Legal caliber of rifle for hunting Coyotes in southern Ontario

If you want to zip them us a 6.5 Creedmoor
Seriously - to be on the safe side I would bring the information you gathered to the local OPP and ask them about it - keep detailed records of everyone you spoke to - if it all checks out then you should be okay - but if someone challenges you on it then I would be prepared to show them what you've done (due-diligence)
 
Rifled barreled 12 gauge does wonders, shot my last coyote at the farm at 130 yards. Could have been a lucky shot, he sure didn't know what hit him.

We are in a zone where large caliber rifles are prohibited for hunting and no rifles period for deer hunting.
 
nemesisincanada said:
These guys are aware that a .260remington has the same ballistic as a 300winmag. banning calibres on size alone is a pointless exercise, they should look at the ballistic properties of each calibre.
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Couldn't agree more!

As to the OP, I hunt that area and from my homework and calls to the authorities; you are good to go for 30-06. A varmint bullet may be a better option than FMJs for critters...just my humble $0.02 YMMV
Simcoe county isn't listed on the regulations as one of the caliber restricted areas and the adj-tos twp doesn't have any firearms discharge bylaws pertaining to a caliber of firearms.
Happy hunting
 
kodiakjack said:
The question was asked 6 years ago, and he hasn’t logged on since...
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OP here and I'm a lurker.

Funny thing is I've been using the 30-06, 3030 or a shotgun for the last 7 years. I was looking around to see if anyone had come up with a definitive answer and google brought me back here. The answer is still muddy.
 
forbcore said:
OP here and I'm a lurker.

Funny thing is I've been using the 30-06, 3030 or a shotgun for the last 7 years. I was looking around to see if anyone had come up with a definitive answer and google brought me back here. The answer is still muddy.
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What? Why’s it muddy? Simcoe county is not on the list. You’re good to go. No mud.
 
Somehow I have missed the discussion back in 2011 so...

The .275 restriction is obviously ridiculous and outdated, and the story I have heard from various people is that it was not about ballistics but about blocking people from using cheap and plentiful (many years ago) surplus 303 and 30-06 ammunition. I have no idea if this is true or if so why it would be peculiar to southern Ontario.
 
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