22lr and grouse.

[gunnut1234]

Is it legal to hunt with a .177? What is the rule for small game?

 

[DGY]

Is it legal to hunt with a .177? What is the rule for small game?

Yes it is legal up here

 

[gunnut1234]

Yes it is legal up here

Up here as in norther ontario?

 

[m1008]

Up here as in norther ontario?

Read the regs, you can use a rock or a stick if you want

 

[DGY]

Up here as in norther ontario?

No as in Yukon

 

[gunnut1234]

I will have to see if I can find it in the ontario regs

 

[Hunter John]

I use solids, even if you smack the breast it leaves a .22 cal hole all the way through and since the bullet doesn’t expand there is minimal damage.

 

[Found]

I will have to see if I can find it in the ontario regs

Some guys even like to run around with pellet pistols while deer hunting to shot grouse. They even have some nice holsters for them.

 

[somethingspecial]

Some guys even like to run around with pellet pistols while deer hunting to shot grouse. They even have some nice holsters for them.

The example of "prohibited" is interesting. Another example would "any firearm that wears black furniture."

 

[canadaman30]

My first twenty years of hunting in Ontario I used a open sight Diana 34, 177cal. Easy to hit them in head as 30yds would be about max distance, they are not hard to get close to in the northern bush.
I've since switched to 22lr and a 1.5-4x32 using subsonic hp ammo,

 

[FLHTCUI]

I will have to see if I can find it in the ontario regs

Get yourself a slingshot and some marbles or ball bearings or some round lead balls from the fishing supply store near you.
But, first and foremost go have a snoop through your Provincial Hunting Regs.
I have thrown a stick and have used large rocks to knock the grouse silly long enough to run up and finish them off .
Of course I have a Provincial Hunting lic. in my pocket while doing so.

 

[Melvin]

I like the sporting option of only shooting them on the wing with a shotgun. Sometimes you need a partner to throw sticks at them to make them fly. More fun and more challenging I find and less chance of meat damage.

 

[gunnut1234]

Interesting, thanks for finding the reg. Like the idea of using a break Barrel under 30 yrds

 

[Grizzlypeg]

It's been years since I've hunted them, but my dad used a shotgun and I used a 22. Both were equally effective.

 

[CLW .45]

Good day all! I use a 22lr for most of my small game hunting, and I find that most 22lr bullet destroy a lot of meet if the birds are shot in the chest cavity, there has to be better bullets than others, I’m thinking of trying to find some lead free ammo maybe it will be better! I try for head shot most of the time but they have pretty small head those little buggers !!

Alberta allows air pistols, but I’ve never come across one that really appealed to me.

 

[sherlockbonez]

I do the wing joint with 22 rn likely many have mentioned.

 

[mbogo3]

Alberta allows air pistols, but I’ve never come across one that really appealed to me.

I tricked out 2240 pistol carbine with a shoulder stock scoped set at 495fps provided many meals

 

[DGY]

I do the wing joint with 22 rn likely many have mentioned.

Definitely have to try that, it will be on ptarmigan from now on cause our grouse season has ended!

 

[Cole]

I use a .22 Win Mag. I have it sighted in with CCI 30gr hollowpoints. Headshots are really the only way to go. My little trick is that I have sighted in 2" hight at 25yds, so while that little head Bob's back and forth, I aim at the base of the neck. Works so good My daughter popped one at 100yds this fall. I was so shocked I ranged it 3 times just to be sure of it.

 

[threecentsolution]

thanks guys! I know in Norway they hunt ptarmigans and capercaillie with fun center fire rifles. That is why I was thinking of lead free rounds they are faster but maybe less meat damage due to just a hole?
I have a friend that used to use short low velocity 22 ammo and he lost a lot of ptarmigans using them!
I just need to be a better shot I guess and find the most accurate ammo for my rifles!

That's the ticket. Or maybe more accurate rifles. My Brno 22s will shoot most anything close enough to make it do the funky chicken