Proposed changes to small game regs.

[mooboy76]

Snapping turtle season would be one month long, and limits halved compared to 2015.

I was wondering when those were going to change.

Looks like I gain a squirrel season, but lose a month or two on snowshoe hare - not that I hunted them in the late spring anyway.

[fishhawk]

Do you have a link for info on the pheasant release programs?? Where do they release pheasants in Perth??? Don't think this is happening anymore.

Not much info online about the Perth release, I found out about it by some hunters posting about it in the upland forum on here.
Here's a link to the club that does the Essex lake shore area= www.gnsportsmen.com

[duckslayer]

Not much info online about the Perth release, I found out about it by some hunters posting about it in the upland forum on here.

Ya I think the release is long gone in Perth..............................but yet they still want you to buy a township/county lic..................Used to be a pen close to my parents where they raised them for Perth, hasn't been used in over 20 years and is no longer standing.

[fishhawk]

If they did cancel the program it would of been in the last couple of years, Iast time I hunted Perth I believe it was 2012 and I got pheasants. They started buying fully grown birds directly from a supplier to save on costs. I know of a couple of upland hunters on this forum that hunt in that area, maybe they might chime in and let us know if it's still going on.

[smallgamer]

Thank you to everyone who has participated in this thread. Whether you agree with all, some, or none of my opinions on this topic I encourage you to submit your comments to the EBR. Truthfully, I have my reservations regarding the legitimacy of the EBR process, but it's what we have so let's use it. Cheers.

[trimmer21]

Thank you to everyone who has participated in this thread. Whether you agree with all, some, or none of my opinions on this topic I encourage you to submit your comments to the EBR. Truthfully, I have my reservations regarding the legitimacy of the EBR process, but it's what we have so let's use it. Cheers.

I certainly agree with your assertion that the EBR process legitimacy. I'm beginning to think it's nothing more than PR window dressing.

[dilly]

Ya I think the release is long gone in Perth..............................but yet they still want you to buy a township/county lic..................Used to be a pen close to my parents where they raised them for Perth, hasn't been used in over 20 years and is no longer standing.

I am pretty sure there is still a release. I bought a permit at Western Auto in Mitchell up until this past season. I found birds just North of Mitchell a couple times near a turnip operation and also in Gads Hill swamp. The problem I had with the program was the guys who hunt the birds also release them. They keep things very hush hush. I believe if you pay for a permit, you should get a map of the release sights and a schedule of release dates.

[finsfurfeathers]

I am pretty sure there is still a release. I bought a permit at Western Auto in Mitchell up until this past season. I found birds just North of Mitchell a couple times near a turnip operation and also in Gads Hill swamp. The problem I had with the program was the guys who hunt the birds also release them. They keep things very hush hush. I believe if you pay for a permit, you should get a map of the release sights and a schedule of release dates.

......and that's the problem when you intrust your money to someone else. If I'm going to spend money to hunt pheasant I want to know where and when released also. Don't trust nothing but my own eyes.

[fishhawk]

I am pretty sure there is still a release. I bought a permit at Western Auto in Mitchell up until this past season. I found birds just North of Mitchell a couple times near a turnip operation and also in Gads Hill swamp. The problem I had with the program was the guys who hunt the birds also release them. They keep things very hush hush. I believe if you pay for a permit, you should get a map of the release sights and a schedule of release dates.

Last time I hunted out there I got some pheasants on a property close to Wildwood. I was told that the birds where released close to some of the conservation lands in the county. I think if they want to grow the program and get more funding from hunter's, they should provide a map of release sites when you purchase the licence, like Norfolk does.

[welsh]

Maybe a place like Hullett and others like it will have to impose a 3 bird limit on their property if that is at all possible, or make it a MUST to buy a pheasant "pass" to be able to hunt them there.

Hullett is not "their property." It belongs to the provincial government. And, as has been pointed out on this forum many times, FOH (which manages the area) is not permitted to impose any fees for access or hunting.

Truthfully, I have my reservations regarding the legitimacy of the EBR process, but it's what we have so let's use it.

Well, the fact that they take your comments doesn't imply they have to do anything except nod and say, "Duly noted."

Your comments concerning the proposed changes are IMO bang on.

I believe if you pay for a permit, you should get a map of the release sights and a schedule of release dates.

Release dates should not be made public ... all that does is concentrate the pressure, encourage competitive and unsafe behavior, and so on.

I ignore the Perth pheasant program because they refuse to release info on release sites. A couple of years back we had someone on here encouraging area hunters to buy pheasant licences so the program could continue ... when asked for info on the program he went silent.