Carrying two firearms when hunting
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Thanks, I tried the search to no avail. That probably wouldn't work then. My thought was to use the gun but if one was going to come in close enough then to switch to the bow. But if I have to uncase one, may not work. Thanks again
M12shooter
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- East St. Paul, mb
You can hunt turkey with a bow or a shotgun with #4,5 & 6 shot. Why would it be illegal to carry both for turkey if you have a tag and the season is open? Where in the Regs does it say you can not do this?
It is quite clear and written for deer, moose or waterfowel.
It is quite clear and written for deer, moose or waterfowel.
- Location
- St. Paul AB
But what use would a handgun be on a preditor hunt?
I had met a guy in Montana at a gun shop who told me he's called them in close enough to take them with his 1911. Not that that was the plan, just opportunity knocked and he couldn't resist the bragging rights. He didn't trip my BS detector, so I'll believe him.
Read an account of another fellow who had, by some stroke of bad luck, had a partial pack of yotes tree him and his friend, while the other half attacked the coyote they just wounded. According to him, he used his Browning Hi-Power to get out of that one.
I would like to hear the story on that last one!!
I hate going into the Regs but here goes. Ontario Regulation 665/98 Part XI Hunting Methods and Firearm Restrictions. For moose and deer Sec 69 and 70.Can you quote me the section # from the Ont. F&W CA 1997, for this?
I have thoroughly searched the Act numerous times, and have yet to find such a regulation.
Section 79.
79. A person who hunts wild turkey shall not use a firearm other than,
(a) a shotgun, including a muzzle-loading shotgun, not larger than number 10 gauge and not smaller than number 20 gauge loaded with shot sizes number 4, 5 or 6; or
(b) a cross-bow, long-bow, arrow or bolt specified in section 82. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 79.
69. The classes of firearm set out in column 2 of the Table to this section, each consisting of the firearms set out in column 3, are prescribed for the purpose of this Regulation and Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife) as the classes of firearm that a person may use or carry to hunt deer or moose.
TABLE
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Species
Class of Firearm
Content of Class
Moose, Deer
Class 1
Bow
Moose, Deer
Class 2
Bow, or flint-lock or percussion cap muzzle-loading gun
Deer
Class 3
Bow, shotgun, or flint-lock or percussion cap muzzle-loading gun
Moose, Deer
Class 4
Rifle, shotgun, or flint-lock or percussion cap muzzle-loading gun
Deer
Class 5
Flint-lock or percussion cap muzzle-loading gun
Deer
Class 6
Shotgun, or flint-lock or percussion cap muzzle-loading gun
Moose, Deer
Class 7
Bow, rifle, shotgun, or flint-lock or percussion cap muzzle-loading gun
70. A person who hunts deer or moose shall not use or carry a firearm unless the firearm is of a class specified for use during the open season applicable to the species, person and area in Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife). O. Reg. 581/99, s. 4.
I hope this helps.
as a licensed hunter, with appropriate tags, you may carry as many firearms with you as you want, so long as they are all permitted types for the game you are hunting, in the season which you are hunting in. i dont see why it would need to be cased, unless it was out of your "reach" in which case, storage or transport laws should apply.
there is a section in the regs which states that you may carry a second firearm for hunting another type of game, but it seems redundant when it is already clear which firearms may be used for different game animals in the various open seasons.
if you are carrying a shotgun in turkey, or small game season, and are caught with buckshot or slugs, you will be violating the regs, but that is a little silly as well, since you are able to carry a bow and broadheads...
i have never seen anything differentiating between the possession of a bow v.s. another firearm in these regards, except during archery only seasons, and even then, by these rules, it would be permissible to carry a second firearm (bow, crossbow, 22lr or shotgun with appropriate shot)for small game.
ive always found it interesting that the only rifle cartridge applicable for small game is a .22lr, but any centrefire may be used for large game!
this leaves the .17 and other .22 rimfires in a grey area...
around here, the rifle/archery season for bear overlaps the archery only season for deer, which could get things even more confused...
there is a section in the regs which states that you may carry a second firearm for hunting another type of game, but it seems redundant when it is already clear which firearms may be used for different game animals in the various open seasons.
if you are carrying a shotgun in turkey, or small game season, and are caught with buckshot or slugs, you will be violating the regs, but that is a little silly as well, since you are able to carry a bow and broadheads...
i have never seen anything differentiating between the possession of a bow v.s. another firearm in these regards, except during archery only seasons, and even then, by these rules, it would be permissible to carry a second firearm (bow, crossbow, 22lr or shotgun with appropriate shot)for small game.
ive always found it interesting that the only rifle cartridge applicable for small game is a .22lr, but any centrefire may be used for large game!
this leaves the .17 and other .22 rimfires in a grey area...
around here, the rifle/archery season for bear overlaps the archery only season for deer, which could get things even more confused...
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- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
I carried a crossbow on a moose hunt for one year, in the hopes of taking a deer. I checked at the time, and was told it was legal.
It is however, a PIA to carry both.
I didn't even see a deer, and I've not done it since.
I'd check to be sure on turkeys, but I can't see any reason why it would not be allowed, as long as both are legal to use in the area, at the time..
It is however, a PIA to carry both.
I didn't even see a deer, and I've not done it since.
I'd check to be sure on turkeys, but I can't see any reason why it would not be allowed, as long as both are legal to use in the area, at the time..
You can in Alberta too.
- Location
- St. Paul AB
It was a cautionary tale of using FMJ bullets for hunting. The author and a friend were out calling coyotes. One of them had an M1 Carbine in .30 Carbine. They wounded one with it at about 100 or so yards. He wrote, as I recall. "Then a most unusual thing happened. One half of the pack attacked the wounded coyote, then the other half of the pack decided to attack us. They chased us up a tree where we kept them at bay with my Browning Hi-Power and the M1 Carbine." I think it was in an issue of Predator Xtreme a few years back. Have to look into that.
