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March 21st, 2019, 09:57 AM
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Crossbow Hunting Legalization
Here's an interesting question a friend was looking for the answer to - Google didn't return any results, so I thought some of the fine folks here might have an answer...
What year was crossbow use for hunting legalized in Ontario?
Thanks!
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March 21st, 2019 09:57 AM
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March 21st, 2019, 10:28 AM
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Did they ever define a crossbow as anything other than a bow in Ontario?
If they considered it a bow then it was probably never illegal to use, even now the general gun season allows bows in most WMUs, you just have to wear orange, the special bow only seasons are what is relatively new.
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March 21st, 2019, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by
Fox
Did they ever define a crossbow as anything other than a bow in Ontario?
That was my thinking, I don't remember Ontario never differentiated them from the MNR definition of 'bow/archery'.
One of the few things they ever did right
Last edited by MikePal; March 21st, 2019 at 04:23 PM.
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March 21st, 2019, 03:24 PM
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Can't tell you when, but I started hunting with a crossbow in 1987. If I remember correctly it cost an additional $1 for the archery option on your deer tag back then. Can't remember when they did away with the extra charge though....
So many critters & so little time to hunt......
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March 21st, 2019, 04:43 PM
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I hunted WMU 23 bow season with a Barnett crossbow in 82 or 83.
"Only dead fish go with the flow."
Proud Member: CCFR, CSSA, OFAH, NFA.
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March 21st, 2019, 05:31 PM
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I believe I bought my first crossbow from Daco (?) Archery in New Market and that was 78 or 79 I believe. I used to ride my bike with the crossbow in the dark to go bow hunting. I was young and crazy but had fun - lol.
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March 21st, 2019, 07:04 PM
#7
I moved to Ontario in 1989 and some of the people I hunted with said crossbows had been leagal since they were hunting so at least the 1970's. In NB and NS, PEI Crossbows are illegal for hunting they are considered a poachers tool.
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March 25th, 2019, 12:50 PM
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Wouldn't want to get old in those provinces or have a physical disability such that you can't shoot a vertical bow.
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March 25th, 2019, 01:31 PM
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Crossbows for hunting in Ontario has never been illegal. They were always included in the regulations as "Archery" equipment.
Society needs to stop bending to the will of the delusional.
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March 26th, 2019, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by
greatwhite
I moved to Ontario in 1989 and some of the people I hunted with said crossbows had been leagal since they were hunting so at least the 1970's. In NB and NS, PEI Crossbows are illegal for hunting they are considered a poachers tool.
2016 they legalized cross bows here, N. B.. Draw loc for compound bows are now legal too. Lol, just found out yesterday. Extra three weeks with the bow for deer.