M1 Garand Ontario hunting 8 round or 5 round?

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I was wondering if the M1 Garand has to be limited to 5 shots for deer hunting in Ontario? I know it is exempted from the 5 round rule because of the en bloc, but a CO might decide to fine me if I'm hunting, and better safe than sorry.Thanks!
 
I'm not in Ontario but here in Manitoba provincial hunting rules take precedent so you would not be able to use the 8 rounds in the clip. The CO would probably just warn you if he even bothered to check (not sure if many would be up on a Garand's capacity). However if you ran into a curmudgeon...
 
"...limited to 5 shots for deer hunting in Ontario..." Nope. Ontario follows the FA.
From the Hunting Regs.
"Under the Criminal Code of Canada you cannot possess
any clip/magazine that holds more than five shots for a
semi-automatic centre fire non-restricted firearm unless that clip/magazine has been specifically exempted, pursuant to the Firearms Regulations."
 
The only differences to the magazine capacity laws for hunting in Ontario that I am aware of is for shotguns. No more that 3 total (1 in the chamber, 2 in the magazine) while hunting. I don't recall ever seeing anything different for rifles.
 
The Garand is the only semi-auto that you are allowed to have the full 8 rounds in Canada. Provincial Governments have different allowances for hunting. In Ontario, it says in the hunting regulations:

"Under the Criminal Code of Canada you cannot possess
any clip/magazine that holds more than five shots for a
semi-automatic centre fire non-restricted firearm unless that
clip/magazine has been specifically exempted, pursuant to
the Firearms Regulations."

In the firearms act and the Garand is specifically exempt from the 5 round rule and it's full 8 round enbloc is legal:
link:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/SOR-98-462/page-1.html
Specific excerpt:
"Former Cartridge Magazine Control Regulations

3. (1) Any cartridge magazine
(a) that is capable of containing more than five cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed and that is designed or manufactured for use in
(i) a semi-automatic handgun that is not commonly available in Canada,
(ii) a semi-automatic firearm other than a semi-automatic handgun,
(iii) an automatic firearm whether or not it has been altered to discharge only one projectile with one pressure of the trigger,
(iv) the firearms of the designs commonly known as the Ingram M10 and M11 pistols, and any variants or modified versions of them, including the Cobray M10 and M11 pistols, the RPB M10, M11 and SM11 pistols and the SWD M10, M11, SM10 and SM11 pistols,
(v) the firearm of the design commonly known as the Partisan Avenger Auto Pistol, and any variant or modified version of it, or
(vi) the firearm of the design commonly known as the UZI pistol, and any variant or modified version of it, including the Micro-UZI pistol; or
(b) that is capable of containing more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed and that is designed or manufactured for use in a semi-automatic handgun that is commonly available in Canada.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not include any cartridge magazine that
(a) was originally designed or manufactured for use in a firearm that
(i) is chambered for, or designed to use, rimfire cartridges,
(ii) is a rifle of the type commonly known as the “Lee Enfield” rifle, where the magazine is capable of containing not more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed, or
(iii) is commonly known as the U.S. Rifle M1 (Garand) including the Beretta M1 Garand rifle, the Breda M1 Garand rifle and the Springfield Armoury M1 Garand rifle;

Bang away!!! I went last year up near Sault Ste. Marie and didn't see a thing. This year I have a doe tag for WMU 67. The M1D shall taste blood again!!!

Smitsauce
 
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