Lawrence Market, Baldwin Street... alot of different food and restaurants, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian, Ethiopian and on and on...

You have good advice on the licenses.

Fishing and Hunting gear.... nothing south of the 401 .... don't go to MEC, Wilsons fly fishing store is still closed I think and Sail and Bass Pro are outside the 401/427/ Don Valley "box"

Fishing... a few charters and a couple places along the lake shore but not many

target shooting clubs.... there were a few but to my knowledge all the ranges the Mayor shut them down quite a few years ago

.... and as for hunting opportunities .... on CGN I've been selling all but a couple of my Dad's/grandfathers.... I guess you can try

https://www.bookyourhunt.com/hunting-in-canada
or
https://www.oodmag.com/classifieds/

My condolences x4. I recommend you stay in Nova Scotia and can't figure out why anyone would move to Toronto. Nova Scotia is a piece of heaven and have some family that moved to Nova Scotia about 15 years ago and haven't looked back. It must feel like you have landed on an alien planet moving to Toronto. I wish you well.

For the "new"guys to hunting and to Toronto-while I have no "vested interest" in the store,Al Flaherty's Outdoor Store is on Dufferin Street,close to Allen road,south of 401."Almost downtown"
One of the older Outdoor stores,and it is worthwhile to know about it,IMHO any "new" hunter would benefit from visiting it.
We can say they are part of "Toronto old hunting heritage."......they have good stuff,and they are"local"business........
Torontonians...anyone seconding my opinion?

Cheers

I’ve never been to Al’s because To this point I’ve been mostly an archery guy. I make the trip out to Easthill in Orono, they’re knowledgeable and I like their vibe. Plus tons of archery gear. They also have a brand new super shiny range, although I haven’t checked that out yet.


As for hunting opportunities:

-Simcoe County forests, but not all of them
-York County forests, but only three of them
-Ganaraska forest
-Northumberland forest, only deer I heard
-further afield, there’s crown land up Peterborough way - 2+ hours outside the city


Unless you know someone with private land, you’re driving an hour to hunt. Can’t help at all with water fowl, although I’d love to get into that this year.




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For the "new"guys to hunting and to Toronto-while I have no "vested interest" in the store,Al Flaherty's Outdoor Store is on Dufferin Street,close to Allen road,south of 401."Almost downtown"
One of the older Outdoor stores,and it is worthwhile to know about it,IMHO any "new" hunter would benefit from visiting it.
We can say they are part of "Toronto old hunting heritage."......they have good stuff,and they are"local"business........
Torontonians...anyone seconding my opinion?

Cheers

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seconded.

Guys: when someone from Nova Scotia says they are moving to Toronto, that means that mean he could be headed anywhere between Oshawa and Burlington, not necessarily in the City proper. He might end up closer to decent hunting territory than suggested.

Welcome to Ontario, most of it is beautiful. The rest is south of the 407.

By no means is this move by choice, but duty calls. I will definatly miss the 1 hour from bed to blind days, but the challenge is what makes it fun. We are looking a settling in the actual city center so i can be close to work. Appreciate all the help so far, i am working on the license issues now, and enjoy all the hints and tips ive gotten so far.

Again thank you and keep the coming.

I'm not a GTA resident.

I have been to and purchased from Al s store. Lots of inventory. Gagnon in Oshawa is a great shop too!

Salmon fishing out of Toronto last year was ridiculously good from all reports I heard. Guys landing 20 30 fish a trip. Those were not charter reports. Sounds like this year is off to a better start.

For waterfowl I believe some of the provincial parks to the east have blinds you can reserve and hunt from. I think presquille still does. But I thought Darlington and the others had this also.

There are stupid amounts of waterfowl in around Toronto. I drive 401 and 407 from the east to get to Barrie often. Look into finding the firearm restrictions for the townships and knock on some doors. I've hunted the Milton area before for geese.

Good luck

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Welcome! Yup, Al Flaherty's is great, good prices/selection ... highly recommend for folks in GTA.
As for hunting spots, there are a few public places that aren't too far from the GTA that have decent waterfowl opportunities, but I live by the 400/401, so I'm on the highway in a few minutes. I grew up in the city core, so that added quite a bit more to the commute, (just to get to the highway) ... so really depends what area of the city you are in as some areas are worse than others in terms of traffic.

Online shopping.
BP, Cabellas, Sail and Easthill and more will all deliver. Spend your time travelling to water or woods, and not fighting weekend traffic to spend your $.

hey Tyler - you could start out by doing some pheasant/chukar hunts at some of the game farms around the GTA. Pineridge Pudelpointers is one of them - very decent folks - you could get some details on pricing on their website. You would have to wait for September though - too hot for the dogs now. Send me a message and we can do a hunt together.