"Encased" before sunrise

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Ok, so I want to know how the rest of you "encase" your rifles on the trail before legal light.
Regs state here in NS:
Encased means a firearm, bow or crossbow that is:
• in a case which is properly fastened;
• completely wrapped in a material which is securely tied
around the firearm or bow; or
• in the locked compartment of a vehicle and the contents
of the compartment are not accessible to the occupant
of the vehicle from inside the vehicle, or
• rendered inoperable by the attachment of a trigger
lock to the firearm, or
• a bow rendered inoperable through disassembly or
attachment of a lock to the bow.
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For some reason I recall reading that you used to be able to just remove the bolt and put it in your pocket to render it inoperable.
but it seems to have dissapeared from the book.

I don't want to have to carry around a trigger lock and keys all day in my pocket.

What do you do?
 
Carry a couple of zip ties.
At the gunshow's I've been to I've seen a lotta rifle's where their used as trigger lock's.
Put it on and cut it off when you figure your at your hunt spot.
 
I use a soft case for my crossbow and a gunsock for long guns. That's all that's required in Ont., not sure about your neck of the woods though.
 
...OR ... completely wrapped in a material which is securely tied around the firearm ... OR ...

Gunsock is all you need. It's all I've ever used here in Ontario, and when stopped in the pre-dawn hours by the Ministry, it was fine. They actually expected us to have socks on our guns.

Funny story actually ... We were floating in the river in a canoe, waiting for the exact minute to start our duck hunt, and the Boys (Ministry/Game Wardens) stopped on the bridge, adcalled quietly to us. "Got socks on those guns?"
We nodded yes, and lifted the guns up to show them.
"Have your Licences and Migratory Bird Permits?"
We both readhed intot he pounch in our hipwaders, pulled out a ziploc baggie with some folded paper in it, and waived it towards them.
"Good, good. How much longer you got?"
one of us looked at our watch and said 4 minutes.
The Ministry guy laughed and said something about us reading the Sunrise/Sunset times in the local paper.
With that, he waved, said "Good Luck guys!" and went on his way.
We said thanks, finished our cofffee and enjoyed the morning filling birds with lead :D

Moral of the story? Meet the spirit of the law, don't draw attention to yourself, and any "routine" spotchecks will probably be as easy as ours was.
 
It never ceases to amaze me what the poor souls east of Manitoba have to put up with in the way of draconian regulation.

I recently learned that in at least one or two Atlantic provinces folks can't take a firearm into the field unless they have a hunting license and there is an open season. No freedom to plink or pick off varmints. Wow!

Now I am learning that you have to keep your gun in a case until legal light at least in Nova Scotia!!?? So let me get this straight; you go up in your tree stand before daylight with your gun in a case and leave it encased until legal shooting time?? Presumably you have to also encase it before leaving your stand after legal light??


What do I put my gun in before I head out in the morning or back to camp/home at night?? Answer = My truck cab.

I am feeling really pleased about living in the golden west.
 
Lex said:
It never ceases to amaze me what the poor souls east of Manitoba have to put up with in the way of draconian regulation.

I recently learned that in at least one or two Atlantic provinces folks can't take a firearm into the field unless they have a hunting license and there is an open season. No freedom to plink or pick off varmints. Wow!

Now I am learning that you have to keep your gun in a case until legal light at least in Nova Scotia!!?? So let me get this straight; you go up in your tree stand before daylight with your gun in a case and leave it encased until legal shooting time?? Presumably you have to also encase it before leaving your stand after legal light??


What do I put my gun in before I head out in the morning or back to camp/home at night?? Answer = My truck cab.

I am feeling really pleased about living in the golden west.
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Yep, and even then we are heavily restricted as to which firearms we can take, and when. After a certain point, and until the following year's deer season, you can only take a shotgun out, with #4 shot or smaller. No .22's, no nothing. Makes varmint hunting a real #####.
 
Is this right... out east in Nova Scotia, Ontario and others, when you walk from your truck to your hunting spot before sunrise, you have to carry your rifle in a case or with a trigger lock attached?

You just can't carry your rifle in your arms loaded with the safety on?
 
Here in NL, I don't think this rule exist's when walking to or from the hunting area before hours. Just not allowed to hunt biggame earlier than 1/2 an hour before sunrise or 1/2 an hour after sunset. Doesn't say anything about having it cased before those hours...I could be wrong, but pretty sure..
 
fugawi said:
Is this right... out east in Nova Scotia, Ontario and others, when you walk from your truck to your hunting spot before sunrise, you have to carry your rifle in a case or with a trigger lock attached?

You just can't carry your rifle in your arms loaded with the safety on?
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As silly as it sounds, no we cannot. And in Ontario, trigger lock is not required, but the firearm/bow must be in a case that covers all sides of the firearm. I use a gun sock for my long guns, and a garbage bag for my bow.
 
So I called a CO yesterday, He cited the regulations that I read. I told him that I thought it was silly to have to carry a case or trigger lock all day. I told him that according to the firearms act, once the bolt is removed from a rifle it ceases to be a firearm, and that the regulations are contradictory.
I also asked him why you can render a bow inoperable but not a rifle.

He somewhat changed his attitude and said in a roundabout way that it wouldn't cause me any trouble to have it unloaded with the bolt removed and stowed.

I don't want to go hunting with stuff hanging off of me like a gypsy wagon all day. I have to carry enough stuff as it is.
 
Easterner said:
So I called a CO yesterday, He cited the regulations that I read. I told him that I thought it was silly to have to carry a case or trigger lock all day. I told him that according to the firearms act, once the bolt is removed from a rifle it ceases to be a firearm, and that the regulations are contradictory.
I also asked him why you can render a bow inoperable but not a rifle.

He somewhat changed his attitude and said in a roundabout way that it wouldn't cause me any trouble to have it unloaded with the bolt removed and stowed.

I don't want to go hunting with stuff hanging off of me like a gypsy wagon all day. I have to carry enough stuff as it is.
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Good luck with that one when you are stopped. If you don't have it in writing with his signature it is of no value.

I never, never covered the gun walking into the blind but my budd next to me would have his trigger locked and in a case.I laughed at him for years until one night there was two DNR officers waiting for us when we got back to the truck. I had the bolt out and the clip empty. He said it didnot matter and next time I would be charged.
A gun sock is not a big deal to carry in a pocket.take care
Also firearms act is federal is it not so what would that have to do with a provincial requirement??
 
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