Ontario farmer's deer licence tag?

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How does one go about getting these licenses. My parents have a small farm about 40 acres and I was wondering what has to be done in order to be considered for these tags. Also would I be able to use the tag as I am the son?

Just looking for people who have gone through this.

Thanks
 
Contact the MNR, they will send someone out to do an inspection to determine if it is warranted. Typically that doesn't happen in the winter.
A home owner/farmer has the right to protect their property/crops, the wording is "kill, capture or harass", however whitetail are excluded from that.
Under normal circumstances that can be executed by an agent for the MNR or the homeowner, when it is the homeowner the duty can can filled by an "immediate" family member, mother, father, son, daughter.
It is in your best interest to contact the proper people, fine line between property protection and big whopping fine.
Call 1-519-773-9241 and ask for Ben Hindmarsh
 
Good luck!

I fill deer removal tags for a local farmer who farms 2500+ acres of crops. He has to prove the damage the deer are doing on a regular basis. If you can get the MNR on side, all they have to do is provide your name, address, outdoors card, etc. to the MNR and you're good to go. Any hunters on the list would have to abide by the rules set out in the schedule given to the farmer/landowner.

The farmer I know who does this had to fight with the MNR for years to get this permission and even has a lawyer just to deal with the BS. There is much more to the story but I'm not going to get into the details on the internet.

Unless you're willing to put up with the MNR BS and spend $$ on a lawyer, forget it. Probably cheaper to poach a deer (not that I'm recommending you break the law).
 
i don't know if i am interpreting this from the OP but if you are looking for a say a regular season tag for muzzle loader bow rifle shot gun , then no you are not eligible i believe you have to be engaged in the full time business of farming.
 
If you are looking to get a farmers validation tag for the controlled deer hunt, then you may not be pleased to hear that you need to own a parcel of land 20hectares (50 acres) in size to apply. If your parents only have 40 acres then that parcel is not large enough to qualify. If you double check the size of the parcel and it is indeed 50 acres or larger then your would be able to receive a farmers validation tag. There is a spot on the form for the landowner to sign and allow an immediate relative (such as a son,brother etc..) to apply with their form. FYI there is no cost for the validation tag and successful draw rates in the areas around brantford are 100% so there really isn't much of an advantage.

If you are looking to buy a farmers deer license, which is a little cheaper than the regular deer license then you are also not going to like to hear that they can only be sold to someone who makes the bulk of their income from farming, regardless of how much land they do or don't own. For instance I own a couple of hundred acres of farmland in 91B, but I don't derive the bulk of my income from it so I am not eligible for a farmers deer license. When I was a kid and worked on my parents farm I was eligible for the farmers license even though I owned no farmland.
 
Yes to what notlim2424 plus when I lived on the farm and got the farmers tag there was also a stipulation that at least $5000 of income had to be generated by farming practices. It was not just a matter of owning 50 acres.
Your out just on land size alone I believe.
But check it out . Good luck !

Regards
 
most farmers here dont bother with the farmers tag as you must stay in your township to hunt .we cross township lines all season so a farmers tag is not much good to us . besides we can buy several tags for are area with out needing to apply for each one . DUTCH
 
Dutchhunter :
you also nailed it. I recall now that it was the same rule here in Ontario where I grew up. You could only hunt in your own township.
 
50 acre is not critical, basically you feed them and you get $5 discount on your tag.
Last year dam deer ate more then $5 worth of my corn.
 
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