Getting a hunting license…

[Longbranch]

Getting a hunting license…

I've been invited to go deer hunting this fall. I last had a hunting license about 20 years ago. Took a course back then, wrote the test, got the license. I have no records of that now.

Do I have to start from scratch again, or would the Ministry of Natural Resources still have that on record? If I have to start over, how can I find a Toronto source for a hunting course so I can write the exam?

Thanks for all your input.

 

[Foxer]

I dont know what province you're in longbranch - but most keep it on file for ages. I went 13 years or thereabouts without a license when i didn't hunt and they had mine on file, got it the next day at the gov't agent's office.

 

[Longbranch]

Sorry Foxer, I should have thought of that. I'm in Ontario.

So, should step one be go to the MNR office and see if I'm still on file?

 

[JB]

here in Ontario from what others have told me they dont go back very far so if you or they cant find anything then you will have to start from scratch where are you from ??

 

[SwedishMan]

"Ontario residents applying for their first Ontario licence to
hunt, and residents who cannot provide proof of having held
a hunting licence after January 1, 1968, must complete
Ontario’s Hunter Education Course (OHEC) and pass the
examination."

From the 2005 Ontario Hunting Regs
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/pubmenu.html

 

[Foxer]

Definately go see longbranch - it's worth a try. Other than that - i guess see if they'll let you challenge the exam - buy the book, study a bit, and go write the bugger.

 

[TheCanuck]

Just got my new card in the mail, with an F on it :mrgreen:

im a happy guy

 

[Workin Man]

If it was an Ontario outdoors card you had back then you might be in luck. I can't remember how long ago they came out with them, but it was around 20 yrs ago. They do have records back that far. My dad found an old paper small game license he still had from 68 or 69 and that was good enough to get him his license.

 

[Longbranch]

My dad found an old paper small game license he still had from 68 or 69 and that was good enough to get him his license.

Heh… I've been looking all night for one of those myself!

 

[sunray]

You could try the MNR, but I think you'd need at least the year of your last licence. An old licence, any Ontario licence, is best though. However, if you don't have the Outdoors Card tax card, you need one before you can re-new your licence anyway.
Go here. http://outdoorscard.mnr.gov.on.ca/english/oc_initial.asp?tid=0&s=49

 

[Longbranch]

The MNR didn't have me on file electronically, but they do have another (Jacobian inner sanctum) department that keeps paper records of everything. They still had me on file as having completed the Hunter Safety Course 26 years ago. I'm "One" with the All-Seeing-Eye… and my Outdoors Hunting card will be here in two weeks. Never thought I'd say this, but thank you bureaucracy.

And thanks to everyone here for your help.

 

[Foxer]

Ha! - good to hear longbranch.

I'm sure even now in some dark, candle lit dusty tomb a dark-robed individual is blowing the dust off the parchment that holds your records as the cries of tortured souls wail in the background. You'll be out in the woods in no time.

 

[Gibbs505]

Just got my new card in the mail, with an F on it :mrgreen:

im a happy guy

"F"? :?:
Usually means fail but since you are happy, enlighten us please? :?: :idea: