Can you hunt with a .17HMR

Partsman -
Okay, I guess I better start noticing where folks are posting from.
I guess I forget that there is more to this country than just B.C.


I should send you a map and then you would then clearly see that Ontario is the center of the Universe!! Just had to get that in.

Obviously.....you would not take a poke at anything larger than a groundhog with a .17HSM! I was just curious why in the ONTARIO hunting guide they mention .22 as the smallest.
 
If thats in the Ontario regs its new, and I missed it. Which page did you see that on? The only reference I remember to .22 was regarding hunting raccoon at night. It specifies 22 rimfire only, no 22 mag or .17 HMR or HM2 (thats not exactly how it is worded). The only other references to 22 rimfire are that you can't use it for deer, bear or moose.
 
probably because noone thougth of a 17

I doubt you'd get in #### for shooting gophers with it. If stopped, just say some BS like "More powerful than a .22LR" :mrgreen:
 
Workin Man said:
If thats in the Ontario regs its new, and I missed it. Which page did you see that on? The only reference I remember to .22 was regarding hunting raccoon at night. It specifies 22 rimfire only, no 22 mag or .17 HMR or HM2 (thats not exactly how it is worded). The only other references to 22 rimfire are that you can't use it for deer, bear or moose.
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This is from the regs in Ontario...

"In an area where there is an open season for deer, moose, or black bear, if you are the holder of a small game licence you may not possess or use a rifle of greater caliber or projectile power than a .22 caliber rim-fire rifle chambered to .22 short, .22 long or .22 long rifle or shells loaded with ball or with shot larger than No. 2 (or if using non-toxic shot, you may not use steel shot larger than triple BBB steel shot, or bismuth shot that is larger than double BB bismuth shot), unless your possess a valid licence to hunt deer, moose, or black bear as the case may be."

Hope this helps.
 
With the upsurge in popularity of the resonably new .17 I think that the whole country needs to update the regs to include this caliber. Yes it's smaller but from experience it is a heck of a lot more hard hitting and more humane in a quick and devastating kill. No more wounded gophers and rabbits if the shot is placed well.

In my opinion, the .17 beats the all .22 chamberings and mags....hands down!

My little brother, Huntsman, and I did a great deal of gopher genocide this past summer at ranges out to 189 yards and farther. It was a blast. I would laser and spot while he would shoot and vice versa........what a blast.
 
Try this simple test.

Fill two 4L milk jugs with water, screw the caps on and set at fifty yards.
Puncture the one with .22lr and explode the other with .17HMR..

As always shot placement is king, but the .17 shoots almost as flat as .223 and hits good and hard for small game.

Enjoy!
 
I didn't see much else in the Ont. Regs (then what is posted). But to diverse this thread a wee bit. Some areas of Ont. state that you can not use a caliber larger the .280. The mentality is that a larger bullet does more damage. Sure Wilber....A lower power 30-30 will do more damage then a .270. We all know a 30-30 will drop a deer, the .270 will drop a deer and the one behind it.
 
"In an area where there is an open season for deer, moose, or black bear, if you are the holder of a small game licence you may not possess or use a rifle of greater caliber or projectile power than a .22 caliber rim-fire rifle chambered to .22 short, .22 long or .22 long rifle or shells loaded with ball or with shot larger than No. 2 (or if using non-toxic shot, you may not use steel shot larger than triple BBB steel shot, or bismuth shot that is larger than double BB bismuth shot), unless your possess a valid licence to hunt deer, moose, or black bear as the case may be."
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Re-read the red, it says of a greater caliber.

I read that to say that 17 is good to go.

RePete.
 
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