Road Hunters

swailmeister

swailmeister

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I just got back from the opening week of shotgun deer hunting season here in Ontario and I just couldn't beleive my eyes! I usually hunt in the back of the property but, this year, we decided to try the front. My treestand stand is about 300 yards from the road, in somewhat good view. I saw, on, numerous occations, vehicles driving up and down the road, back and forth. What really fumed me, was one guy in his pick up truck who stopped on the road, pulled out his shotgun, and fired into the bush across from me! I guess he missed his intended target cause he just got back in his truck and left. Unfortunatly, I was way to far to get a licence plate number. These are the idiots who give us hunters a bad name.
 
what exactly is your problem here?

What would you have done if yout a liscence plate number? Ruined this guys life because he missed a grouse?

If you want to get angry because someone is in your percieved space go join a golf course.
 
Did you not enjoy your hunt where you set up? My suggestion would be to move to somewhere you would have less to ##### about.

Get over yourself and your way is the right way bull#### attitude.
 
Rizher said:
Did you not enjoy your hunt where you set up? My suggestion would be to move to somewhere you would have less to ##### about.

Get over yourself and your way is the right way bulls**t attitude.
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You sound like a road hunter yourself. In case you didn't know, there are laws against shooting from the roadways in this province.Swailmeister is right, guys like this give all hunters a bad name.
 
I actually do not road hunt in Ontario, but I do road hunt in Newfoundland. Woods roads primarily.

If you ask the MNR about certain areas, such as Malbourgh Forest near Ottawa, shooting from the road is indeed legal. As is shooting from all logging roads.

The problem is not with road hunters, or the preceived notion that road hunters give hunters in general a bad name.

The problem lies with the lazy hunter that will not take the time to scout the woods, and would much perfer to set up a stand next to a road and then ##### about someone who drives by it moving to and from different areas linked by the road.

The real problem is that most people in general need something to ##### about. Enjoy hunting, and stop looking for ways to #####. Hunters sounding like Anti's. What a piss off.
 
here in alberta...
-discharge a weapon within 183 m (200 yards) or cause a projectile from a weapon to pass within 183 m (200 yards) of any occupied building. Owners, occupants, or persons authorized by the owner or occupant are excepted, subject to local bylaws.

-discharge a firearm from or cause a projectile from a firearm to pass along or across
-a provincial highway,
-a road that is paved, oiled, graded or regularly maintained, unless
the road is held under any active disposition under the Public Lands Act or under an order under the Surface Rights Act, or
the person is hunting game birds with a shotgun under the authority of a licence.
 
I am not sure of Ontario rules but in Sask. you can hunt on back roads and trials. Many hunters prefer to hunt this way and if it is legal then there is nothng to complain about. Many older hunters or others who have a bit of trouble getting around can take advantage of the sport we all have the right to enjoy.

If it is legal and safe and on public land enjoy your day and don't get your knickers in a twist. When done effectively and properly, road hunting is as noble a pursuit as walking 10 miles into the back country. Lets not turn ourselves into group of elitists.
 
I like road hunters. They give me someone to talk to when I'm loading the deer I shot A FEW MILES back from the road. They keep the deer hiding in the bush where I can get them.
 
david doyle said:
what exactly is your problem here?

What would you have done if yout a liscence plate number? Ruined this guys life because he missed a grouse?

If you want to get angry because someone is in your percieved space go join a golf course.
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If I see some jackass taking a shot from the window of his truck from a roadway, I'm trying to get him arrested too.

There's a reason why it's so hard to get permission to hunt private land, and that's a good example of it right there. Not to mention that it's illegal. Not just to shoot from your window like a jackass, but to have a loaded firearm in the vehicle.
 
Silverado said:
If I see some jackass taking a shot from the window of his truck from a roadway, I'm trying to get him arrested too.

There's a reason why it's so hard to get permission to hunt private land, and that's a good example of it right there. Not to mention that it's illegal. Not just to shoot from your window like a jackass, but to have a loaded firearm in the vehicle.
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You misread Silverado. The first post clearly states "got back in his truck" which means he was out of it when he shot. If he shot at grouse it would not be illegal in AB.
 
ok do to being disabled and not being able t owalk much more then 50-100 yrds into the bush without taking an amount of pain meds that would render me unsafe with a firearm for several hours. my only involvment in this thread is gonna be someone please pass the popcorn and BBQ seasoning
 
I have a friend that has a permit to discharge firearms from his truck due to a workplace accident that disabled him for life :( Now he shoots from his truck window occasionally when safe to do so. But usually he stays on private land and hunts from a blind.
 
I don't care either way...not my business if it's not my land....BUT......I have a hell of a lot more respect for the guys that load up and head out into the woods for a few days and hike and hunt (sheep in the mountains for example) than I do for road warriors. I feel the same way about baits, game cameras, and treestands, they make it too easy....but like I said.....I don't really care, it's just my ####traweb opinion. :)
 
I am the best hunter in the world
No one has my ethics or uses my tactics
I always have 1 shot ...dead bang animals:jerkit:

I have never had to drive any motor vehicle
to harvest any of my game.:jerkit:

When I enter the border of the WMU I hunt in I
stop my motorized vehicle and start walking.

I am an elite sniper and you must bow to my god like
prowess:pirate:

Ya right!!!!!!!

I hunt.... I walk, I drive, I push, I waste gas ,I stalk and spot and I use whatever tactics (legal) to harvest my game.

I just laugh at people who think themselves elitist.:yingyang:

Law breaking is one thing.
Road hunting may be distasteful to some. But here in Alberta it is legal .
 
Well said Timo.

If I feel like walking I'll walk and I'll road hunt too. You wonder if those "I'm Gods answer to hunting" types might have a few " shortcomings " they are trying to make up for. A bit of a napolean complex maybe.
 
Rizher said:
I actually do not road hunt in Ontario, but I do road hunt in Newfoundland. Woods roads primarily.

If you ask the MNR about certain areas, such as Malbourgh Forest near Ottawa, shooting from the road is indeed legal. As is shooting from all logging roads.

The problem is not with road hunters, or the preceived notion that road hunters give hunters in general a bad name.

The problem lies with the lazy hunter that will not take the time to scout the woods, and would much perfer to set up a stand next to a road and then ##### about someone who drives by it moving to and from different areas linked by the road.

The real problem is that most people in general need something to ##### about. Enjoy hunting, and stop looking for ways to #####. Hunters sounding like Anti's. What a piss off.
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Malbourgh Forest is one of the very few places in Ottawa where you could do this and only on the interior 'roads' and not from the vehicle. However by the sounds of the first post this was neither a logging nor unopened road allowance that he is talking about. In which case in Ontario it is illegal.

I would much rather see someone anywhere on their own property hunting then shooting from a road into somebody elses.

MNR -Ontario Regs Page 21
Roads – Possession and Discharge of Firearms

No possession of Loaded Firearm within 8 metres of travelled portion of road (or fenceline where one exists) at any time.

In the townships of: Brant, Bruce, Dufferin, Dundas, Durham, Elgin, Essex (except the Township of Pelee), Frontenac*, Glengarry, Grenville, Grey, Haldimand-Norfolk, Halton, Hamilton-
Wentworth, the towships of Hungerford, Huntingdon, Rawdon, Sidney, Thurlow, and Tyendinaga in the county of Hastings, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Lanark, Lennox and
Addington*, Leeds, Middlesex, Niagara, Northumberland, Ottawa-Carleton, Oxford, Peel, Perth, Peterborough*, Prescott, Prince Edward, Russell, Simcoe, Stormont, Victoria*, Waterloo, Wellington, York.
*except those areas listed in row 2 below.

No possession of Loaded Firearm within
8 metres of travelled portion of road
(or fenceline where one exists) during
an open gun season for deer AND No
discharge of firearm from or across right
of way for the passage of vehicles at any
other time.

IN- The townships of Barrie, Clarendon, Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec, Miller, North Canonto, Olden, Oso, Palmerston, and South Canonto in Frontenac County.
The townships of Abinger, Anglesea, Ashby, Denbigh, Effingham, Kaladar, and Sheffield in the County of Lennox and Addington.
The townships of Anstruther, Burleigh, Cavendish, Chandos, Galway, Harvey, and Methuen in the County of Peterborough.
The townships of Carden, Dalton, Digby, Laxton, Longford, and Somerville in the county of Victoria.
Counties of Haliburton, Muskoka, and Renfrew.

No discharge of firearms from or across
travelled portion of right of way.

IN- Any part of the province not listed in rows 1 and 2 above.

As noted this does not apply to unmaintained road allowances.
 
powdergun said:
Well said Timo.

If I feel like walking I'll walk and I'll road hunt too. You wonder if those "I'm Gods answer to hunting" types might have a few " shortcomings " they are trying to make up for. A bit of a napolean complex maybe.
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OR it could be that were they live it is illegal.

If it is legal, that of course is an entirely different story.
 
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