Which provinces require guns to be encased?
- Thread starter dmcdam
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Yep. See post 19.
Up here it is also one hour before and one hour after… and man it is dark 45minute before or after, I can’t see my self shooting a moose or anything really in that kind of light, especially evening time!! Ho hand nothing about guns needing to be cased.
they better not that will be against a federal law to use a gun to protect you against wildlife ....
i had an interaction few years ago with the co of carmacks about a gun case and trigger lock ... a letter to is boss dropped all the story ... rcmp was present and refused to be part of it and went back to his truck .. cos here do not enforce firearms act even if a few have tried in the past ... but you re right except at beginning of august dark is dark early or late ... take care.
What else would they go by if not “local”?
(f) “encased” means a weapon that is secured in accordance with 1 of the following:
(i) it is in a case that is properly fastened,
(ii) it is completely wrapped in a material that is securely tied around the weapon,
(iii) it is in the locked compartment of a vehicle and the contents of the compartment are not accessible to the occupant of the vehicle from inside the vehicle,
(iv) for a firearm, it is rendered inoperable by attaching a trigger lock to the firearm,
(v) for a crossbow or bow, it is rendered inoperable by disassembling the weapon or by attaching a lock to the weapon;
Clause 2(f) replaced: O.I.C. 2008-458, N.S. Reg. 376/2008.
<https://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/wifire.htm>
(i) it is in a case that is properly fastened,
(ii) it is completely wrapped in a material that is securely tied around the weapon,
(iii) it is in the locked compartment of a vehicle and the contents of the compartment are not accessible to the occupant of the vehicle from inside the vehicle,
(iv) for a firearm, it is rendered inoperable by attaching a trigger lock to the firearm,
(v) for a crossbow or bow, it is rendered inoperable by disassembling the weapon or by attaching a lock to the weapon;
Clause 2(f) replaced: O.I.C. 2008-458, N.S. Reg. 376/2008.
<https://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/wifire.htm>
I would think the one hour before and after would allow you to leave your case in your vehicle when you go into the bush. That would eliminate the pain in the ass of carrying a soft case into the bush if you were 35 minutes after sunset getting back to the truck with an uncased firearm.
No, the 1 hour rule in Sask simply refers to hunting time. There’s no “encased” requirement.
Even in central Ontario, there’s been times where I’m an hour into the bush at the end of shooting light, in areas with more bear sign than deer sign. That hour long hike out in pitch black with an unloaded gun in a case can leave you feeling a tad uncomfortable with every snap and crunch you hear beyond the darkness.
(Not to mention the cardiac event that takes place when you nearly trip over a Grouse and the bugger thump-wings his way the hell out of Dodge right in front of your face…)
Encased firearm regulations make no sense whatsoever. Isn't it already illegal to shoot game outside of legal hunting hours? Sort of like how they want you to trigger lock your pistol and lock it in a case for transport because they don't want you to shoot anyone with it. Isn't it already illegal to shoot someone with your pistol? 
Legal hunting times of one hour before/after makes lots of sense to me. The conditions have to be just right for someone to take advantage of the full 60 minutes but 35 or 40 minutes isn't a stretch.
Legal hunting times of one hour before/after makes lots of sense to me. The conditions have to be just right for someone to take advantage of the full 60 minutes but 35 or 40 minutes isn't a stretch.
in certain hunting zones
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
With irons I find it too dark to see properly 15 min after legal light, if I have a 40mm optic or bigger I’ll be good till half past or quarter to the hour mark after whatever time it’s officially dark. This is generally in open woods, in the thick stuff it’s sooner.
Iirc in bc when hunting waterfowl its 30 min before and after, I’d have to double check the regs as I don’t hunt waterfowl but I remember reading it in the synopsis.
Thankfully we don’t have any case requirements like in Ont while hunting, stupidity really.
That falls under the Migratory Bird Act, which is federal. OP asked about Provincial laws.
Depends on the day really. Some days 40 minutes is too dark to
see, some days you can see well past an hour after sunset. Cloud cover, ground cover, all makes a difference.
