I'm just prepping for my first deer hunt since moving to Manitoba. Gun season opens tomorrow. Can anyone tell me if the regs require that the gun be unloaded and encased until legal shooting light? I just realized that I haven't seen anything about this in the regulations. Thanks.
first manitoba deer hunt - question
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thesanchezking
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I've personally never seen that written in any regs before.
Okay, thanks. I thought that it was in there somewhere and I'd missed it.
That is one of the 587,456 individual edicts and decrees in the Ontario regs, to which I have been subject all my life. When I first read the Manitoba rules, they seemed so simple and straightforward that I was afraid I had lost the rest of the book.
That is one of the 587,456 individual edicts and decrees in the Ontario regs, to which I have been subject all my life. When I first read the Manitoba rules, they seemed so simple and straightforward that I was afraid I had lost the rest of the book.
Those regs you're citing are only applicable in Ontario. In Manitoba, firearms must be unloaded until you're off any road allowance. You can carry an unloaded gun any way you please, both on the road and when it's dark. You can carry a loaded gun outside shooting hours as long as you're not hunting. It's up to you to prove you're not hunting though, so I wouldn't risk it unless you're on good terms with the COs.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wildlife/hunting/general/misc.html#hours
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wildlife/hunting/general/misc.html#hours
Thanks, guys. What a pleasant surprise this is!
Ontario deer hunting often found me crouched in a stand or under a bush, with one eye on a buck, the other on my watch, waiting for the magic legal moment when I could try to load and chamber a shell without making a sound...and, yes, the CO's took that regulation very seriously.
Ontario deer hunting often found me crouched in a stand or under a bush, with one eye on a buck, the other on my watch, waiting for the magic legal moment when I could try to load and chamber a shell without making a sound...and, yes, the CO's took that regulation very seriously.
