Got stopped by the CO's today.

woodchopper said:
I think that a CO insisting that the tag goes on before I drag the animal to someplace where the tag is not going to get torn off while dragging an animal around in the bush is not thinking. And I'm not dragging it around with the guts in.
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I don't disagree with your logic, it may be different in your province just wanted anyone on Ontario to know what could happen here.
 
The only CO encounters I've ever had were over fishing, but for those whom <have> bumped into CO's while hunting, I've never heard of even one of them ever being asked for either PAL or registration paperwork. That's probably a good thing since I suspect that many if not most hunters still don't have either to this day.
 
Not quite, CO's in Ontario have more power than Leo's, they can search and seize without a warrant, Leo's don't have that authority.
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LEO's in Ontario have some warrantless search and seizure powers, the CO's do have more though.
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Sorry to hijack this thread but this is a very common mistake that many hunters believe.

When enforcing the Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, a police officer IS a Conservation Officer with all the same powers.

I will refer you to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of Ontario:
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_97f41_e.htm#BK100


PART VIII
ENFORCEMENT


Conservation officers

87. (1) The Minister may appoint a person or class of persons as conservation officers for the purposes of this Act.


(2) The following persons are conservation officers for the purposes of this Act by virtue of their office:

1. A police officer or First Nations Constable appointed under the Police Services Act.

2. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

3. A game officer designated under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (Canada).

4. A park warden designated under the National Parks Act (Canada), if he or she is acting under the direction of a conservation officer appointed under subsection (1).

5. A person whose primary employment responsibility is the enforcement of fish and wildlife laws in Manitoba, Quebec, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, if he or she is acting under the direction of a conservation officer appointed under subsection (1).

Please feel free to read the rest of Part VIII on Enforcement for further information on what power CO's/Police Officers have when enforcing this act.
 
I find it interesting to read all the "advice" about what LEO's, CO's, RCMP, etc can or Can't do when it comes to "asking for" or "asking to see" guns, paperwork, etc. TonyMo's last post cleared a lot of things up. Read it carefully.

As an RCMP officer, and I can only speak for myself, I am usually interested in seeing if the firearm is loaded in a vehicle or not, and if the hunter(s) has/have permit(s). Believe it or not, I have found loaded firearms in vehicles.

Oh yes, I know that just because you are driving down a little used road, with firearms in the vehicle, with hunting clothes on, etc, that it does not necessarily mean you are "hunting". Give me a break, please.

I have never had a "hunting check" go bad. I am usually more interested in getting the hunters to shoot the breeze about guns and hunting. A snotty attitude by either the hunters or the peace officers, will, for sure, result in a bad encounter.

In over 45 years of hunting, I've only had good experiences with "game wardens", as we call them around here, and very few at that.
 
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