Bow Hunting Waterfowl in ON

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I don't see anywhere in any regulations for hunting waterfowl in Ontario that it says you can't use a bow/crossbow. Anyone have any information on this?
 
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Go ahead but if there is no Sunday gun hunting in your hunting area then you cannot bow shoot waterfowl on Sunday.
 
CROWCA said:
Go ahead but if there is no Sunday gun hunting in your hunting area then you cannot bow shoot waterfowl on Sunday.
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There is no discharge of any firearms in Brant county on sundays, unless at an approved range, and thats if they are open.

I was under the impression that you can't shoot them while they are on the ground, hmmm. Is there any thing from MNR or Environment Canada stating it is permited or not? I can't find anything on it
 
No you can shoot them on the ground if that is what you want to do,since there is no Sunday hunting in Brant you can only hunt waterfowl Monday to Saturday.Are you new to hunting if so why would you want to bow hunt waterfowl?
 
Waterfowl is covered under Federal law. Migratory Bird Act. Yes it talks about bows. I believe longbows are OK and crossbows are not. It is specific as to which you can use.
 
theDuck said:
Waterfowl is covered under Federal law. Migratory Bird Act. Yes it talks about bows. I believe longbows are OK and crossbows are not. It is specific as to which you can use.
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Ah-ha! thank you, thats what I was looking for
 
CROWCA said:
No you can shoot them on the ground if that is what you want to do,since there is no Sunday hunting in Brant you can only hunt waterfowl Monday to Saturday.Are you new to hunting if so why would you want to bow hunt waterfowl?
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Not new, just want more of a challenge.
 
theDuck said:
Waterfowl is covered under Federal law. Migratory Bird Act. Yes it talks about bows. I believe longbows are OK and crossbows are not. It is specific as to which you can use.
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I can't recall seeing any info in this regards in the brief summary you get with your habitat stamp/migratory permit but I was under the impression that a bow fell under the "single projectile" clause? I am going to go surfing the net and see what I can find on this subject, good question!!
 
the spank said:
I can't recall seeing any info in this regards in the brief summary you get with your habitat stamp/migratory permit but I was under the impression that a bow fell under the "single projectile" clause? I am going to go surfing the net and see what I can find on this subject, good question!!
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I found this Q & A. One question deals with bows.
ht tp://www.ec.gc.ca/nature/default.asp?lang=En&n=C7564624-1#12
 
the spank said:
I can't recall seeing any info in this regards in the brief summary you get with your habitat stamp/migratory permit but I was under the impression that a bow fell under the "single projectile" clause? I am going to go surfing the net and see what I can find on this subject, good question!!
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I just read the single projectile clause when they were asking if you could hunt them with a .22. It didnt outright say you cant so do you think I would be in the wrong if I used my semi-auto .22 with a box of lead free rounds? I dont think I know of anywhere where I could do it safely anyways but I am just curious.
 
Winchested said:
You can hunt them with any bow and they can be sitting on the ground or in the air.
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The regulations only say you can hunt with a compound or recurve bow. It doesnt say anything about crossbow or long bow.

Your right about shooting them on the ground though.
 
you can hunt then with any bow but not a crossbow. and no rimfire at all .steel shot in shotguns only .in ontario DUTCH
 
dutchhunter said:
you can hunt then with any bow but not a crossbow. and no rimfire at all .steel shot in shotguns only .in ontario DUTCH
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Source Dutch? I can't find that info anywhere.

I think we're not allowed to use crossbows b/c its like shooting them with a gun and they are on the ground. Just a wild guess.
 
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