Shooting some duckage from in the canoe while fishing?

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Newbster here. I was thinking of getting my hunting license soon and was wondering can one hunt from a canoe. I imagine fishing on the lake and dropping the rod for the shotty and BOOM!!!!! Duck and Walleye soup tonight!!!! MAUAHAHAHAHA :dancingbanana::dancingbanana::dancingbanana:
 
Most canoes are not stable enough and on firing, you and your gear will end up in the drink. I used to jump shoot ducks this way but unless the canoe is pointed directly at the ducks, it is risky, not worth the risk to life and equip. unless you have a very stable canoe.
 
Also, you cannot shoot out of a canoe if it's under power from a motor electric or gas. Also, walleyes and ducks don't usually hangout in the same areas. Your mileage may vary.
 
I marsh shoot all my mallards from a vintage 1947 Peterbourough. Shoot cattail marshes. A canoe is an excellent hunting platform after being pushed into thick cattails and tied. Attach four short light cords to the gunnells, two on each side. Push your canoe into the cattails and tie in by grabbing a clump of cattails and us these cords to tie the boat to the cattails at all for points. Your canoe will be almost invisable as it's narrow and by breaking overhead surrounding cattails over boat to finish the blind. The platform will be then be sturdy enough to stand and do the Red River jig if you want! Only take a couple minutes to set the whole thing up. Don't think you'll do well on walleyes though...no matter how many decoys ya set out.:D
 
The lake my mom is on has many weedy bays including the bay her cottage is on. I take the shotgun fishing in the fall and will park the boat and sneak up on the mallards if I can. It will get you the occasional bird but defiantly not the same as setting out decoys.
 
"...legal to shoot from a boat period?..." As long as you're not using a motor, yes. Anchored in a blind, for example. Shooting from any motorized vehicle, boats included, is illegal.
Like gravyboat says, in season only.
 
Ok so shooting from a canoe is alright then. Is there only certain lakes one can shoot from a canoe? I wonder if they make life jackets for shottys!!!! lol I guess im gonna go get my hunting licence. Should someone new to hunting find other hunters to go with for the first time?
 
My family just got a cottage on a lake off highway 7.. The lake isn't too populated, and there is a whole section of the land around the west end of the lake that is crown land.. IE: No cottages there.. I don't want to upset any cottagers with shotgun blasts ringing out over the lake while they are going fishing or enjoying dinner outside..

It is nice to know that it is legal hunting from a canoe. I was also curious.. I was thinking about bringing my .22 to the cottage with my Remington sub-sonic ammo since we have 4 acres there. Is it legal to fire a .22 from the canoe as well?

Also, I was just reading the regulations.. From what I can tell, it is only legal to hunt bullfrogs with some sort of bow, no firearms? There are so many bullfrogs in our area.
 
Slipery said:
It is nice to know that it is legal hunting from a canoe. I was also curious.. I was thinking about bringing my .22 to the cottage with my Remington sub-sonic ammo since we have 4 acres there. Is it legal to fire a .22 from the canoe as well?

Also, I was just reading the regulations.. From what I can tell, it is only legal to hunt bullfrogs with some sort of bow, no firearms? There are so many bullfrogs in our area.
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Hunting from a canoe is not a problem. Note that you can not hunt any migratory birds with any kind of rifle, and that includes an air rifle.

Shooting at your cottage should not be a problem PROVIDED it is legal to discharge a firearm in your Township. You also need a GOOD backstop to keep bullets from leaving your property or hitting anything they are not supposed to hit.

We have duck hunted from canoes for many decades. Most of the time in marshes, and as above, we just pull them into the bullrush, but have never tied them. We have occasionally taken shots moving in a canoe, it is OK as long as you are sure of yourself. Last thing you need is to be in the water, in winter cloths, trying to keep your head above water and trying to hold on to your gun.

Put it this way, if you dump your canoe, you ARE going to loose your gun.

Also to the OP, you are not going to get any ducks by sitting out in the middle of a lake in a canoe. The only way you might have half a chance is if you are in a sneakbox (also called a layout boat) with decoys. Or if your canoe is in a blind just offshore.

A sneakbox has gunwales that are basically at the waterline so that it looks more like a rock than a boat. The deck then comes up to the cockpit opening.

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I was under the impression that hunting from a motorized boat was fine as long as you came to a complete stop first. But I thought that was a federal law, maybe some provinces have different rules.
 
Thanks for the info Sandroad.. I was just curious if you could clarify something.. I recall hearing some sort of law about firing over a body of water with a rifle? I think this was in my Hunting course.. So, I was wondering if it was legal to fire a .22, or any rifle for that matter, from a canoe while you are on the water.. I am aware that waterfowl can only be hunted with a shotgun.
 
G P said:
I was under the impression that hunting from a motorized boat was fine as long as you came to a complete stop first. But I thought that was a federal law, maybe some provinces have different rules.
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In Ontario I believe that the regulation is that the motor must be up and the boat anchored. NO motor then it's fine. Best to check your province's regs to be certain what applies to you.
 
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