a shotgun retricted to 3 rounds ?

Hi. It does when hunting migratory birds. That's 3 rounds in the shotgun. Two in the mag tube and 1 in the chamber. Mag tube must be plugged so no more than 2 rounds will fit in. Comes from the Migratory Bird Act. Theory is that if you can't hit a migratory bird with 3 shots, any more will only wound.
It may or may not be required for everything in Newfoundland. You need to look in your Provincial hunting regs.
If you're not hunting it doesn't matter unless you have a semi-auto. In that case, it's the same as a semi-auto centre fire rifle. Max of 5 in the mag tube.
 
.. MIGRATORY BIRDS ACT... As posted previously, limited to three shots loaded ( or capable of being loaded, in the shotgun ) when Hunting Migratory Birds. .... David K
 
In ontario you're still limited to 3 for big game as well. Stupid as it is even a rifled barrel shotgun shooting saboted bullets is still required to be plugged
 
In AB you are limited to 3 rounds for all bird hunting, not just the federally required migratory. No limit for big game (except semi-auto, obviously)
 
brybenn said:
If you want more capacity in your plugged gun you can buy 2"-2 1/2" shells as well. If you see a fish cop coming switch back to 2 3/4" shells
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CO's are sneaky guys, they watch from the shadows looking for any mistake. They will pick up shells off the ground and check them too. They use Bino's, long range camera's and any other resource they can to be able to lay charges.
If your asked by a CO you are required to show all ammunition you are carrying in Ontario. They do these checks to see if you are carrying lead shot while hunting (Migratory Bird for sure is not allowed, not sure about upland). If they find you have the shorter shells and can get more then 2 in the mag tube, you will be charged.
Please don't promote the pratice of illeagal activies. If you choose to take risks of that level, that is your own personel preference, but a lot of new inexperience hunters read these forums, and promoting illeagal activities does not help them at all.
 
I don't see anything wrong with 3 shots. If it takes more then that to hit game....put it down son.... it's not for you.
 
BLADELT,watch out with the commets about being OK with 3 shots in a shotgun. I made the same mistake and was instantly hit with every mall ninja and high capacity advocate out there.... thank god for the bird shooter sportsmen on the site that backed me up.

regards, Darryl
 
madtrapper143 said:
BLADELT,watch out with the commets about being OK with 3 shots in a shotgun. I made the same mistake and was instantly hit with every mall ninja and high capacity advocate out there.... thank god for the bird shooter sportsmen on the site that backed me up.

regards, Darryl
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We've got your back. :)

Les Tacticoooool need extended magazines to compensate for their limited shooting ability. The rest of us manage quite nicely with three or even two shots in the field. ;)
 
The laws are obviously made by over-under guys that didn't like the semi/pump guys being able to limit out faster.
If there was no mag limit, a guy's hunting day sure wouldn't last long with the small bag limits.

In my opinion, everyone has to follow the bag limit laws, so who cares about the magazine capacity. (not saying to do what you want, just saying it's a lame rule).

Read the regs for your province. It depends on what you're hunting and what type of shot you're using.)
 
Drillbit said:
The laws are obviously made by over-under guys that didn't like the semi/pump guys being able to limit out faster.
If there was no mag limit, a guy's hunting day sure wouldn't last long with the small bag limits.

In my opinion, everyone has to follow the bag limit laws, so who cares about the magazine capacity. (not saying to do what you want, just saying it's a lame rule).

Read the regs for your province. It depends on what you're hunting and what type of shot you're using.)
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Well then let's just trow a 50rd drum on there and unload until we limit out then go home......
The law is there for a reason. The reason being that by the time you aim and fire 3 rds the game you are trying to hit is usually at the max efective range of a shot gun so further shots will only wound.

Personally nothing bothers me more than a dog hunter who wildly unloads an entire lever gun mag on a deer and only wounds the animal three times and then can't or doesn't go and find the animal.....Why do the same thing with a pump shot gun? As previously stated if it takes you more than three rounds than you need to practice more before hunting season.
 
That's all well and good, but where I come from, there are more than 3 geese in a flock. If I bag out earlier because a 3 shell restriction got lifted, then I'm fine with that. FYI, none of my birds got away wounded.
 
ciphery said:
Well then let's just trow a 50rd drum on there and unload until we limit out then go home......
The law is there for a reason. The reason being that by the time you aim and fire 3 rds the game you are trying to hit is usually at the max efective range of a shot gun so further shots will only wound.

Personally nothing bothers me more than a dog hunter who wildly unloads an entire lever gun mag on a deer and only wounds the animal three times and then can't or doesn't go and find the animal.....Why do the same thing with a pump shot gun? As previously stated if it takes you more than three rounds than you need to practice more before hunting season.
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3 shot limmited guns are great for singles or even 2 or 3, but what about clouds (huge amounts) coming in? There's still a limit on how many you can knock out of the sky, the magazine limit just lengthens the time it takes to do that.

Not sure what you mean by a dog hunter, but if there's dogs that'll drag a deer back to the truck I want one! JK. Hunting big game is way different than bird hunting. Anyone that doesn't put in effort to recover a wounded animal is pathetic.
Still think the 3 round limit for hunting is pretty lame. Think the 5 round limit for semi's is even worse.

We are both hunters and shouldn't even be debating about this. These silly rules are always splitting hunters and shooters apart.
 
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