Crow hunting in Alberta

pharaoh2 said:
Crows winter here and as far as I know Ravens can only be hunted on private land.
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You are correct.

From the regs:

"All birds are protected except the following: Starlings, Crows, Pigeons, House (English) Sparrows, Magpies, Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Ravens (hunted on private land by residents) and any other birds for which an open season has been declared by the regulations as indicated in this summary."
 
It would be. One thing I can't find factual information on is whether crows are migratory or not. Somehow, I don't think Wikipedia is a reliable source. Also, it's not on Wiki. :(
 
Longwalker said:
to clarify this point, there are NO universal hunting laws in Canada except the Federal Migratory Birds act. Everything else is provincial law. For instance, there is no requirement to limit magazine capacity for shooting any non-game bird or animal in Saskatchewan. It is standard practise here to use unplugged shotguns for summer crow calling sessions. I'd suspect the same applies in Alberta, but the only way to know for sure is to check Alberta regs.
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Ok I stand corrected:redface: I thought when they had us all changing from the old FAC to the new PAL system and we had to undergo the course that I remembered something in there about shotguns having to be limited to a capacity of 3 rounds. So I did some research online and I will say in all honesty that I got the Ontario Hunting Regs confused with the Federal Firearms Regs. Sorry about that....here is the paragraph as it appears in the Ontario Hunting Regs, I copied it direct and am pasting it here. This is for any and all species of shotgun hunting in Ontario, not just migratory birds. As for Alberta and the other provinces? I will have to read their regs. And to the fellow who told me my doctor said I wasn't to leave the grounds, I have a written 3 day pass so you can just go.....:jerkit::p

You must plug a semi-automatic or repeating shotgun so
that it will not hold more than a total of three shells in the
chamber and magazine combined.
 
It really has less to do with species and more to do with time of yr. in Saskatchewan your shotgun has to be plugged during an open game bird season which means in this province game birds opens sept. 1 to dec.31 Example waterfowl upland birds so if you are shooting crows magpies sparrows or any other non game bird you are still limited to 3shots at that time of yr. I would suspect if the regs were checked in other provinces it may be similar.
 
struff55 said:
It really has less to do with species and more to do with time of yr. in Saskatchewan your shotgun has to be plugged during an open game bird season which means in this province game birds opens sept. 1 to dec.31 Example waterfowl upland birds so if you are shooting crows magpies sparrows or any other non game bird you are still limited to 3shots at that time of yr. I would suspect if the regs were checked in other provinces it may be similar.
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Struff, I agree with your comment re: plugged magazines during active game bird seasons. I did though run this question by an NRO here in Manitoba as I am a hard core crow shooter. He said an unplugged mag could get you in trouble...BUT if charges were layed, in court the crown would have to prove the intent by the accused to hunt protected upland game birds or waterfowl. So the short of it..if one was hunting crows and surrounded by a bunch of dead ones and checked by a NRO, he the crow hunter would not be charged.
 
Also in BC and Sask the mag must be plugged to hold only two, but doesn't say anything about the gun being limited to 3. Therefore you can float a fourth shell in guns that can do it.
I also agree with m12shooter that if you are obviously hunting crows, you won't be hassled over plugged mags, and even steel shot.
 
AB.boy said:
You are correct.

From the regs:

"All birds are protected except the following: Starlings, Crows, Pigeons, House (English) Sparrows, Magpies, Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Ravens (hunted on private land by residents) and any other birds for which an open season has been declared by the regulations as indicated in this summary."
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What page of the regs did you find this on?? I went through them today and couldnt find it...
 
Spazmo said:
The online is just a copy of the printed version. Check Page 61, JUST above the diagrams of the two geese.
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Thx AB boy and Spazmo...found it. I was looking all over for a section that might have said migratory birds or exempt species and didnt read the small print...Thx again...Ice...:)
 
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