Whats YOUR provinces hunting regs??

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I once lived in NB and now live in alberta. the differences in hunting regs are insaine!! no carry of a rifle in NB unless you have a licence for the caliber your shooting, (ie: nothing larger than a .23 caliber out of bird season, nothing larger than , i think BB shot during bird season.), and the list goes on, bla bla bla.
While in alberta, throw the gun on the seat of your truck at 4am and go to your hunting spot, as confirmed by a local conservation officer, (in his own words, "whats the difference if you have the gun in your truck in a case or setting on the seat, it dont take long to pull your rifle out of your case now does it"?) In NB you have to have it cased during times of sunset and sunrise. which has to be followed by the sunrise and sunset tables.

SOOO, having said that, whats your local rules and regs??????
 
BC is similar to AB. Drive at 2AM with your rifle on the front seat, no problem. Carry a gun in the bush anytime.All NA's big game except for pronghorn open to hunting.
 
ON has an unloaded and encased law between 1/2 hour before sunrise and 1/2 hour after sunset "where game inhabits and may be shot". There's a presumption that you're hunting if you have a firearm in the bush so you better have licenses or targets etc with you if that's what you're doing. No real caliber restrictions except in a few southern counties. Like most things in Nazi Ontario decisions to charge left to the discretion of the CO who ( in my experience anyway) will be a nice guy or gal 99.5 % of the time but in case you run into the other 0.5% you had better practice your "yassuh massah no huntin here boss" forelock tugging eyes downcast act.
 
lackeyse said:
God I love those provinces. You guys have it damn good!
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still have to bow to the east hen it come to restricted stuff tho :(

If you are in the vehicle it just has to be unloaded (think about it... it's not being stored and you are with it so no trigger lock needed till you leave the vehicle then it needs to be out of sight too)

We can also carry ANY non-restricted weapon any time in the woods. That would suck being 3 hours from camp (hiking or ATV) and have to end the hunt early to abide by the 'law' and get the weapon locked up by 1/2 hr after sun set. I guess Grizzlys and other large predators don't attack at night :confused:
What do you use for protection while tenting in the back country?

my .02
 
when i use to go creek fishing in NB i had to buy a "varmint license" to carry a shotgun in the summer time. i got some of the best 3" magnum heavy birdshot, (i forget what number now, its been a while), for self defense against bears. wasent my choice of a heavy hitter , but it was the best i could do.
also because of caliber restrictions, you could carry a 22-250 in bird season, but not a 243. I never could understand that. But for moose you was LEGALLY allowed to hunt moose with any center fire cartridge. never could figure that one out either. Dont think i would go out looking to drop a big moose with a .222. :confused:
BUT..... it didnt take me long to adjsut to "alberta standards"!!! God bless!!!:):):):)
 
Stewienb said:
when i use to go creek fishing in NB i had to buy a "varmint license" to carry a shotgun in the summer time. i got some of the best 3" magnum heavy birdshot, (i forget what number now, its been a while), for self defense against bears. wasent my choice of a heavy hitter , but it was the best i could do.
also because of caliber restrictions, you could carry a 22-250 in bird season, but not a 243. I never could understand that. But for moose you was LEGALLY allowed to hunt moose with any center fire cartridge. never could figure that one out either. Dont think i would go out looking to drop a big moose with a .222. :confused:
BUT..... it didnt take me long to adjsut to "alberta standards"!!! God bless!!!:):):):)
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That's just F*&%N nuts!! so much for safety huh?
 
silverado7 said:
That would suck being 3 hours from camp (hiking or ATV) and have to end the hunt early to abide by the 'law' and get the weapon locked up by 1/2 hr after sun set.
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Its not that bad. I carry a gun sock. "Encased" is the word of the law in Ontario and a gun sock with the drawstring tied meets the legal requirement, so its no problem staying out late and walking back. Oh, and "encased" goes for a bow/crossbow too which is a bit more trouble I'm sure.

It is a stupid law though and from what I can tell, more charges are made against hunters for this law that any other.
 
Gatehouse said:
BC is similar to AB. Drive at 2AM with your rifle on the front seat, no problem. Carry a gun in the bush anytime.All NA's big game except for pronghorn open to hunting.
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You get a musk ox, coues deer, polar bear or desert bighorn season recently? I think there's a few more of the 29 you're missing Gate but BC does offer some incredible variety.
 
sheephunter said:
You get a musk ox, coues deer, polar bear or desert bighorn season recently? I think there's a few more of the 29 you're missing Gate but BC does offer some incredible variety.
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No muskox or polar bear of course, and no coues whitetail, but we have whitetail. No desert Bighorn, but we have California Bighorn...

We dont' have walrus hunts either.
 
We dont' have walrus hunts either
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Though a lot of large marine mammals get shot every year!

Coey ville, respectfully I think you never really read the NB regs properly. If you did you would see that it is actually about 6 months a year that you can lug a 338 lapua magnum through Iriving clear cuts. IIRC If you had bought a bear liscence instead of a varmit liscence you can carry what ever you want.
As for Bear protection in NB Why would you need it?

Just a little plug for NB where else can you catch a trophy small mouth bass, trophy brook trout, salmon, sturgeon, shoot a bear, parcel of grouse, bunch of woodcock and a lord knows what else all in the same day and only drive 50 km??
I love the west, I truly do but NB is still a sportsmans paradise. More things you can eat and less things that eat you.
 
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david doyle said:
Though a lot of large marine mammals get shot every year!

Coey ville, respectfully I think you never really read the NB regs properly. If you did you would see that it is actually about 6 months a year that you can lug a 338 lapua magnum through Iriving clear cuts. IIRC If you had bought a bear liscence instead of a varmit liscence you can carry what ever you want.
As for Bear protection in NB Why would you need it?

Just a little plug for NB where else can you catch a trophy small mouth bass, trophy brook trout, salmon, sturgeon, shoot a bear, parcel of grouse, bunch of woodcock and a lord knows what else all in the same day and only drive 50 km??
I love the west, I truly do but NB is still a sportsmans paradise. More things you can eat and less things that eat you.
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Well, when your way up the Keswick, before Irving cut it of course, or back in the little miramachi country, before Irving cut it of course,with a stringer or fish basket holding your catch. It was nice to know that a little lead is goin to help you out. If you think a bear wont come after you, just cause your in NB, then your kidding yourself.
And i wasent lookin to spend over $30 for a bear lisence, when a $8 varmint lisence was all i could afford, being on a $7/hr job.:runaway:

Irvings, um yeah, the only company i know of that can wade through one of the best trout fishing creeks in all on NB, with a skidder pullin a twitch of wood, and get away with it. :mad::mad:
Dont get me started!!!!!!

Although i like NB, ive never seen antelope, elk, sheep, gophers, mule deer, caribou, or buffalo anywheres in NB, other than in the Zoo.

And one more thing, two of us shot over 15 partridge by noon time, in under 20 kms of "drive through" hunting. in my 28 years of being in NB, i never shot any more than that during an entire season.

Good luck with your hunters paradise, let me know when the "supplemental" tags come available. Im sure that will happen when the "bucks only" rule is lifted, or more than 3 days of moose hunting is extended.

Not a shot at you repectfully. But its not my first place to think of when the "dream hunt" comes into mind, before Irving cut it of course.

Cheers
 
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I have to say, Alberta is a hunters paradise. The regs as compared to back east are so relaxed. Back home it was only maybe 5 years ago that you were permitted to use a .22 again.

In Alberta I have taken 4 deer, an elk, a moose, approximately 150 geese and around 200-250 ducks, 70 or 80 rabbits and 100 or so grouse in one season. Throw in winter coyote hunting and there wasn't a day that I wasn't out lovin it! Enjoy it as much as you can.
 
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