John Y Cannuck said:
I can't find the reg that sunray is refering to about being considered hunting, it used to be in the reg booklet, now it seems to be gone. I bet the reg is still there though.
did some digging, here it is in all it's glory.
Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. (1997)
109. In a prosecution under this Act in respect of hunting or trapping,
(a) proof that a person possessed, in an area usually inhabited by wildlife, a firearm, trap, decoy or other hunting or trapping device, a ferret or a specially protected raptor or other bird of prey, is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the person was hunting or trapping, as the case may be; and
(b) proof that a person shot at or stalked a decoy or other device placed by a conservation officer to suggest the presence of wildlife is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the person was hunting. 1997, c. 41, s. 109.