Hunting too close to house?
- Thread starter nbmonte
- Start date
Legal distance
• It is illegal to discharge any bow or crossbow
within 100 metres of a dwelling, school,
playground, athletic field, solid waste disposal
site or place of business.
• It is illegal to discharge any rifle, shotgun or
muzzle-loading firearm within 200 metres of
a dwelling, school, playground, athletic field,
solid waste disposal site or place of business.
• It is illegal to discharge a rimfire rifle, a centre-fire
rifle or shotgun loaded with ball or slug within
400 metres of a dwelling, school, playground,
athletic field, solid waste disposal site or place
of business.
Buckshot
is not considered “ball” or “slug” and
can be discharged between 200 metres and
400 metres.
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http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/nr-rn/pdf/en/Wildlife/HuntTrap.pdf
• It is illegal to discharge any bow or crossbow
within 100 metres of a dwelling, school,
playground, athletic field, solid waste disposal
site or place of business.
• It is illegal to discharge any rifle, shotgun or
muzzle-loading firearm within 200 metres of
a dwelling, school, playground, athletic field,
solid waste disposal site or place of business.
• It is illegal to discharge a rimfire rifle, a centre-fire
rifle or shotgun loaded with ball or slug within
400 metres of a dwelling, school, playground,
athletic field, solid waste disposal site or place
of business.
Buckshot
is not considered “ball” or “slug” and
can be discharged between 200 metres and
400 metres.
Page 6
http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/nr-rn/pdf/en/Wildlife/HuntTrap.pdf
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
The real risk is that you don't know who they are and you can't say with any amount of certainty that they know what they are doing. 120m is closer to my house than I would want Johnny Anonymous shooting.
In NB it is illegal to discharge a bow or crossbow within 100 meters of a house, a shotgun or muzzle loader, 200 meters, and a rim fire, centerfire rifle or shotgun with ball or slug, 400 meters. Their too close. You should remind them how close your house is, maybe they don't know.
TheCoachZed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Could be you found a bowhunting stand, and the gun hunters were further off. I know I've hunted inside Saint John city limits for years, and you get a wide variety of hunters, from people who are scrupulous about observing boundaries, to guys who will run through a backyard with a rifle.
Edit: I'd report them, but the DNR can't do much unless you can identify who was there and prove they actually fired a shot.
Edit: I'd report them, but the DNR can't do much unless you can identify who was there and prove they actually fired a shot.
who's tree is it? Op doesn't state its his land. my neighbor hunts in his backyard less than 100m from my house. he has permission from me to use my chicken coop as his backdrop so he doesn't have to set up his entire blind.
Believe most Regs state a legal distance to discharge a Firearm from a Dwelling, then state 'unless permission is granted'
Call for Service for LEO to attend would be complaint driven, OP would have to call as it sounds like he did not give permission to his neighbor, if the neighbor is on his own property
My tree question is more for the "chop it down" comment.
M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
One can hunt as close to a dwelling or building as he or she chooses...as long as the property owner is aware on board with the activity I would think. I believe in Manitoba the official distance is 300 metres. I would however feel uncomfortable gun hunting this close to a home...especially in open country.
