Have you noticed anything different in this years regs?

[finsfurfeathers]

So flipping through this years regs book and I noticed a few things different this year. First looks like all the public hunting areas have been scrubbed from the maps. Wonder if its related to the Ihunt app for sale. Good thing I still have old copies of the regs. Another thing I noticed was a recommendation for marking portable blinds with hunter orange wonder if this is in preparation to make it mandatory. The last thing that struck me as odd was a recommendation to report feral pigs and wild board instead of hunting them.
What you guys think?
Any other odd things of note.

[trimmer21]

I noticed all that,also. Did you notice the change to the small game section where it's no longer necessary for small game hunters to carry a big game license when varmint/predator hunting with centerfire rifles and shot greater than #2 during big game seasons? That's a big plus for all us varmint hunters hunting in the fall. It's still required that we use the proper firearm as prescribed in the regs for the open season,though. (shotguns only). That recommendation for ground blind marking has always been there. I really doubt there'll be any further blaze orange regs coming out of it. That would be pretty tough to float that one.

[js4fn]

Wasn’t the marking a blind mainly for turkey ?

[finsfurfeathers]

I Did you notice the change to the small game section where it's no longer necessary for small game hunters to carry a big game license when varmint/predator hunting with centerfire rifles and shot greater than #2 during big game seasons? That's a big plus for all us varmint hunters hunting in the fall. It's still required that we use the proper firearm as prescribed in the regs for the open season,though. (shotguns only). .

Didn't pick up on that one.

Wasn’t the marking a blind mainly for turkey ?

Think it was a general recommendation for all ground blind use

[trimmer21]

Didn't pick up on that one.



Think it was a general recommendation for all ground blind use

Check the section in red on page 85 of The Summary under Wolf&Coyote.

[MeghanOOD]

So flipping through this years regs book and I noticed a few things different this year. First looks like all the public hunting areas have been scrubbed from the maps. Wonder if its related to the Ihunt app for sale. Good thing I still have old copies of the regs. Another thing I noticed was a recommendation for marking portable blinds with hunter orange wonder if this is in preparation to make it mandatory. The last thing that struck me as odd was a recommendation to report feral pigs and wild board instead of hunting them.
What you guys think?
Any other odd things of note.

Hi finsfurfeathers,
The MNRF gave this additional comment on one of OOD's social platforms: At this time, hunting wild pigs in Ontario is not recommended. Research and management from other jurisdictions show that hunting is ineffective at eliminating invasive wild pigs and can accelerate the spread of their populations. Wild pigs that are exposed to hunting disperse into new areas and learn quickly to avoid humans, which can make future efforts to eliminate invasive wild pigs in the province harder. The ministry continues to urge the public to report wild pig sightings. Reported sightings play a critical role in understanding the locations and number of wild pigs in the province and will inform Ontario’s research and management. Sightings can be emailed to [email protected] or submitted to the iNaturalist Ontario Wild Pig Reporting webpage.

For OOD's coverage on Wild Pigs in Ontario, please refer to this story:
https://oodmag.com/news/wild-pigs-threaten-ontario/

[trimmer21]

Hi finsfurfeathers,
The MNRF gave this additional comment on one of OOD's social platforms: At this time, hunting wild pigs in Ontario is not recommended. Research and management from other jurisdictions show that hunting is ineffective at eliminating invasive wild pigs and can accelerate the spread of their populations. Wild pigs that are exposed to hunting disperse into new areas and learn quickly to avoid humans, which can make future efforts to eliminate invasive wild pigs in the province harder. The ministry continues to urge the public to report wild pig sightings. Reported sightings play a critical role in understanding the locations and number of wild pigs in the province and will inform Ontario’s research and management. Sightings can be emailed to [email protected] or submitted to the iNaturalist Ontario Wild Pig Reporting webpage.

For OOD's coverage on Wild Pigs in Ontario, please refer to this story:
https://oodmag.com/news/wild-pigs-threaten-ontario/

Are they telling us not to shoot them if we see them?

[Snip]

This reporting of hog sightings makes complete sense to me, IMO doesn't mean you can't shoot them, I definitely know that I do not shoot every animal I see while I am hunting that species and I also do not shoot every species I legally can while I am hunting another species, so the reporting will give them more information on the population weather it runs away or is hanging.

[fishfood]

Sounds like they will say

It will spread at a low risk . Lol

I dont think we have a population big enough for them to train their colonies about hunters. Maybe when they are established they may learn a bit more about the hunters. Also if the came from the south from larger herds they would already have that instinct.

If you have the opportunity to take them out buy all means take them out lol. We cant just report them to fix the problem. What is the mnr going to do about a report? Sounds like an open invitation saying they are safe here in Canada .

I don't think they will try and trap them so just reporting seems stupid . Yes they learn quickly they also spread and reproduce quickly. What's going to happen with the reports? They end up on a map and that's it we let them establish more so it will never be controlled.

Unless the mnr plans of spending a week at each report of pigs a report system is silly and does nothing to solve the problems.

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[rick_iles]

Are they telling us not to shoot them if we see them?

Sounds like they want to let their population grow until they “do” present a problem. Makes no real sense to me...