Minimum barrel length for hunting?

[blasted_saber]

Is their a provincial law in Ontario limiting the minimum length of a shotgun (total or barrel) for hunting purposes? I always thought their was, but I can't seem to find anything in the regs about it.

Im aware of the federal laws regulating non-resticted/restricted.

 

[blargon]

Your barrel can be any length, as long as it was that length when it left the factory.

 

[JohnC]

None that I know of. Let's not give them ideas. Been a while since I saw somebody hunting moose wearing a trenchcoat, fedora and sunglasses.

 

[archie_james_c]

None that I know of. Let's not give them ideas. Been a while since I saw somebody hunting moose wearing a trenchcoat, fedora and sunglasses.

You've never seen me then .

 

[blasted_saber]

Cool. The Dominion arms backpacker would make a good grouse gun then (in my area anyway). Most of them stand their and look at you from about 20 ft away.

 

[JohnC]

Cool. The Dominion arms backpacker would make a good grouse gun then (in my area anyway). Most of them stand their and look at you from about 20 ft away.

Especially sprucies. Got my first one ever with a thrown stick last fall

 

[lejarretnoir]

I just ate one last week. I let the dog out and it ran over one standing on my deck and broke it's neck. I don't mind when dinner shows up at the back door that easy.

They sure are dumb birds. When hunting Grouse, [we call them Partridge here and I don't know why] I use my 20" barreled 11-87 12 ga. with very light bird loads. Very short and fast on the fly. Shooting them on the ground is easy, but more thrilling to hit them in flight.

I've used a 870 Police 14" on grouse in the past. IMO, I found it a bit too short, not that it was illegal. It just didn't swing right at 14", 18", but the sweet spot for me was 20".

 

[blasted_saber]

I just ate one last week. I let the dog out and it ran over one standing on my deck and broke it's neck. I don't mind when dinner shows up at the back door that easy.

They sure are dumb birds. When hunting Grouse, [we call them Partridge here and I don't know why] I use my 20" barreled 11-87 12 ga. with very light bird loads. Very short and fast on the fly. Shooting them on the ground is easy, but more thrilling to hit them in flight.

I've used a 870 Police 14" on grouse in the past. IMO, I found it a bit too short, not that it was illegal. It just didn't swing right at 14", 18", but the sweet spot for me was 20".

We call em partidge from our ancestors who used to hunt partidge over in Europe.

I wouldnt be shooting at a flying bird, ive got guns meant for that purpose. I'd only be shooting the sitting birds, so the ability to shoulder and shoot quickly isnt an issue.

Some people take offense to shooting sitting birds; I tell them to come and make my birds flush. 90% of birds I shoot WILL NOT FLUSH, for whatever reason. The most they do is run along the ground.

 

[lejarretnoir]

We call em partidge from our ancestors who used to hunt partidge over in Europe.

Some people take offense to shooting sitting birds; I tell them to come and make my birds flush. 90% of birds I shoot WILL NOT FLUSH, for whatever reason. The most they do is run along the ground.

Ok, that makes sense because this a 200yr old German settlement in these parts.

Nobody around here cares if you shoot them on the ground. We think of it as food first. Lots of folk here don't have the the extra ammo to waste on sportmanship. I guess it depends where and who you hunt with. We don't see those purist upland hunters come up here though. They live south somewhere.

I agree, that most of them birds when flushed just run instead of fly.

For backpacking a shortie up here that you're thinking you'd be fine though. Some of the guys said that I'd might get hassled by a CO because the barrel looks short, but they still can't stop you if they know the laws correctly. The shorties are great for blasting real close.

 

[JohnC]

there's been a 10 inch or so Stoeger .410 backpacker around for at least 20 years.