Hunting Moose on Ontario highways...?

"get off your lazy ass and find some property to hunt instead of cruising roads to find critters. one can only hope that sooner or later every road hunter will take a shot at the mnr robotic deer or moose over their "hunting" career "

When I head home to my brother's place there's 2 highway's to take.
I've been driving past that cow and bull ALL SUMMER LONG.
A couple time's at night I've had to slow down and beep my horn to get them out of the way.
Highway hunting you call that?
If I decide to remove these hazard's before someone hit's them,what's wrong with that? cou:
 
rhino519 said:
RIP to the victims first of all


second, I know you guys in Cochrane can tell the moose by just looking at the face, but you sure it was the same one???:rolleyes:
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coreyd said:
I'm glad you guys all have the comprehension of two year olds and actually read the post. I can't see anywhere that he mentions "the same moose" I see the "same spot" but not the same moose, could be a regular moose crossing for all we know, but I am glad you guys pay attention to what you read before you all reply.
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coreyd...a little English lesson for ya. you see, the word "moose" in the above sentence by rhino519 is the subject of the sentence - it's also a noun. additionally, the word "one" is ALSO the subject (also a noun) as it refers to the "moose". nowhere in this sentence do i see ANY verb, noun or adjective making any type of reference to a location...do you? you're welcome. ;)

clearly YOU have the comprehension of a two year old - not rhino or anyone else in this thread. you look very silly coreyd. must be embarrassing too, eh? :rolleyes:
 
zuke said:
"get off your lazy ass and find some property to hunt instead of cruising roads to find critters. one can only hope that sooner or later every road hunter will take a shot at the mnr robotic deer or moose over their "hunting" career "

When I head home to my brother's place there's 2 highway's to take.
I've been driving past that cow and bull ALL SUMMER LONG.
A couple time's at night I've had to slow down and beep my horn to get them out of the way.
Highway hunting you call that?
If I decide to remove these hazard's before someone hit's them,what's wrong with that? cou:
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thats ridiculous. going by your logic we should be allowed to shoot every deer, bear, moose, etc that we see from the road to "save lives".

would you feel like a hero after eliminating these suicidal moose to save little johnny? id feel like a poacher...
 
canadian hunter312 said:
thats ridiculous. going by your logic we should be allowed to shoot every deer, bear, moose, etc that we see from the road to "save lives".

would you feel like a hero after eliminating these suicidal moose to save little johnny? id feel like a poacher...
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As I said previously,I have no season,limit or quota.
I've seen that cow and bull ALL summer.Their still there,saw them yesterday.
Just because a person has the capability doesn't mean he has the reason.
And the tourist take oicture's of them.
 
Take your Hunter's Safety course again. No shooting from or across the traveled portion of any road anywhere at any time.
 
My first year of hunting, we were on a deer drive, dogging a piece of property between a hwy and a county road. I was the last man in line which happened to be on the outskirts on the bush along with hwy side. I was just dogging and not carrying a fire arm as I didn't have that much shooting experience at the time to be shooting at a running animal of any size. Anywho, the MNR came by and stopped the group. They told me that I had to be more then 10 meters from the hwy line to be hunting and if I had a gun they would have charged me, even though I was at least that far from the edge of the gravel. I asked him where the hwy line was (for future reference) and he said it didn't matter where he thought it was but to just stay inside that tree line.
 
9.3mauser said:
Lots of necroposts popping up lately... this one's 2 1/2 yrs old. Must be a symptom of a long winter.
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Noticed that.

And to add to the conversation about shooting from a roadway, what the Ontario Regulation Summary says, with respect to parts of Northern Ontario, at least is "no discharge of firearms from or
across the travelled portion of a right of way".

there are also restrictions on possession of a loaded firearms and discharge from roads etc. etc. in parts of Southern Ontario and Northwest Ontario described by lenghtly paragraphs in the text.

Also a note "the restrictions above do not apply to unmaintained roads"
 
tjsudbury said:
Noticed that.

And to add to the conversation about shooting from a roadway, what the Ontario Regulation Summary says, with respect to parts of Northern Ontario, at least is "no discharge of firearms from or
across the travelled portion of a right of way".

there are also restrictions on possession of a loaded firearms and discharge from roads etc. etc. in parts of Southern Ontario and Northwest Ontario described by lenghtly paragraphs in the text.

Also a note "the restrictions above do not apply to unmaintained roads"
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All true... but take note that the "field" interpretation of "travelled portion" includes the shoulder and "may" also include adjacent drainage ditches...
 
Not a legal expert whatsoever, but it my basic brain there is a significant difference between driving down the road, stopping on the shoulder, and shooting at something from inside your car, compared to stopping, getting out of your car, moving away from the road on foot, taking up a safe firing positing, and shooting at something that is even farther away from the road.

If you did the latter, if would really be hard to be successfully prosecuted that you were firing from a road anymore, as nobody else travelling on the road is in any danger at all. If you're still in your car, the argument could be made (even in a ridiculously remote area) that someone could drive or walk around you. But if you get out of the car and move 10m or so away, then fire with your back to the road, I would really be surprised to see that person charged with a "discharging a firearm close to a road" failure.
 
The hunters ed course in Ontario teaches that it is illegal to possess a loaded firearm within 8 meters of the center of a roadway. Not cure what the definition of a roadway is and I don't recall any variance for location within the province. I'll go confirm for myself later, but I thought that applied to all of the province.
 
I dont even understand why this is a discussion. Who the hell goes hunting to drive around in a truck and shoot moose standing near the road? Just go to grocery store and save yourself a lot money and time.
 
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