regulations for crow

[godheadx]

Where would one find the regulations for hunting crow in southern ontario?

[fratri]

Crows are open all year with no limit in southern Ontario...

[HuntCamp'r]

pg 13 of the regs... http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodcons...ent/251888.pdf

A small game licence tag
also permits you to hunt American crow, brown-headed
cowbird, common grackle, house sparrow, red-winged
blackbird or starlings and other animals not scheduled
under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 (e.g.,
groundhogs)**.

[godheadx]

pg 13 of the regs... http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodcons...ent/251888.pdf

im just trying to wrap my head around what makes it legal?
so because its not scheduled under the fish and wildlife conversation act,
i can hunt it anytime i wish, with no limits.

For example.. Porcupine?

also im interested in hunting crows as i want to practice for waterfowl and i am new at this,
do i really need decoys for crows? i seem to get them alot, (and hawks) when i try to call
in coyotes with my ecaller, would using decoys make that big of a difference?

thank you for your help

[Squaretail]

US citizens are NOT allowed to hunt crows in Ontario -- I would suggest you buy an electronic crow caller -- maybe 12 decoys --hide well and shoot fast -- best to be on a flight line not where the roost or feed but some where along the route -- fence lines are best if you can stay hidden --you might have to build a decent blind that they don't recognize as one --use shot birds as decoys --GOOD LUCK

[fratri]

Crow decoys are very useful and can be had at the Dollar Store in a few weeks as they sell them for Holloweve...

[Snowwalker]

im just trying to wrap my head around what makes it legal?
so because its not scheduled under the fish and wildlife conversation act,
i can hunt it anytime i wish, with no limits.

They cause a lot of damage, it's not that they have low numbers.. Just find a roost and TRY to count the number of birds that come in... There is a reason that a group of crows are called a "Murder of crows". They have been known to kill lambs, calf, and fawns while ewe, cow, or doe is giving birth.

[Snowwalker]

Crow decoys are very useful and can be had at the Dollar Store in a few weeks as they sell them for Holloweve...

Don't forget the Owl decoy. A "dead" crow decoy sitting on the ground in front or hanging under if the owl is on a post/tree/stump.

[Marko]

I didn't realise that crows are that bad.
I guess this:
A small game licence tag
also permits you to hunt American crow, brown-headed
cowbird, common grackle, house sparrow, red-winged
blackbird or starlings and other animals not scheduled
under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 (e.g.,
groundhogs)**."
also applies to pigeons?

[jaycee]

also applies to pigeons?

yes it does , common pigeons that you see in town and around barns , [ rock doves ], not to be confused with mourning doves .