Township license, ESSEX????

[gyuri]

I don't see that you need a township licence in PERTH EAST ... how is it that you bought one , Fox !! on the WMU map it doesn't show the yellow markings anymore !

[ninepointer]

There appears to be areas on the Summary maps that still indicate WMA "municipal licenses for rabbits". It's important to check with each municipal office. Where I live in Clarington,the maps still indicate the need for one,but,Clarington hasn't sold a "township license" in decades. It's obvious The Summary maps are in dire need of updating.

About 10-15 years ago the OFAH, at the urging of its members, did a survey of the "Township License" municipalities on the map to determine, among other things:
-Were they still requiring township licenses (was the map accurate)? (MNRF was supposed to update the map)
-How many licenses were they selling annually? (township licenses used to be necessary to control hunter numbers)
-How much were they charging?
-What were they doing with the money? (i.e. Was it going towards pheasant programs or other conservation measures or was it simply going into general revenues?)

Following the survey, the OFAH was successful in getting a number of municipalities to drop the requirement for township licenses, particularly those municipalities who were either selling few licenses and/or who were simply pocketing the money with no clear need/purpose for licensing.

[FishHog]

We still need them in st clair twp. It’s $5. Hardly seems worth the paperwork for that kind of money and I don’t care about 5bucks but going to get it is a pain in the butt

[BDH]

About 10-15 years ago the OFAH, at the urging of its members, did a survey of the "Township License" municipalities on the map to determine, among other things:
-Were they still requiring township licenses (was the map accurate)? (MNRF was supposed to update the map)
-How many licenses were they selling annually? (township licenses used to be necessary to control hunter numbers)
-How much were they charging?
-What were they doing with the money? (i.e. Was it going towards pheasant programs or other conservation measures or was it simply going into general revenues?)

Following the survey, the OFAH was successful in getting a number of municipalities to drop the requirement for township licenses, particularly those municipalities who were either selling few licenses and/or who were simply pocketing the money with no clear need/purpose for licensing.

The monies raised by the township licenses was matched by the province to go towards pheasant release programs. Monies generated by local township game and fish would be added to the township monies and again matched by the province...That is why we had pheasant back in the 50's and 60's.

[ninepointer]

The monies raised by the township licenses was matched by the province to go towards pheasant release programs. Monies generated by local township game and fish would be added to the township monies and again matched by the province...That is why we had pheasant back in the 50's and 60's.

I was born too late to experience those days. Wanna trade?

My old club used to participate. Even after the Province stopped providing the matching funding, my club continued using the license revenues we received from the municipality to purchase and release a few pheasants up until 2003 or so. We saw a new found purpose for township licenses when the Province did its wild pheasant experiment in 2004. Township licenses could have provided a revenue stream in support of habitat improvement and pheasant re-introduction. There was a glimmer of hope that we might be on a path to those good ol' days. But then the Province flip-flopped on that and we threw our hands up in the air.