Ontario Public Hunting Area Locations

[trimmer21]

Honestly I doubt it refers to the Island Lake Conservation Area. That's a conservation authority property, and the listed WMA's are all provincially-owned places. Sure, some conservation authorities allow hunting on some of their properties, but those aren't given a special listing in the hunting regs.

There seems to be many of the "pins" that marked WMA's that no longer exist. Many of the areas marked for "municipal " licenses don't exist,either. A case in point is within Durham Region (Municipality of Clarington) that hasn't sold municipal pheasant and rabbit licenses since the FWCA was enacted in 1997,but,it's still listed in The Summary. For those wishing to hunt in the areas so marked,it always pays to make phone calls or visit local municipal offices to ask questions.

[cityhunter1]

Thanks. Its a good start for beginers

[finsfurfeathers]

thought it be good to pin this thread as lots of good info for the newbie hunter.

[newbiehunter]

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[jumbo1290]

No I completely understand your point of view and I also get that some people aren't going to like the idea whatsoever. I just figured that its all publicly available and fairly well known information to people who have hunted for years, so might as well help someone out who is struggling getting his first deer or rabbit. Or even someone who just lost access to his property or even just moved, ect. I know when I was 16 and just got my hunting licence and bow I would have loved to have this laid out for me. It took me years to realize that I could actually hunt somewhere locally because everyone is always so hush hush about it. The years of wasted weekends I spent inside because I didn't know I could have gotten a ride from my parents to places like this back in the day bothers me.

Very helpful info. Rookies like myself have hard times finding places without wading through miles of red tape.