gophers around ottawa

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newb like question where does one go to shoot gophers around ottawa and would i need a licence to shoot them or is it considered pest control etc ?
 
Sign guy, you only need to find a farmer that will let you shoot on his property. You need a valid PAL of course, but you don't need a small game licence. I'm not being facetious, but we don't have gophers around here. We have ground hogs.:D PS. If you wanted to drive as far as Lanark, I could hook you up with a farmer.
 
I used to go up to Cobden area, lots of farmers were happy to have you come out and shoot the Ground Hogs. There was no shortage of them up there.
 
I used to go to a dairy farm near Alfred (just past EHOC) to shoot ground hogs and pigeons. You have more action shooting pigeons. Just stand near the grain bins. They come in waves. The farmer was grinning ear to ear when we show up. The pigeons s#it in the grain bins and pollute the cattle feed. I find farmers that are further away from the big city are more receptive to pest control.
 
"...gophers around Ottawa..." The only gophers around Ottawa are junior civil servants fetching coffee. For ground hogs and any other varmint, you need a small game licence. A farmer doesn't for pest control(not deer though), but anybody else does.
 
I found a good spot once in Ottawa.....there was this fountain type thing, on a grassy knoll in front of a big stone pile on the west side of the river...there was a really big hotel nearby, hell you coulda done some fine shootin' right out of the windows!

Anyway, the varmints were thick as could be around there. Some resembled skunks, more or less, and some were more like weasels...a few were some kinda snake, I figured.

A fella told me they were all "two faced lyin' bastards", rotten to the core and right full of bull#### so I expect eatin' them would be out of the question. He also said they could talk their way out of anything, so it was best to shoot first before they got a chance to open their mouths. Worse than termites, he said - sounds like they go through taxpayers money like it was going out of style, and once they have a good belly full they go and hide someplace warm for the rest of their miserable lives.

Funny place, that Ottawa...out here, we just have gophers, bears, and a hawg named Ralph.
 
My neighbour has a gopher hanging around his place. Looks exactly like a miniature Schnauzer, but don't be fooled. PM me and I'll provide the address and a bounty.

We never talked.
 
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