Small game hunting question

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timbperry

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I'm just about to go small game hunting tomorrow up north here and I'm wondering if I'm understanding the hunting regs. The regs say...

You may only hunt the furbearing mammals (see Definitions, page 86) listed in the table below under the authority of your small game licence.

Is this saying I can only hunt the fur bearing mammals in the chart or all the fur bearers in the definition on page 86 are good to go?

I'm just wondering if I can shoot red squirrels tomorrow?

Thanks for your help

Tim
 
I'm just wondering if I can shoot red squirrels tomorrow?

No

This licence tag is valid for a resident to hunt game birds (other than wild turkey) and game mammals (except black bear, caribou, deer, elk and moose). Under this licence tag you may hunt fox, game birds (except wild turkey), rabbits and hares in most areas, raccoons, wolf*, coyote*, and black, gray and fox squirrels (but not red squirrels), skunk, opossum, and weasel. A small game licence tag also permits you to hunt American crow, brown-headed cowbird, common grackle, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird or starlings and other animals not scheduled under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 (e.g., groundhogs)**. You may also hunt on game bird hunting preserves with this licence. This licence is not valid in northern Ontario and part of central Ontario from June 16 to August 31, except for hunting by falconry and hunting game birds on a game bird hunting preserve (see Map 2, pages 10 to 11, for more details).
 
timbperry said:
Thanks guys, looks like I need to get my trappers license
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Not so easy as you might think; first take the course (couple hundred bucks), then get a trapline; that can be on private land, crown land would be difficult since it's already divvied up; then you can get a trapping licence, but you can only trap on your own trapline. If you're trapping on crown there will be a quota for certain species (beaver, for instance) which you must meet.
 
Red squirrels are commonly shot around my area because they are pests, getting into attics and such not. Never heard of anyone worrying about it. Why do you want to hunt them? When I was a kid, my buddy and I decided to "live off the land" one weekend. All we brought were our guns and a bag of chocolate cookies. The only thing we saw was a red squirrel, so we shot it and cooked it. Smelled and tasted like ass. The cookies took a beating. I can't see anyone wanting to eat them.
 
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