New too hunting looking for places

[Small game]

Hello
Im looking for help on finding crown land near me
im more intrested in small game hunting and duck hunting
looking for areas around Brighton trenton or belleville crown land


Any help would be great
thanks

[Fishy Wishy]

Hello and welcome to the site.

Posts like yours (and you made 4) are a dime a dozen around these parts. Don't be upset if this is the only reply you get.

Guys generally won't give away "their" spots. Finding hunting land in Southern Ontario is a hunt all its own.

Guys generally won't take out a newb they don't know (there are a few exceptions).

My suggestion is to find out if your area has a fish and game club, also called conservation clubs or rod and gun clubs. Meet up with people there. See if you can find a mentor.

If you stick around here and join the community ask questions answer posts you feel qualified to answer. Develop a presence that demonstrates your character you may find help here....but not with a "Hi I'm new...where can I hunt?" type of post

There are many threads here on how to gain permission to hunt Private land as well as how to find crown.

FW

[Small game]

Sorry just looking for a little help
on finding crown land and such..

[GW11]

Here's a start, good luck!

https://www.ontario.ca/environment-a...e-policy-atlas

[Found]

Ontario Crown Land Atlas, the hunt begins, good luck. You are in Trenton so that is a little to far for me to invite you.
https://www.ontario.ca/environment-a...e-policy-atlas

[terrym]

Your closest MNR office could steer you in the direction of crown land.

[Small game]

Okay thanks all

[GoldenLakePete]

Does your local newspaper have an "Outdoors" type column? Those writers often have a good knowledge of local hunting areas.

[Gaoler]

Yeah... You're on your own.
I found people pretty tight lipped re hunting spots, especially private land... And all I want to do is shoot groundhogs.
It took a little time and legwork, but after two or so seasons into it I have managed to secure several hundred acres of good 'hog fields. 'Some of it "exclusive" in that I'm the only guy allowed on it.
And now I understand and have joined in the silence.

Crown land should be easy to find... There are maps.

Good luck

[line052]

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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, please reply and I'll edit the list. Maybe it would be a good idea for a sticky too.


Please research the areas further before heading out to them as some areas have different rules regarding use.

Some areas also require an OFAH Membership.



Ontario Crown Land Atlas:
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business...DU_137972.html


Ontario Wildlife Management Areas:
Can be viewed in the Wildlife Management Unit Maps 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://www.thamesriver.on.ca/Wetland...as/hunting.htm

Long Point Regional Conservation Authority
http://www.lprca.on.ca/PDFFILES/LPRCA_MAP4SALE.pdf

Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
http://www.mvca.on.ca/uploads/pdf/Conservation_Map.pdf

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/

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/forest-recreation.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/dpt/cf/recreati...m#.UpFZFNIpKSp

Grey County Forests (Suggestion from Tweedwolfscream)
http://www.grey.ca/explore-grey/fore...?activity=7239


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/i?page=hunts&sid=201249769565WG



Provincial Parks that allow hunting:

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