what place for pheasant/pigeon hunting in gta
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Municipalities in the GTA do not allow hunting or shooting. You're looking at at least an hour or more drive. You'll have to have a small game licence to hunt on a Game Farm. Here's one http://www.bardrochat.com/ Closed this time of year though.
The Municipality of Clarington in partnership with the South Central Big Game Association does allow pheasant hunting on the Kendal Property in Clarington.
contact the SCOBGA for more info :idea:
http://www.scobga.com/
contact the SCOBGA for more info :idea:
http://www.scobga.com/
Places to hunt pheasant
I am not sure about this year, but for the past couple of years Luther Marsh Wildlife Management Area has had a controlled pheasant hunt. For $15 or $20 you can hunt pheasants, other small game and waterfowl after the September 24(25?) opener. They release about 1400 birds throughout the season in the north end of the management area. You can also buy a seasonal licence for about $150/200. Luther marsh is about an hour or so northwest of Toronto.
A similar opportunity exists further west at Conestogo Lake Conservation area. The licence is somewhere around $150 a season and about 1600 birds are released, with a limit of 200 hunting permits available per season. Both Conestogo Lake and Luther Marsh belong to the Grand River Conservation Authority.
Other than these, there is a smattering of County and Crown Forests found in the countryside just outside of the GTA, and while most of these aren't prime pheasant habitat, some of them might be located in areas where pheasants are found. I would suggest trying Beverly Swamp just east of Cambridge, which if it does not hold too many pheasants would at least give you some grouse, woodcock and rabbit.
I hope that this is of some help.
Regards,
Frank
I am not sure about this year, but for the past couple of years Luther Marsh Wildlife Management Area has had a controlled pheasant hunt. For $15 or $20 you can hunt pheasants, other small game and waterfowl after the September 24(25?) opener. They release about 1400 birds throughout the season in the north end of the management area. You can also buy a seasonal licence for about $150/200. Luther marsh is about an hour or so northwest of Toronto.
A similar opportunity exists further west at Conestogo Lake Conservation area. The licence is somewhere around $150 a season and about 1600 birds are released, with a limit of 200 hunting permits available per season. Both Conestogo Lake and Luther Marsh belong to the Grand River Conservation Authority.
Other than these, there is a smattering of County and Crown Forests found in the countryside just outside of the GTA, and while most of these aren't prime pheasant habitat, some of them might be located in areas where pheasants are found. I would suggest trying Beverly Swamp just east of Cambridge, which if it does not hold too many pheasants would at least give you some grouse, woodcock and rabbit.
I hope that this is of some help.
Regards,
Frank
If by driven pheasant hunts you mean like the ones done in Europe usually by members of a club, then I don't think that you will find that here. You could try getting together several friends to drive a field in an extended line, with the ends a tad bit forward, and perhaps even place blockers on the opposite end of the field/area being hunted, but it's probably something that you would have to organize yourself.
Large drives do take place in some parts of the US Midwest, perhaps even parts of the praries, but I have yet to hear of one here in Ontario, though they might do them on Pelee Island.
With Regards,
Frank
Large drives do take place in some parts of the US Midwest, perhaps even parts of the praries, but I have yet to hear of one here in Ontario, though they might do them on Pelee Island.
With Regards,
Frank
