is the Hunter Ed. course required for hunting?

Yup...for Ontario

Ontario Hunter Education Program

In 1957, Ontario became the first Canadian province to establish a hunter safety training course. Over time the course has evolved into a broader Hunter Education Program.

The Ontario Hunter Education Program will assist you to understand the natural world and become a knowledgeable and responsible hunter. The program provides introduction information about:

ecosystems and wildlife management
hunting laws and regulations
hunter responsibilities
identification, biology, management of and hunting techniques for big game, small game and waterfowl. hunting and survival equipment the hunter's role in society.

The program also reinforces the firearms safety information contained in the Canadian Firearms Safety Course.

New hunters of all ages must take hunter education training and pass an exam before they can purchase their first hunting licence.

More than one million individuals have successfully completed hunter education training.
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No... You don't need the course to go hunting!

The hunting license is required for hunting! You need the Hunter's ed course in order to get the hunting license.
 
In alberta it is mandatory as well. But unnecessary as I found out after taking the course, and when I went to Canadian tire to get the WIN card, all they asked was if I took hunter education. Never asked for proof...
 
A work around to taking the hunters-ed course is to hunt out-of-province. I'm in Ottawa, and will mainly hunt in Western Qc, so no course required.
 
I personally belive that the hunter saftey/education course really needs to be part of firearms education. At least a rudimentary this is how hunting works here course. It would reduce the occurance of people who got bored of range shooting and went out and broke laws/hurt people because they didn't know any better.

My examples are the duck guys from last summer. Their defense was we didn't know any better. Had firearms course no hunter education. I have also seen youtube videos of people shooting along and accross grid roads at gophers from their vehicle. I learned that all this stuff in hunter saftey and from my DAD.
 
beaarthur said:
A work around to taking the hunters-ed course is to hunt out-of-province. I'm in Ottawa, and will mainly hunt in Western Qc, so no course required.
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Which is okay if you have been mentored by someone who has a boat load of hunting experience.

But new guys should be taking the course.
It at least minimizes the "I just shot a deer. It's dead. What the hell do I do now?"

Too many animals go to waste because of this.
 
old enfields said:
I personally belive that the hunter saftey/education course really needs to be part of firearms education. At least a rudimentary this is how hunting works here course. It would reduce the occurance of people who got bored of range shooting and went out and broke laws/hurt people because they didn't know any better.

My examples are the duck guys from last summer. Their defense was we didn't know any better. Had firearms course no hunter education. I have also seen youtube videos of people shooting along and accross grid roads at gophers from their vehicle. I learned that all this stuff in hunter saftey and from my DAD.
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No thanks. There was enough discussion about hydrostatic shock and how a bullet actually kills in my course - I don't have the stomach to sit through some of the material that would be covered. I have no intentions of hunting. Ever. I don't mind that people hunt and I'm glad people enjoy it - but it's not for me.

And yes I understand where food comes from and I can clean and fillet a fish - it's not that I'm squeamish - it's that I'm not comfortable killing things. So having this as mandatory for firearms training would put me off.
 
Yes in bc you need to take a corse for hunting. The bonus hear is that you do a firearms section in the hunter education corse. If you do well on the firearms section challangeing your non-restricted pal is rediculusley easy.
 
Yeah I understand that some people are okay fishing and not hunting.

The way to work that would be make the firearms course part of hunter education and still have the non hunter course avialable. The Sask hunter education when I took it was about 50/50 firearms saftey and hunter education. I think the course was actually called "The Saskatchewan Firearm Saftey and Hunter Education Course"
They still could cover the things like hey you cant shoot along a road in a firearms only course though.
 
To hunt in Québec all residents have to take the hunter education course for the engine used to hunt (firearm, bow or crossbow). BUT non residents can hunt without taking any course, but the lnon resident icense is expensive. So non residents, bring in your money and no course is required.
 
From 1972 to 1994 Québec had a compulsory hunter education course ,for residents, that included firearm training. Since 1994 Québec residents must take the CFSC plus the IHF course (Initiation to hunting with firearm). The IHF does not include firearm safety but does have a section on muzzle loaders and alot on animal biology etc. These two courses will give you a hunter certificate ( coded 'F') allowing you to buy a license to hunt game with a firearm.
If you take the IHBC ( Initiation to hunting with bow or crossbow) you will have a hunting certificate coded 'A' if you passed the course exam and did pass the practical bow proficiency shooting exam. It wil be coded 'B' if you passed the course exam but did not take the practical bow proficiency shooting exam. The 'A' will allow yo to hunt with a bow or crossbow but the 'B' will allow you to hunt with crossbow only.
 
old enfields said:
Yeah I understand that some people are okay fishing and not hunting.
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Nope I can't kill them either. After they're dead I can clean and fillet them though. I will go out for catch & release - but haven't in years.

old enfields said:
The way to work that would be make the firearms course part of hunter education and still have the non hunter course avialable. The Sask hunter education when I took it was about 50/50 firearms saftey and hunter education. I think the course was actually called "The Saskatchewan Firearm Saftey and Hunter Education Course"
They still could cover the things like hey you cant shoot along a road in a firearms only course though.
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Yep - this is how the course was run for me - "One Stop" with CFSC on Fri/Sat, Restricted on Sat evening and Hunter Safety on Sunday. So I just signed up for the parts I wanted.

The "can't shoot along a road" was covered in the distances/safe shooting/etc. section. I can't say enough good things about the guys who did our course. There were three of them and they were excellent!
 
twistedbrilliance said:
I was wondering if the hunter education course is a required course in order to go hunting.
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As mentioned above, its needed to get the hunting licence. Although i believe that subsistence hunters and Status Indians are still exempt.


mlehtovaara said:
If I wasn't on my Blackberry, there would be a facepalm similie inserted right here!
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You can type the raw codes or add "f:p :2:" (minus the space) to your blackberry's auto correct list.
 
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