How to keep hunters away?

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I find it unfortunate for Ontario/Quebec hunters to have to lease their own hunting land.

This isn't the case. They only have to if they want 'convenient' hunting within 1/2 hour. For pretty much every person in Ontario, there's large blocks of hunting within about an hour. Ottawa, there's lots of crown land up that way. Toronto, there's a huge hunk of crown land within 1-1.5 hours drive north up haliburtion/huntsville area. West of Toronto there's 5000 acres of wetlands and bush that's absolutely overrun with wildlife near Goderich. GRCA near Guelph and Cambridge have a dozen spots you can hunt small game like rabbits and squirrels. And there's lots of nooks and crannies here and there scattered across the province.

It's not easy in many parts of Ontario to find a spot where you can put up a treestand and sit there 3 nights a week - that's true. But if you're looking to hunt, there's lots of places you can get to and back same day and still have a great day hunting.