Just a small question on tags

Slipery

Slipery

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I had some confusion I wanted to clear up. I am currently working out a budget for my newfound guns/hunting addiction for this summer.
I was wondering, once I purchase a 'Deer license' which is approximately $33 from what I found, do I need to purchase an additional tag on top of that license? Saying that I only wanted to shoot one buck for the season? Does that one deer tag come with the license or would I need to purchase a tag separately from the license?
And, where would I be able to find this information on the internet because I have been looking for a while.

Thanks!
 
What province Slipery? I can answer your question if in Alberta, but that's about it. Does your provincial regulation booklet not provide your answer? :)
 
I also might as well ask, since I am finalizing this... Does anyone see anything that I am potentially missing that would be necessary in my planned outline here?

My PAL is currently going through the '1 month' screening process, and then I have to send in my picture and everything, so it will probably be at least up until mid-late June before I actually get it. As you can see though, I am pretty excited too =)

Scouring the EE every day for good deals.

I might have to slot in more money for ammo I think.

Anyone have any other changes?




Gun Budget


$2750


Guns- $1600
.270 and Elite 4200 or Leupold VX-II $1150

.22 Mag Bolt-Action $300

.22 Semi- auto $150


Miscellaneous- $650

Gun Safe-$ 137

$137 Stack On, 8-Gun, Steel security Cabinet


Carrying Case-$102

$47 Protector Rifle/Shotgun Case -Double


$28 PRO-MAX SINGLE SCOPED CONTOUR RIFLE CASE


$27 MALLARD · Type - Scoped Rifle • Size - 46"


Tags/License $ 154

Hunting Liscence- $105
Small Games Liscence- $16.50
Deer Liscence- $32


Gun Cleaning- $22

$22 Remington Field Master Gun Cleaning Kit


Calls $44

$15 EZ-GRUNT-ER "PLUS" DEER CALL


$12 MAGNUM CROW CALL


$17 ULTIMATE PREDATOR I


Camo- $190


Ammo$500

.270 Ammo $200
.22 Mag ammo $200
.22 LR Ammo $100
 
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Hey gitrdun.

I am in Ontario, Ottawa to be exact..
I looked in my provincial regulation booklet, but I still can't determine whether your 'one deer' comes with your 'deer license' or whether you need to purchase a license and then purchase a tag.
 
I;m not trying to dissuade you but as a first time hunter arn't you going a little overboard on your list of item's needed. OH, by the way, you forgot to budget for a good hunting knife and a pair of bino's and maybe a leupold spotting scope.
 
Slipery said:
Hey gitrdun.

I am in Ontario, Ottawa to be exact..
I looked in my provincial regulation booklet, but I still can't determine whether your 'one deer' comes with your 'deer license' or whether you need to purchase a license and then purchase a tag.
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Your license includes a tag, you can buy extras if you want. Don't forget to budget a good pair of hunting boots.;)

For hunting Regs & info check here:
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/FW/Publication/MNR_E001275P.html


BTW you're not supposed to hotlink to non-supporting stores/dealers, as in Lebaron and Wholesale.
 
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eastwind said:
I;m not trying to dissuade you but as a first time hunter arn't you going a little overboard on your list of item's needed. OH, by the way, you forgot to budget for a good hunting knife and a pair of bino's and maybe a leupold spotting scope.
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I think the list looks pretty good, although I'd skip the .22mag for $300 and buy a 12ga 870 instead.

Really its just a couple guns, storage (gotta have it), and some camo & calls. Sounds like a lot because most people collect this stuff over a decade.
 
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Slippery: In Ontario your deer license allows you to take one antlered deer.
You can also apply for antlerless tags and different types of hunts, (archery, Black powder)
Hope this helps
 
Sorry, I didn't know about the linking.

Alright, thank you everyone for answering my question, and for the responses.

Heh, I don't think it is all that overboard. I mean, I would like to go deer-hunting in the fall, so I need a gun, the license, a safe, ammo, for all that. It's kind of mandatory. And then my friend owns a farm thats home to many a pidgeon, crow, and groundhog, so thats what the .22 mag is for. And then I figured I would buy a cheap .22LR for plinking.

I also have some bushnell bino's that my mom randomly bought one day for bird-watching some years ago, and I have a hunting knife already that I bought for kicks, so whoever suggested that, I am already equipped.

To be honest, in the last half year, I've had a steadily growing fascination and appreciation for firearms.. Can't wait to get into it.

You should see my list I am making for next year =)
Marlin 39A or a Henry Golden Boy in .22
A nice turkey shotgun
and a .338 or .375 as a moose/bear gun. Can't decide which yet!

Needless to say, the girlfriend is not all that pleased.

Cheers guys
 
Slipery,

Not suggesting that anything is wrong with your potential choices so far. When I got into shooting I obsessively studied guns and all my options long before my license arrived and had all sorts of ideas about what I wanted and needed. So these suggestions are just some thoughts from one gun nut to another, not intended as the truth in what you need.

In some ways a 22 magnum is a whole lot more of a cartridge than a 22 lr, but from the perspective of the fun you’ll get out of them they’re pretty similar. Consider a Savage or Stevens in probably .223. A accurate centerfire varminter is a whole lot of fun.

A .270 is a sure fine choice for deer. You could consider it a moose gun though too. Better yet a .30-06 would serve both. They really are both rather high velocity cartridges, and out to 200 yards really no different in trajectory. When I was obsessively researching cartridges for my first gun, trajectory seemed really important to me. But go out and measure off 200 yards. It's a long way, and even in the best of shooting conditions most shooters should think twice anyhow before taking such long shots. With all the .22 practice and varmint shooting you’ll probably give yourself, maybe you’ll be more than ‘most shooters’ before long, but nonetheless do your self out a favour and see how far just 50 yards is in the woods.

Again, your plans look perfectly good. For me, I've found that I like having many guns, but I also get much more enjoyment out of one really nice gun than I get out of two ordinary ones. Perhaps that's why I'd consider a single big-game rifle in your plan for your first few guns rather than two. Or is the 270 because of a caliber restriction in your area?

Cheap binos suck. They’ll make you see worse in low light. Light gathering and resolution are by far the most important factors. It doesn’t matter how much magnification you have if you can’t tell a light coloured stick from an antler. Whatever cheap binos you have may well be worse than nothing (definitions of cheap vary, so perhaps they’ll do fine, but this is an important warning). Cheap scopes such too. But a leupold vx-1 is a really fine place to start in my books, especially if it leaves a little money left over to make the gun it goes on a really nice one.

All the best with your new toys.

RG

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One more thought. If I'm being too much of a big mouth here just ignore me.

When I started out a couple of years ago, I was really concerned about how much power I needed. I actually asked my cousin if my .30-06 would be enough to break a deer’s shoulder. As per your moose and bear gun choices: perhaps you’ve been reading a lot of hunting magazines too… The first moose I ever saw shot had both shoulders broken clean through by a .308 (bullet: 180 grain partition). I’m not suggesting that you don’t NEED at .375 in case some starving polar bear wanders really far south. But you don’t need it for moose.

And my wife dropped her bear dead this year with her 6.5x55 no problem.

RG

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I would follow up on Ruffed Grouse's information. One big game rifle is all you need. A 270 is fine, but for moose you need bullets that hold together well, preferrably in 150 grain. A 30-06 would be a bit better, with any normal, 180 grain bullet designed for big game, for moose.
I would strongly recommend dropping the 22 mag. Good long rifle, standard 22 ammo, will get you by just fine, and MUCH cheaper to shoot. Unless you are trophy hunting in the mountains, or prairies, you will have no use for a spotting scope in the bush (Ontario.)
 
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Sorry, I didn't know about the linking.

Alright, thank you everyone for answering my question, and for the responses.

Heh, I don't think it is all that overboard. I mean, I would like to go deer-hunting in the fall, so I need a gun, the license, a safe, ammo, for all that. It's kind of mandatory. And then my friend owns a farm thats home to many a pidgeon, crow, and groundhog, so thats what the .22 mag is for. And then I figured I would buy a cheap .22LR for plinking.

I also have some bushnell bino's that my mom randomly bought one day for bird-watching some years ago, and I have a hunting knife already that I bought for kicks, so whoever suggested that, I am already equipped.

To be honest, in the last half year, I've had a steadily growing fascination and appreciation for firearms.. Can't wait to get into it.

You should see my list I am making for next year =)
Marlin 39A or a Henry Golden Boy in .22
A nice turkey shotgun
and a .338 or .375 as a moose/bear gun. Can't decide which yet!

Needless to say, the girlfriend is not all that pleased.

Cheers guys
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Get your stuff while you can, once the girlfriend becomes a wife, you may get cut off. :D
 
Well I'm surprised no one mentioned this. But there are two types of deer hunts in Ontario. Controlled and Non-Controlled. Make sure you know which your WMU is. If you buy a deer license and think it will allow you to hunt a controlled area you may be wrong. The controlled area I hunt you have to apply still for a tag to hunt any deer. If you don't get the tag. No hunt at all. This applies to the controlled areas of the southern part of Ontario. Just wanted you to know that.
The .270 you plan on buying will cover all that you want to hunt in Ontario. There is nothing you can't take down here with that caliber. Just pratice your shooting skills and have fun. But if you choose to buy more guns, well then your like the rest of us.
 
Thanks Everyone! Read and checked on all of your suggestions.

And I have checked the WMU I am in.. I actually don't even think you can hunt deer with a rifle in my WMU (65). I guess I will have to travel an hour or two west in order to find some good spots.
 
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