Anyone from port hope

[brent]

The only legit reason for a bylaw is noise. And I don't think that's even a legit reason.

[fishermccann]

I have a question for you. You live on the edge of town , in a residential community , with many houses ,have kids who play in the back yard, with no fences. Would you want people hunting a field 300 yards from your back door, just asking. Sometimes you need to look at things from a non hunter point of view.

[mark270wsm]

i understand your complaint.. but 300 meters from all property lines make it impossible to hunt at all you need a perfect square 97 acer field to hunt in the center of that .. now here is a question for you .. would you rather have some one hunting close to a property line or from a middle of a field where they are forced to shoot towards property lines

[gamemaster]

Good fences makes good neighbours

fishermccann
If that was a legitimate concern why would you buy a home backing on to agricultural land or crown land or a private bush lot. If your worried about your kids playing road hockey you wouldn't buy a house on the main drag of town would you ?
as long as they don't start hanging a target on the back side of my fence what is done on there own land is their business . they were probably hunting that land long before street lights were invented and if people want to move to the country then accept what goes on in the country .

[fratri]

Gamemaster, I want it both ways, I want to live in the country and see the trees but the forest keeps getting in the way.

[dutchhunter]

it does make to tough for a lot of guys to hunt that do not have a ton of land and how many carry a tape with them ,,Hey frank what you doing this summer did you get a boat for this year ,,Dutch

[Cintax]

An aside, does the by-law specify firearms? Bows and Crossbows are often included under these sorts of by-laws too.

[mark270wsm]

yes it even includes all barreld wepons that shoot a projectile so does that mean a kids dart gun ??? this is a poorly written law

[Cintax]

yes it even includes all barreld wepons that shoot a projectile so does that mean a kids dart gun ??? this is a poorly written law

Orillia is like that, no sling shots, bows, crossbows, air guns, or regular firearms. Complete nonsense.
I have a hill in my yard that works just fine as a backstop. I put the target block there and fire away with the bow or pellet rifle anyways. All cedars and trees so no one can really see in to say anything, not that they would.

I still don't see where this by-law is needed. Have their been any incidents?

The Port Hope municipality is quite large so this by-law will have a pretty big effect on people. What about land owners taking care of pests?

[mark270wsm]

from my limited conversations with the guy that is fighting (second hand information ) it is that farmers will be allowed to protect there property for pest but hunting season could be issue shooting pest because that what hunting season is for hunting controls the animals .. so the mnr would not issue permits for pest animals .. and if you are not a farmer then you would have to call the police if your land was smaller than 50 acers and you were within 300 meters of all property lines ? to date i see nothing posted on the zone e website so something smells