Farmer/Landowner Deer Validation Tag

[dutchhunter]

Dad goes in with the form with his info, my info and his brothers info (direct family only, my wife is not close enough) sometimes they give him the validations on the spot sometimes we each gets ours in the mail.

Glad you sorted it out.

Your wife is close enough so are step kids .we do it every year.

[gooseman]

The way it is worded in the rules for landowner/ farmers controlled hunt validation "An immediate relative of the farmer or landowner meetingthe above criteria also qualifies to receive a controlled deerhunt validation tag. An application signed by the landownermust be submitted to the participating ServiceOntario centre.An immediate relative is a person’s grandparent, parent,spouse, child, sibling or grandchild. "
I would say that a son of the landowner's spouse or as in Foxs case the landowners daughter inlaw is not legally eligible to receive a permit as she is not an immediate relative but thru marriage. If Fox owned the property then yes. Just cause you do it every yr doesn't mean it's legal. I really don't think they check that close and the person at the license office really doesn't ask or care who is on the paperwork as they just log it into the computer and out they pop

[Fox]

The way it is worded in the rules for landowner/ farmers controlled hunt validation "An immediate relative of the farmer or landowner meetingthe above criteria also qualifies to receive a controlled deerhunt validation tag. An application signed by the landownermust be submitted to the participating ServiceOntario centre.An immediate relative is a person’s grandparent, parent,spouse, child, sibling or grandchild. "
I would say that a son of the landowner's spouse or as in Foxs case the landowners daughter inlaw is not legally eligible to receive a permit as she is not an immediate relative but thru marriage. If Fox owned the property then yes. Just cause you do it every yr doesn't mean it's legal. I really don't think they check that close and the person at the license office really doesn't ask or care who is on the paperwork as they just log it into the computer and out they pop

Exactly, we have asked, my dad's wife would be legal if she hunted because she is also on the deed but my wife is not as it is an inlaw. Our children will be allowed though as grandchildren are legal.

It is annoying but we just apply for the main draw for her.

[dutchhunter]

A wife of a farmers son is still family and will get a tag. We do it ever year.

[gooseman]

Sorry Dutchhunter but not the way the rules are wrote. I don't believe they would ever question it but as stated, before I purchased my own land I could not get a permit from using my father in-law who owns 100's of acres. It must be immediate family not an inlaw

[Fox]

A wife of a farmers son is still family and will get a tag. We do it ever year.

I am not sure who you are working with at the ministry but we were told no.

[Quack_Kills]

Like GM posted, the definition of immediate family member as it pertains to the fish and wildlife conservation act does not include son in-laws or daughter in-laws (its there in black and white on page 72 of the hunting regs). ServiceOntario may not be scrutinizing the applications as well as they should but it is your responsibility to know the rules and regulations. Getting away with it doesn't make it legal. Sadly it comes down to getting stopped and checked in the field by a conservation officer.

[dutchhunter]

The guys I hunt with is a farmer .we go to aylmer to mnr office .you get all the tags.farmers son is separated from first wife and remarried. Even his step kids get a farmers tag along with his new wife. Wife's and kids are family. Call alymer mnr and ask what immediately family means.it reads (an immediate relative is a person's grandparents. Parent. Spouse. Child siblings or grandchildren. ) .so if a grandchild is immediate family so is the mom.

[gooseman]

Ok but read what you typed. No where is it stated a child's spouse! Sorry but that's great if you can get away with it but I have to disagree with you that it's legal. Grandkids are blood related in laws are not. When I asked it was explained to me like that and I am fine with that.

[someJoe]

Is there any limit to the number of tags you can get under one land owner? Like I'm the landowner, so I apply for myself to get an f/l tag, I can also apply for my brothers or dad etc on the same parcel?

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