Why can't you hunt Birds with a .22?

You are allowed to use a .22 on any small game in Quebec as well and that includes grouse and crows. It carries quite a distance and has a tendancy to ricochet off water and hard surfaces, so be carefull where you shoot it. It may look like a peepsqueek of a round, but it can kill pretty well any game animal if placed in the right spot (behind the ear on larger animals).
 
smokin'stoegie said:
I would love to be able to hunt Turkey's here in Ontario with a .17 HMR. Damn things always seem to hang up at that pesky 50 to 75 yard mark, .17 would be a good equalizer

.. Problem is that they wouldn't be shot at 50-75 yards, more like 200-250 yards. :sniper:
If you could pick them off at that distance any clown could hunt them.
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Wow, this post reeks of fail
 
.22's are good for upland in Sk.


DBeato said:
The better question is "why can't I hunt grouse in Canada with a .22 handgun?" that bothers me more than not being able to shoot a turkey with a rifle....
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because then folks would have a legit use for their plinkin irons instead of being range bound where they can be monitored and controlled.
but you already knew that ;)
 
I noticed that no one mentioned the exceptions for residents of NWT and Quebec, where you can hunt migratory birds with a shotgun and slug (though I don't know why you would) or a rifle not larger than .22. (In Quebec you need to be hunting north of 50).

Other quirks: you can hunt with a long bow, and your shotty can't be larger than 10 guage. No punt guns. :(
 
Used to be that people hunted them with dogs, the dogs flushed them, and they shot them off the wing.........were they clowns too?

Oh yeah, and where and when did that occur ? Take a pill, the woods are filled with "clowns" , didn't call you one, so relax.:cool:
 
riden said:
OK

Are there different rules in the territories? I thought you could in remote northern locations.
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We've got the same shotgun rules for migratory game birds, obviously.

We don't have turkeys, which is too bad.

Grouse and Ptarmigan you can hunt with your 416 Rigby if you want to.

I've actually seen it done with a 375 H&H now that I think of it...
 
As mentioned by others .22 will ricochet off water, you don't want to shoot at migratory birds at a distance or in the air as you have to be safe about your backstops and in Manitoba .22 are fine for grouse or other upland birds.

We take a .22 along when grouse hunting for the birds 'sunning' themselves in the open. A head shot is better than picking out the lead shot when eating.;)
 
7.62mm said:
Wait.........did you just call me a clown? And what about those guys that hunt them in BC with Rimfires........are they clowns too? Used to be that people hunted them with dogs, the dogs flushed them, and they shot them off the wing.........were they clowns too? And what about shooting them out of the trees while they are roosting......are those people clowns as well?
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No doubt the reasons they were hunted to extinction in Ontario. Thank goodness for stricter regulations this time around.

Ron
 
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