Oh yes, they went right to him and demanded to see it as she had told them. He quickly handed it over as to not involve a search and implicate his buddies and the cops left after arresting him and seizing his handgun. He was back at the camp the next day minus the handgun and a court date, lol…
Anyone Remember Hunting with a Handgun in Canada?
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Oh yes, they went right to him and demanded to see it as she had told them. He quickly handed it over as to not involve a search and implicate his buddies and the cops left after arresting him and seizing his handgun. He was back at the camp the next day minus the handgun and a court date, lol…
Another one:
A friends dad, who I later hunted with had an ATC for trapping at his home area but he would regularly take it with him on moose hunting trips. Not to hunt with but for ####s and giggles and a but of plinking as he had a Browning Buckmark 22 for dispatching beavers. Someone reported him so the OPP showed up with the CO and asked for the HG. He showed them his ATC and a beaver trap he carried in his truck but that didn’t wash too well. He also got arrested, booked, had his Buckmark seized and he returned to the moose hunt the next day. Damn cops and CO’s have no sense of humour, lol
A friends dad, who I later hunted with had an ATC for trapping at his home area but he would regularly take it with him on moose hunting trips. Not to hunt with but for ####s and giggles and a but of plinking as he had a Browning Buckmark 22 for dispatching beavers. Someone reported him so the OPP showed up with the CO and asked for the HG. He showed them his ATC and a beaver trap he carried in his truck but that didn’t wash too well. He also got arrested, booked, had his Buckmark seized and he returned to the moose hunt the next day. Damn cops and CO’s have no sense of humour, lol
YES ,,,,,,,,, 1969 was the end of Hg. Hunting in Canada. I did it stating in 1966 with a license
called "Form 42" , which you got initially for target shooting. It said , " To have a Reg. Hg. eleswhere
than in your dwelling house or place of buisness for the purpose of target shooting." It was understood
it allowed you to hunt as well.
Now in Ontario you can hunt small game with an Antique Hg. I have that in print from a CO.
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My Dad used to take his S&W 38 with him to his deer camp in the pre '60s. It was quite a remote camp where the only vehicle that could get there was a big (for the time) farm tractor that hauled a wagon with all the guys gear, so no worry about Game Wardens as they were called at the time showing up at the door. Maybe it was even legal then as it was registered. It was the sidearm he carried overseas and brought back with him after the war. Sadly he had to sell it when times were tough.
It would be nice to be able to do that today but sadly it is looking like the owners of handguns today wil be lucky just to own them.
It would be nice to be able to do that today but sadly it is looking like the owners of handguns today wil be lucky just to own them.
My great uncles used to. One time at a gun show I heard a random person talking about how he shot a buck with his handgun the weekend before. He went on about how you are allowed to shoot them on your property. Couldn't care less, but had a decent laugh to myself.
There are some provinces where you can shoot on your own property but I don't know a province that allows you to hunt big game with a handgun. Ontario specifically calls out rifle, shotgun and muzzleloaders for hunting, and nothing that is restricted or prohibited for hunting.
In my dad's deer hunting camp, there were two hunters who carried handguns, however not for hunting big game, just incase they came across a rabbit or grouse. Don't ask me what they were chambered in, best guess, 22LR or 38 Special. In the enclosed photograph, my dad is in the front row with the dark shirt, the back row, far left is a big man, he was a detective and carried a handgun. Two down from him is a WW1 War Veteran who also carried a handgun.
https://imgur.com/d9jrlvt
https://imgur.com/d9jrlvt
