- Location
- Peterborough ON
It was my understanding that in Ontario you had to be 100 ft from centre of the road to discharge, but could travel with loads gun as close as 30 ft? My buddy says you can discharge at 30, what is the true regulation?
How far off a road do you have to be to discharge a shotgun
- Thread starter whatthebuck
- Start date
- Location
- Peterborough ON
I m hunting farms in Selwyn, just wondering if anybody knew for sure, cause we have a deer stand on one of the property that may need to be moved. I don't need advice on ballistics or hunting ethics, just the law for now please. It is to early to call the CO.
- Location
- Brant County, Ontario
This should all be in the regs, you guys have a copy up there?
Not to be rude but google is your friend. Just look up the discharge bylaws or call the local police. Every town and city has a discharge by law. Yours may be different than my. A good CO will tell you the same thing. 100 yards is a good rule of thumb.
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
Try the hunting regulations
- Location
- Peterborough ON
I had googled until i was cross eyed and looked at regs, what i was unclear of was did the possession also mean discharge. Talked to MNR, and it does. As long as you are 27 ft\8m off the road you can discharge. Thanks for the feedback.
tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
Dont ask grouse hunters
Well, I know you're sort of joking here, but what is the definition of road in these regs? Gravel or dirt roads in the woods - are they roads in the context of these regulations?
Good rule of thumb, but probably not the law - a road is any path, trail, dirt road, logging road, etc. that people may use. Just think. What if you and your 6 year old daughter went for a walk on the path through the woods thinking it was all fun and family? Then there's a guy with a shotgun shooting across the path... but it's not a paved road, so it's ok right?
