Bow hunting license?

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So recently a local CFSC instructor has started doing a bow course. According to him, most of the provinces in Canada require an additional archery course before you can hunt with a bow or crossbow and it's only a matter of tuime until it is required here. My inside source at Ontario MNR says this is not coming here but I'm curious how many other provinces (if any) require one.
 
Alberta wants an $9.20 ticket, in addition to the regular hunting licences and tags, if you use a bow to hunt. No course or qualifications required.

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nova scotia requires bowhunters to have taken the bowhunters education course.crossbow hunters have to take the crossbow course.unless they already have their firearms hunter training and their bow training.everyone hunting with a crossbow/regular bows should be required to take training.hunting with firearms is way different than hunting with archery gear.
 
Yup we are required to take a course and pay additional $$ for a bow tag but both are par for the course here.

Overly regulated and taxed.

I do agree there should be a course for bow though. Ours started at 7 am and we were slinging arrows at a target by 7:20am:eek:

There should be a shooting requirement for the firearms course too but what would the lawyers say!
 
Whats with this BS that there should be a course to use a bow? I had to take enough courses already (the turkey course is a waste of time and money). I don't need another damn piece of paper or plastic to carry with me. What we NEED is fewer stupid regulations and licenses.
 
tactical870 said:
So recently a local CFSC instructor has started doing a bow course. According to him, most of the provinces in Canada require an additional archery course before you can hunt with a bow or crossbow and it's only a matter of tuime until it is required here. My inside source at Ontario MNR says this is not coming here but I'm curious how many other provinces (if any) require one.
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OK, for argument's sake, let's assume he is right.

What are the chances of his course meeting the Ont requirement in the future? You'll just end up taking another course.
 
Kelly Timoffee said:
Not a sniff of that out here.

What are they going to teach anyways? It is illegal to drive with a loaded bow? You can only have a 5 arrow quiver?
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Ha Ha.. they might teach you to have a bow encased after legal darkness so if you trip on a log, you won't shoot youreself with a loaded bow.Laugh2.

They might mention to keep youre broad heads sharp, and bring a flashlight for tracking in the dark.

Another great liberal tax grab if you ask me.:puke:
 
The Quebec course is a money grab to say the least. They teach stuff like waiting 20 minutes or up to a hour before looking for a critter and such. We also have to shoot at targets to qualify. They could teach it in 20 minutes easy. We even have to take a turkey course to learn what a turkey looks like.
 
That's stupid...course to Bow hunt? What ever happend to the basic rule "don't shoot unless your 100 precent confident in your ability to make the shot". This applies to any tool used for hunting..shooting at targets to "qualify" what is this some. Sort of archery ATC?... Hell, bow shots are mainly taken at distances under 40 yards. The margin of error of making a poor shot with a bow is the same if your using a gun. If you arnt able to hit a pie plate at the range consitantly at any given distance you shouldn't be taking the shot. Personaly, if I cant put 6 consecutive arrows within a 5" diameter ring at a given distance then I won't shoot an animal at that distance.

Arrows are bloody expencive as it is.. Even more so then rifle or shotgun ammo. Add a good broadhead and you looking at approx $20 for an arrow. Now if your rifle or shotgun ammo was $20 a round you bet your ass your going to make that round count. Chances are that the arrow will break after taking the shot, or you will end up loosing it all togeather. So with this in mind, I'd rather have that $20 arrow break or get lost if it gives me an animal rather then miss or wound and be out $20 with nothing to show for it.

When I send that arrow out of my bow, I'm putting an animal down or the arrow stays put.
 
Sounds like a cash grab to me. There were a couple instructors near me offering the course, but I havnt seen anyone actually take it.

My hunters ed course had a 20 minutes segment on archery, the different types of bows, broadheads, and basic technique. It was informative, to the point, and all that should be necessary in my mind.
 
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