My in laws have a hobby farm and have lost about 1/2 of their chickens and ducks to a couple of foxes. They have asked me to come shoot the foxes. I have my small game licence, but I can't find the legalities of shooting foxes out of season in ontario. Any help would be appreciated.
Question about shooting nuisance foxes in Ontario
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Ardent
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Just me, but I'd leave them be. I can promise you they'll trade foxes for rodents, and foxes are much more pleasant. I grew up on a poultry farm and foxes are friends, they just need better methods of keeping the foxes out. Poultry attracts rodents like you wouldn't believe, and whether they believe it or not, the foxes are killing more rodents than chickens, or at the very least keeping them away. They're lucky to have them.
I agree that foxes are better to have around than not and don't shoot them on my property.
However if you must under Ontario's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act only the property owner or a licensed agent can shoot game out of season for the purpose of protecting property.
http://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/stat/so-1997-c-41/latest/so-1997-c-41.html
However if you must under Ontario's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act only the property owner or a licensed agent can shoot game out of season for the purpose of protecting property.
http://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/stat/so-1997-c-41/latest/so-1997-c-41.html
Red Fox
All of Ontario north of French
and Mattawa Rivers*
Sept. 15 to the last day of Feb. of the next year
Remainder of Ontario*
All Year
Note that a small game licence is not valid in northern Ontario and parts of central Ontario (as shown on Map 2, pages 10-11) from June 16 to
August 31.
All of Ontario north of French
and Mattawa Rivers*
Sept. 15 to the last day of Feb. of the next year
Remainder of Ontario*
All Year
Note that a small game licence is not valid in northern Ontario and parts of central Ontario (as shown on Map 2, pages 10-11) from June 16 to
August 31.
Canadian_Zuk
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- Pickering, Ontario
Foxes, skunks and coyotes are open all year in southern ontario with your small game.
The chickens and ducks are all 100% free range. They have total run of the property and are never cooped up. They also have a bunch of barn cats to keep the rodent population down.
This is what I was looking for. Thank you. I'll let them know.
You can hardly blame the foxes for taking advantage of a free lunch! This is no better than blaming the bears for the heaps of trash people leave lying around. If you want to solve the problem, remove the temptation. If you start shooting the predators, more will simply move in to the vacant territory.
Chuckbuster
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Absolutely. We have had a few problems with bears raiding garbage cans/bags in the neighbourhood over the years. People get mad at the bears and demand something be done about it, yet they continue to leave their garbage out overnight for next day pick up. Not the bears' fault that people leave an unattended buffet out for them.
I agree for the most part. A good way to prevent losses is to keep the poultry in at night and let them range throughout the day. Nothing wrong with harvesting predators if there's a healthy population but I personally would prefer to do it when furs are prime as it's kind of a waste to shoot them and let them rot.
Ardent
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So this is what you decided to make your second post about.
Half right according to Merriam-Webster
1fox noun, often attributive \ˈfäks\
plural fox·es also foxDefinition of FOX
1a : any of various carnivorous mammals (especially genus Vulpes) of the dog family related to but smaller than wolves with shorter legs, more pointed muzzle, large erect ears, and long bushy tail b : the fur of a fox
2: a clever crafty person
3archaic : sword
4capitalized : a member of an American Indian people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin
5: a good-looking young woman or man
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I'm partial to blonde foxes,
Me 2, I'm currently owned by one. lol
I kept chickens when I lived in the Newmarket area and lost some to coyotes but also possums, the savage little beasts got the hens in the barn at night. Got the first one after letting the dog out of the car when I returned home from visiting the folks at Christmas, he ran behind the barn and started barking. When I got there the possum was sitting eating a chicken wing, he never finished that before he ate lead. The second one was taken in the barn a couple months later and when I went to pick up the carcass in the corner I could see the skull and spine of another possum, I assume it was the first one I shot. Nasty little animals.
Definitely keep the birds in at night, reduce the chances of loss. Maybe get a goose, they can be very aggressive.
Snowshoe hares are down here but the foxes around the dump are ok, watched them crossing the road and returning to the den with rats.
If you have foxes then there are not many coyotes around.
Definitely keep the birds in at night, reduce the chances of loss. Maybe get a goose, they can be very aggressive.
Donny Fenn1
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wanna bet the "barn cats" have a taste for chicken too?
