bird release permit

[vom Dufenshmirtz]

I received a letter from MNR - they're simplifying bird release process.
As of Jan 2014 you can release up to 10 pheasants or chukars on your private property w/o permit.
10 is a season limit. All other rules and regs apply.
You can keep pheasants in captivity up to 10 days w/o a license.

That's the gist of it. May be it belongs in Upland section mostly dog people do it, I think

Updated:
Attached is the letter from MNR and the list of species MNR manages/issues permits for (also received from MNR).

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This is the list of game birds that MNR issues these permits for –

Bobwhite, Northern

Grouse, Ruffed

Grouse, Sharp-tailed

Grouse, Spruce

Partridge, Gray (Hungarian)

Pheasant, Ring-necked

Ptarmigan, Rock

Ptarmigan, Willow

We also issue the same authorization for varying hare and cottontail.
Please ensure that you check your Hunting Regulations for the closed seasons for all of the above.

For any other birds you should contact the Canadian Wildlife Services. Here is a phone number I was able to locate 905-336-4464.

[Sharon]

Thanks for that info.
Living in the city , I only keep pigeons( local bylaws apply). One escapes every once in a while and a neighbor will come down and say , "Your pigeon is pooping all over my gazebo!"
I say , "Hey.Am I responsible for every pigeon in London?" LOL

[Blackwolf]

Thanks for that info.
Living in the city , I only keep pigeons( local bylaws apply). One escapes every once in a while and a neighbor will come down and say , "Your pigeon is pooping all over my gazebo!"
I say , "Hey.Am I responsible for every pigeon in London?" LOL

As a matter of fact, you are responsible. You need to hunt them all down and kill them!!!

[vom Dufenshmirtz]

I have bigger problems stalking escaped chukars with a fish net in suburbia

[Sharon]

LOL That would be funny!

[terrym]

I have bigger problems stalking escaped chukars with a fish net in suburbia

They seem to escape from you out in the wilds too.......

[Sharon]

When you could keep bw quail , I kept mine on the balcony in my apt. When they would escape, folks would say, " Look, there goes an exotic bird!"

[Hawkman]

Hahahahah! (:~D

Two summers ago I was visiting a friend in Richmond Hill (just north of Toronto) and excited neighbours were showing me a "bobwhite quail" hiding by the bus stop! I informed them that the bird was indeed a chukar and it had most likely escaped from captivity.
Maybe vom Dufenshmirtz would know something about that one?!

I love pigeons Sharon and wish I could keep a few where I live, but there are bylaws everywhere you go and we are regulated to the nines around here.
Of course we now have coyotes running around Newmarket and God forbid if I shoot a .22 in town

Anyway.... We are planning to release a few birds next spring and see how they survive. More of a long term plan and thankfully the area has not many yotes yet.

[ebenezer]

The first time we used chakars a few were missed and one of my neighbours ask if we knew what the strange bird was that he had seem on the road. Of couse we knew. The chakars will return to the pen so we make sure there is always food down and a way for them to get back in but not out.

[dan duf]

Well I kept quails in my garage for a couple of weeks, one got out and drowned in the neighbours pool, told her I didnt know what kind of bird that was!! oops.
Dan