Random Killing after Hunting Season Ends
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antiqueguy
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- windsor ontario
i use them as compost same with rats,mice,sparrows,starlings,carp,goby and any other pest/invasive species
antiqueguy
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- windsor ontario
i think it may be just red squirrels like ontario
Yes, you are correct. the grey ones are no-license but red require a trapping license. Never seen anything but red in alberta anyway
Yep, i partake in small game during the summer, or when its not a season.
Rabbit an foxes etc but a bit of a challenge or two helps, im not into killing, but i enjoy the hunt, sit an wait on a warren, or whistling in a fox with 2 barrels of BB's waiting to get into range.
I like usin open sight to keep the eye in an be like "they did in the old days" , but thats just me
Rabbit an foxes etc but a bit of a challenge or two helps, im not into killing, but i enjoy the hunt, sit an wait on a warren, or whistling in a fox with 2 barrels of BB's waiting to get into range.
I like usin open sight to keep the eye in an be like "they did in the old days" , but thats just me
Canadian_Zuk
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- Pickering, Ontario
LOL, this made me chuckle. I had to eat a chipmunk as a kid for the same reason.
Tnks.Not on private land. You can shoot all the reds you want there (in Alberta).
This years hunting season is over, however; I have started my 2013 season already by scouting. I have a high percentage of drawing a mule buck tag in 2013, therefore I'm out looking around for bucks that will have potential of becoming a great trophy. Right now at this time I'm writting/mailing Christmas cards to land owners who gave me permission to hunt................land owners in the Okotoks, Slave Lake and Prince Albert area's. Once that is completed, it's load development and lot's of practice shooting at the rifle range...................time well spent!
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- Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
Also agree.
If you are doing predator control, to protect livestock or deer populations, I understand that.
Killing animals for the "enjoyment" of killing strikes me as strange, and not a little disturbing.
the spank
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For Grey/Black squirrels you need to have a small game license in Ontario and there is a daily and possession limit. Also the season is only open from Sept to mid Dec in most WMU's and Oct to Nov in two (check regs for exact dates). But they are tasty!
skneub
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Idea for the OP ......
Set up a plank , drill about 20 holes say 1/8 x 1/2 deep in it.
Stick wooden matches upside down in it.
Set up at say 25 yards.
Light matches with your 22 at that range, when you can light every one without missing 1 in between ask your friends to give it a try.
Tell them when they can do it as well then we can go shoot some critters....
Bbut i think the critters wont have much to worry about
Be a lot more of a challange and with a better backstop than your gonna get outa a tree.
Not to be rude, just a challange for you if your bored
Set up a plank , drill about 20 holes say 1/8 x 1/2 deep in it.
Stick wooden matches upside down in it.
Set up at say 25 yards.
Light matches with your 22 at that range, when you can light every one without missing 1 in between ask your friends to give it a try.
Tell them when they can do it as well then we can go shoot some critters....
Bbut i think the critters wont have much to worry about
Be a lot more of a challange and with a better backstop than your gonna get outa a tree.
Not to be rude, just a challange for you if your bored
Suka
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I enjoy seeing animals. OP if you're looking for something to hunt, look in the regs. Cougar season, then spring bear. Before you know it, it's Sept. 6th again and time for ducks, or Sept. 1 ungulates if you're in the boreal.
You don't want to do that, do us all a favor, go kill some wolves and coyotes. Leave the bunnies and other little forest critter's alone is my opinion. (although come spring if crows decide to pick a tree in My yard to start squawking at 4AM, they gonna' die!)
You don't want to do that, do us all a favor, go kill some wolves and coyotes. Leave the bunnies and other little forest critter's alone is my opinion. (although come spring if crows decide to pick a tree in My yard to start squawking at 4AM, they gonna' die!)
We used to head shoot squirrels (red) and sell the processed hides (25 cents apiece),,,,they had a raunchy odour ,,,,the dog wouldn't even touch them ..but he ate a lot of rabbits and partridge guts.
Shot a wolf a few years ago from the shooting shack on my sons farm....took it to one of the local trappers .He said they weren't worth the time or effort to skin them out .Took it back to the "bone yard " on the kid's place .....the ravens,eagles and magpies wouldn't touch it for weeks after .... I assume that the birds figured that the wolf was playing "possum"...they finally started to feed on the carcass after it was covered with snow for a while.
I have no qualms about shooting anything that I consider a nuisance animal or bird and leaving it in the bush......nothing goes to waste in nature.
Shot a wolf a few years ago from the shooting shack on my sons farm....took it to one of the local trappers .He said they weren't worth the time or effort to skin them out .Took it back to the "bone yard " on the kid's place .....the ravens,eagles and magpies wouldn't touch it for weeks after .... I assume that the birds figured that the wolf was playing "possum"...they finally started to feed on the carcass after it was covered with snow for a while.
I have no qualms about shooting anything that I consider a nuisance animal or bird and leaving it in the bush......nothing goes to waste in nature.
I do it for enjoyment.
I grew up shooting gophers as well as all manner of bird that is classified as a pest in Alberta (english sparrows, crows, pigeons, etc).
The introduction of the .17 HMR in 2002 increased a guys effectivness exponentialy as opposed to the old .22.
There is nothing as fun as vaporising a starling or magpie at 200 yards + with the .204 and it is completly legal, same as putting a hole in a crow or raven at 400 yards.
The problem is corvid family birds are very intelligent to begin with and have a great ability to learn and adapt to threats and the 7mm rem is expensive to wack magpies with...............but still a hell of a lot of fun.
I grew up shooting gophers as well as all manner of bird that is classified as a pest in Alberta (english sparrows, crows, pigeons, etc).
The introduction of the .17 HMR in 2002 increased a guys effectivness exponentialy as opposed to the old .22.
There is nothing as fun as vaporising a starling or magpie at 200 yards + with the .204 and it is completly legal, same as putting a hole in a crow or raven at 400 yards.
The problem is corvid family birds are very intelligent to begin with and have a great ability to learn and adapt to threats and the 7mm rem is expensive to wack magpies with...............but still a hell of a lot of fun.
Brutus
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Shoot small game for food. Coyotes and varmints on private rural land with landowner permission. Killing just for killing's sake? Nope.
Besides, IIRC songbirds are not considered fair off season game in most provinces or even in most wise thinking minds.
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