MAXIMUM rifle caliber for deer in South Western Ontario

[rick_iles]

Crazy, so you cannot sight in your rifle on your own property if it is above .243, so much for a 25-06 for coyotes down in Essex.

I contacted my by-law department before buying just to make sure.

There is an exemption for sighting in larger cal. Rifles as long as an appropriate backstop is used.......

[blasted_saber]

Just move out of crazy southern ON and you dont have to worry about it.

[lazyman]

I don't know but from what I seen in the bylaw only some area's have the restrictions. But if you're hunting there you better check to make sure you're good to go.

[Rimfire905]

270 is fine where I am. I'm not in Essex.

I'm still hunting with a rifled barrel Shotgun.

Need more guns lol

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[rippin_355]

I wouldn't qualify Walkerton as southern Ontario.



If you do a comparison of WMUs, doing a straight line across Hwy 118 seems to be a boundary where most WMU's north are rifle and most WMU south are shot-gun with a few exceptions.

It certainly is. Have you looked at a map of Ontario or drove to Kenora? Its 2 days to drive out of Ontario going NW. Anything below say Sudbury is south [emoji849]

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[rick_iles]

I don't know but from what I seen in the bylaw only some area's have the restrictions. But if you're hunting there you better check to make sure you're good to go.

You have to read the definition section first.....what “firearm” means. There’s areas where no firearms discharge is allowed.... the rest is subject to the “firearm” definition.