Max varmint caliber?

[truenorth777]

anyone know the ontario regs for maximum caliber allowed for varmint hunting?
i thought it was anything under .30 cal., but a buddy of mine says his 270 WSM isn't allowed.

thanx.

 

[Alpheus]

A person hunting small game may not carry or use a rifle of
greater calibre than a .275-calibre rifle, except a muzzle-loading
gun, in the geograhic areas of Brant, Chatham-Kent, Durham,
Elgin, Essex, Haldimand, Halton, Hamilton, Huron, Lambton,
Middlesex, Niagara, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxford, Peel,
Perth, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington or York

Different municipalities might have other rules.


Slightly OT, but a buddy of mine hunted gophers with his .50cal. We even think he hit a few, hard to tell.

 

[Outcold]

SW Ontario allows .270 or smaller, so a .270wsm is still fine.

Cheers

 

[K0na_stinky]

SW Ontario allows .270 or smaller, so a .270wsm is still fine.

Cheers

Ive always wondered if they would care that a .270WSM uses a .277" bullet?

 

[N0M4D]

Ain't got a 22 anymore :\ so I just use my bb gun 308

 

[freezer filler]

Ive always wondered if they would care that a .270WSM uses a .277" bullet?

Nope, the rules were written with the 270 in mind...I've asked a couple CO's who both said the same thing. Essex County has a 6mm bylaw. Other municipalities may as well.

 

[skippy210]

Many area in ontario without limit. Mostly the south has a 270 max limit.

 

[Shawn_338]

Might be a better question for the hunting section rather than the precision rifle section

 

[kodiakjack]

One of the dumbest regs we've got going for us. 7.62X39 would be a fine coyote round, but it's "bad". Instead I can blast it with a .270WSSM, and at over twice the muzzle energy, that's A-OK!

Part of me would like to see that rule overhauled.

But the realist in me knows that the new regs they'd come up with would be even more restrictive. Balls.

 

[Roddy]

Is Ontario the only province with this sort of caliber restriction? I plink with lots of big calibers so I don't see any reason not to varmint hunt with them.

 

[swissinn]

.338 Lapua on the farm lol. Suck it Ontario.

 

[specialized7]

I'm surprised there's a regulation on varmint hunting.
Here I'm pretty sure you Can use whatever

 

[redneckchris]

I'm I correct,
This .275" max bullet dia. Regulation is only for hunting and does not apply to plinking or target practice on private land?

 

[Triplesevens]

Is Ontario the only province with this sort of caliber restriction? I plink with lots of big calibers so I don't see any reason not to varmint hunt with them.

.22 caliber in NB. (Cause a 243 is waaay too big...lol)

 

[Suputin]

.22 caliber in NB. (Cause a 243 is waaay too big...lol)

Typical idiocy regarding laws written by those who nothing of the subject.

So an 80gr VLD out of a 22 Middlestead is OK but a 58gr VMAX from a 243 is bad?

 

[CV32]

Is Ontario the only province with this sort of caliber restriction? I plink with lots of big calibers so I don't see any reason not to varmint hunt with them.

Unfortunately not. Here in Newfoundland we are limited to .225 and below among centerfire cartridges for coyotes.

 

[bbentley]

So I take it my 9mm carbine isn't good for varmints in ontario then??

 

[Crashman]

Only certain areas of the province, I am in south eastern Ontario and there are no broad paint brush style laws like that that I am aware of, possibly some local municipal bylaws. Correct me if I am wrong please.