Ontario Public Hunting Area Locations

[x_xeon_x]

UPDATE: Nearing 25,000 views I decided to update the links. Also I added a couple mapping options and Ontairo and Migratory hunting regulations.


I figured it was time there was a list created that had all of the public areas someone could hunt in Ontario. With all of the new hunters in the province every year its hard for them to get a good start at it without knowing anyone or without somewhere to go. I figure why not give someone a reasonable starting point to a life long obsession such as hunting, and let them know that they do have areas they can go.

If anyone would like to contribute more public locations or extras, please reply and I'll edit the list. Maybe it would be a good idea for a sticky too.


****Research the areas before heading out! Some areas have game, season, time, location, ect, restrictions or fees and may also require you to have an OFAH Membership.****



Ontario Crown Land Atlas:
http://www.ontario.ca/page/crown-land-use-policy-atlas


Ontario Wildlife Management Areas:
Can be viewed in the map section from the Ontario Hunting Regulations

1. Stag Island (WMU 93)
2. Rondeau (Provincial Park) (WMU 93)
3. Fingal (WMU 92)
4. Aylmer (WMU 92)
5. Calton Swamp (WMU 92)
6. Long Point (WMU 90)
7. Hullett (WMU 85)
8. Luther Marsh (WMU 80)
9. Orangeville (WMU 81)
10. Rankin (WMU 83)
11. Beverly Swamp (WMU 87)
12. Binbrook (WMU 87)
13. Mud Lake (WMU 89)
14. Willoughby Swamp (WMU 89)
15. Pine River Provincial Fishing Area (WMU 81)
16. Tiny Marsh (WMU 76)
17. Matchedash Bay (WMU 76)
18. Copeland Forest Resources Management Area (WMU 76E)
19. Holland Marsh (WMU 77)
20. Nonquon (WMU 73)
21. Scugog Island (WMU 73)
22. Darlington (Provincial Park) (WMU 72)
23. Presqu’ile (Provincial Park) (WMU 71)
24. Brighton (WMU 71)
25. Mountain (WMU 65)
26. Lake St. Lawrence (WMU 65)
27. Gananoque (WMU 67)
28. Camden Lake (WMU 68)
29. Pt. Petre (WMU 70)
30. Wye Marsh National Wildlife Area (WMU 76)
31. Howard Ferguson Nursery (WMU 66B)
32. Hilliardton Marsh (WMU 28)



Conservation Authorities that allow hunting:
Map View (Suggestion from Species8472)
http://www.oodmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CAs.pdf

Essex Regional Conservation Authority
http://erca.org/conservation-areas-e...ation/hunting/

Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
http://www.abca.on.ca/page.php?page=hunting

Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
http://thamesriver.on.ca/parks-recre...shing-hunting/

Long Point Regional Conservation Authority
http://www.lprca.on.ca/pages/1357924077/Hunting

Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
http://www.mvca.on.ca/programs_conservation.php

Grand River Conservation Authority
http://www.grandriver.ca/index/docum...&Sub1=0&sub2=0

Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
http://www.npca.ca/conservation-areas/hunters-anglers/

Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
http://www.greysauble.on.ca/ca_lands/recreation.html

Nottawasaga Conservation Authority
http://www.nvca.on.ca/recreation/HuntingPermits

Onotabee Conservation Authority
http://www.otonabee.com/parks-trails...shingtrapping/

Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority
http://www.svca.on.ca/

St. Clair Region Conservation Authority
http://www.scrca.on.ca/

Lakehead Region Conservation Authority
http://www.lakeheadca.com/

Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
http://www.grca.on.ca/RECREATION_-120874.html

Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
http://www.rvca.ca/

South Nation Conservation Authority
http://nation.on.ca/recreation/hunting

Raisin Region Conservation Authority
http://www.rrca.on.ca/

Lower Trent Conservation Authority
http://www.ltc.on.ca/

Crowe Valley Conservation Authority
http://www.crowevalley.com/



County Forests:

Simcoe County Forests
http://www.simcoe.ca/Forestry/Pages/...d-Fishing.aspx

Grey County Forests (Suggestion from Tweedwolfscream)
http://www.grey.ca/


Duck Hunting Areas:

Long Point
http://www.longpoint.on.ca/lpwa/HuntingOpps.asp

Rondeau
http://www.rondeauwaterfowlers.com/

Ducks Unlimited Blinds
http://www.waterfowling.com/waterfow...unt-locations/



Other Hunting Areas:

Hullet Marsh (Suggestion from Slider)
http://www.hullettmarsh.com/index.html

Pelee Island
http://www.pelee.org/pheasant-hunts/...g-regulations/


Ontario Provincial Parks that allow hunting:
http://www.ontarioparks.com/en or call 1-800-667-1940 (OMNR General Info Line)

Abitibi-De-Troyes Albany River Alexander Lake Forest Algoma Headwaters Algonquin Park (Clyde, Bruton and Eyre Twps.) Amable du Fond River Aubinadong-Nushatogaini Rivers Aubinadong River Aubrey Falls Barron River Batchawana River Big East River Biscotasi Lake Bissett Creek Black Creek Black Sturgeon River Blind River Blue Lake Bon Echo Bonnechere River Brightsand River Chapleau-Nemegosenda River Charleston Lake (Blue Mountain area only) Chiniguchi Waterway Dana-Jowsey Lakes Darlington Eagle Dogtooth East English River Egan Chutes Englehart River Fine Sand Plain and Waterway Esker Lakes Fawn River French River Fushimi Lake Goulais River Grant’s Creek Greenwater Groundhog River Waterway Grundy Lake Gull River Halfway Lake Ivanhoe Jocko Rivers

Kap-Kig-Iwan Kashabowie Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Killarney Killarney Lakelands and Headwaters Kopka River La Cloche Lake of the Woods Lake St. Peter Lake Superior LaMotte Lake Larder River Waterway LaVerendrye Little Abitibi Little Current River Little White River Long Point Lower Madawaska River Magnetawan River Makobe-Grays River Mashkinonje Matinenda Mattawa River McRae Point Missinaibi Mississagi Mississagi River Nagagamisis Nakina Moraine Nimoosh Noganosh Lake North Channel Inshore Obabika River Obatanga Obonga-Ottertooth Ogoki River Opeongo River Otoskwin-Attawapiskat River Ottawa River Oxtongue River-Ragged Falls Pancake Bay Pigeon River

Pipestone RiverPoint Farms Polar Bear Presqu’ile Pretty River Valley Pukaskwa River Puzzle Lake Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Restoule River aux Sables Rock Point Rondeau Ruby Lake Rushbrook Sandbar Lake Sandpoint Island Severn River Silent Lake Silver Falls Solace South Bay Spanish River St. Raphael Steel River Sturgeon River Temagami River The Massasauga The Shoals Turtle River-White Otter Lake Upper Madawaska River W.J.B. Greenwood Wabakimi Wanapitei Wenebegon River Westmeath West English River West Montreal River White Lake Whitesand Widdifield Forest Winisk River Woman River Forest

Extras

OMNR Topo Map and Aerial Photography
http://www.giscoeapp.lrc.gov.on.ca/matm/Index.html?site=Make_A_Topographic_Map&viewer=MATM &locale=en-US

Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/

Ontario 2015 Hunting Regulations
http://www.ontario.ca/document/ontar...ations-summary

Ontario 2015 Migratory Birds Regulations
https://www.ec.gc.ca/rcom-mbhr/99FDE...BB9/on_eng.pdf

[TurkeyRookie]

Looks like some peoples favorite spots just got a little more crowded...

Your heart is in the right place... But you may be way off base if you think guys who also hunt public land, are about to send you the details and have even more people pushin the bush.

Nothing wrong with using Google earth, get some maps, map books, GPS, and go for drives and find it. Makes finally getting out and being successful that much sweeter

Just my 0.05

[mwarner]

why not .. they are public lands.. my guess maybe 100 people of this site visit one of these public spots ..

[x_xeon_x]

Looks like some peoples favorite spots just got a little more crowded...

Your heart is in the right place... But you may be way off base if you think guys who also hunt public land, are about to send you the details and have even more people pushin the bush.

Nothing wrong with using Google earth, get some maps, map books, GPS, and go for drives and find it. Makes finally getting out and being successful that much sweeter

Just my 0.05

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.

[Longgun]

I think your wrong on Silent Lake Prov. Park. As far as I know there is no hunting.
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[Doug]

This list is inaccurate if you blindly follow the list you may face charges.

The OP has listed Conservation Authorities that permit hunting and has included a map of all conservation area within their ownership. The problem is that while hunting may be permitted on some, hunting is definitely not permitted on all sites. A recent Ontario Out of Doors magazine article dealt with the CA's that permit hunting and as stated there check with the CA for a list of sites on which hunting is permitted. Keep in mind that off road vehicles are also not permitted on all CA lands, so check with that as well when you call. You cannot just show up at some of these sites and hunt; you may have to purchase a special permit to hunt ie GRCA Conestoga Lake CA. Also keep in mind that some of these CA sites actually close from late fall to spring, and if closed you may not access and if caught doing so you may face charges.

Likewise with the Provincial Parks, it is best to check with the proper authorities prior to going blindly, you may very well be facing the same issues as with the CA's.

I would advise anyone to verify before going to any of these sites, while the OP has good intentions standing up in court and saying "But x_xeon_x told me I could" would not go over very well with the judge.

[relic38]

As a new hunter, I thank the OP for aggregating this public information. All of it is freely accessible on the web (much I had independently found) and does give aspiring hunters a chance to get started.
A request to anyone hunting public lands; please use the property with respect and obey laws and regulations. Abuse of public lands is the first step to losing hunting access in those areas. No littering and if hikers, etc. are there respect their right to be there too. Note they likely will not be wearing orange.

[Species8472]

Here is a map (published in OODMAG 2013 hunting annual) showing CA's in Southern Ontario that allow hunting. Map includes some details and links for each CA.

http://www.oodmag.com/wp-content/upl...013/10/CAs.pdf

[Romulus86]

Honestly finding land is getting more and more difficult so thank you for the list, it's a good starting off point.

[slider]

Link to Hullett PWA

http://www.hullettmarsh.com/index.html

Very large property to explore......diverse habitats to hunt!

Do your research and enjoy.