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O. Reg. 85/17: OPEN SEASONS - WILDLIFE

filed March 30, 2017 under Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 41

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ontario regulation 85/17

made under the

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997

Made: February 23, 2017
Filed: March 30, 2017
Published on e-Laws: March 30, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 15, 2017

Amending O. Reg. 670/98

(OPEN SEASONS - WILDLIFE)

1. Section 3 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 is revoked.

2. Table 3 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE 3
BULLFROG — OPEN SEASON

Item

Column 1

Area (Nos. refer to WMUs unless otherwise stated)

Column 2

Open Season — Residents and Non-Residents

Column 3

Daily Bag Limits

Column 4

Possession Limits

1.

1 to 59, 72B, 76 to 95

From July 15 to October 15.

10

10

3. Table 4 of the Regulation is revoked.

4. Table 6 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Table 6
FUrbearing mammals — Open Season

Item

Column 1

Species

Column 2

Area (Nos. refer to WMUs unless otherwise stated)

 

Column 3

Open Season

1.

Arctic Fox

1 to 4, 16 to 18, 24 to 27

October 25 to March 31 in the year next following.

2.

Beaver

1 to 35, 38 to 41

October 5 to May 15 in the year next following.

3.

Beaver

36, 37, 42 to 67, 69B

October 15 to April 30 in the year next following.

4.

Beaver

68, 69A, 70 to 95

October 25 to April 30 in the year next following.

5.

Bobcat and Lynx

1 to 95

October 25 to the last day of February in the year next following.

6.

Coyote and Wolf

1 to 42, 46 to 50, 53 to 58 except the geographic townships listed in Column 2 of Item 8

September 15 to March 31 in the year next following.

7.

Coyote and Wolf

43 to 45, 59 to 95 except the geographic townships listed in Column 2 of Item 8

January 1 to December 31.

8.

Coyote and Wolf

In the geographic townships of Airy, Alice, Allen, Anson, Anstruther, Attlee, Ballantyne, Bevin, Boulter, Boyd, Bruton, Burleigh, Burns, Burwash, Butt, Caen, Calvin, Cameron, Cardiff, Carlyle, Cavendish, Chandos, Chisholm, Clancy, Clara, Cox, Clyde, Curtin, Dalton, Dickens, Dieppe, Digby, Dudley, Eden, Eyre, Finlayson, Foster, Franklin, Fraser, Goschen, Hagarty, Halifax, Hansen, Harburn, Harcourt, Harvey, Havelock, Head, Herschel, Humboldt, Killarney, Kilpatrick, Lauder, Laura, Livingstone, Longford, Lutterworth, Maria, McClintock, McClure, McCraney, McKay, Minden, Monmouth, Murchison, Papineau, Paxton, Petawawa, Richards, Rolph, Roosevelt, Ryde, Sabine, Sale, Secord, Servos, Sinclair, Struthers, Tilton, Truman, Waldie and Wylie

Closed Season.

9.

Fisher and Marten

1 to 67, 69B

October 25 to the last day of February in the year next following.

10.

Fisher and Marten

68, 69A, 70 to 95

October 25 to January 31 in the year next following.

11.

Mink

1 to 35, 38 to 41

October 5 to the last day of February in the year next following.

12.

Mink

36, 37, 42 to 67, 69B

October 15 to the last day of February in the year next following.

13.

Mink

68, 69A, 70 to 95

October 25 to January 31 in the year next following.

14.

Muskrat

1 to 35, 38 to 41

October 5 to May 15 in the year next following.

15.

Muskrat

36, 37, 42 to 67, 69B

October 15 to April 30 in the year next following.

16.

Muskrat

68, 69A, 70 to 95

October 25 to April 30 in the year next following.

17.

Opossum

1 to 95

October 5 to January 31 in the year next following.

18.

Otter

1 to 35, 38 to 41

October 5 to April 30 in the year next following.

19.

Otter

36, 37, 42 to 67, 69B

October 15 to March 31 in the year next following.

20.

Otter

68, 69A, 70 to 95

October 25 to March 31 in the year next following.

21.

Raccoon

1 to 95

October 5 to January 31 in the year next following.

22.

Red Fox (all colour phases)

1 to 35, 38 to 41

September 15 to the last day of February in the year next following.

23.

Red Fox (all colour phases)

36, 37, 42 to 95

January 1 to December 31.

24.

Red Squirrel and Weasel (Least Weasel, Long-tailed Weasel and Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine))

1 to 95

October 25 to the last day of February in the year next following.

25.

Striped Skunk

1 to 35, 38 to 41

September 15 to the last day of February in the year next following.

26.

Striped Skunk

36, 37, 42 to 95

January 1 to December 31.

5. Table 7 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE 7 
GAME BIRDS OTHER THAN WILD TURKEY — OPEN SEASON 
(HUNTING WITHOUT A FALCONRY BIRD OR A NON-INDIGENOUS FALCONRY BIRD)

Item

Column 1

Species

Column 2

Area (Nos. refer to WMUs unless otherwise stated)

Column 3

Open Season — Residents and Non-Residents

Column 4

Daily Bag Limits

Column 5

Possession Limits

1. 

Gray Partridge

(Hungarian)

36, 37, 42 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 15 to December 31.

5

15

2.

Gray Partridge

(Hungarian)

68, 69A, 70 to 95

September 25 to December 31.

5

15

3.

Ptarmigan

1 to 4, 16 to 18, 24 to 27

September 15 to March 31 in the year next following.

5

15

4.

Ring-necked Pheasant

1 to 4, 16 to 18, 24 to 27

September 15 to March 31 in the year next following.

10

10

5.

Ring-necked Pheasant

5 to 15, 19 to 23, 28 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 15 to December 31.

10

10

6.

Ring-necked Pheasant

68, 69A, 70 to 94

September 25 to December 31.

3

10

7.

Ring-necked Pheasant

95

September 25 to the last day of February in the year next following.

10

10

8.

Ruffed Grouse and Spruce Grouse

1 to 4, 16 to 18, 24 to 27

September 15 to March 31 in the year next following.

Combined total of 5

Combined total of 15

9.

Ruffed Grouse and Spruce Grouse

5 to 15, 19 to 23, 28 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 15 to December 31.

Combined total of 5

Combined total of 15

10.

Ruffed Grouse

68, 73 to 76, 82 to 84

September 25 to December 31.

5

15

11.

Ruffed Grouse

69A, 70 to 72,  77 to 81, 85 to 95

September 25 to December 31.

2

6

12.

Sharp-tailed Grouse

1 to 4, 16 to 18, 24 to 27

September 15 to March 31 in the year next following.

5

15

13.

Sharp-tailed Grouse

5 to 15, 19 to 23, 28 to 35, 38 to 41

September 15 to December 31.

5

15

14.

Sharp-tailed Grouse

36, 37, 42 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 15 to December 31.

2

6

6. Table 7.1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE 7.1 
GAME BIRDS — OPEN SEASON 
(HUNTING WITH A FALCONRY BIRD OR A NON-INDIGENOUS FALCONRY BIRD)

Item

Column 1

Species

Column 2

Area (Nos. refer to WMUs unless otherwise stated)

Column 3

Open Season — Residents and Non-Residents

Column 4

Daily Bag Limits

Column 5

Possession Limits

1. 

Gray Partridge (Hungarian)

36, 37, 42 to 50, 53 to 95

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

2

15

2.

Ptarmigan

1 to 4, 16 to 18, 24 to 27

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

3

15

3.

Ring-necked Pheasant

1 to 50, 53 to 95

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

2

10

4.

Ruffed Grouse and Spruce Grouse

1 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

Combined total of 3

Combined total of 15

5.

Ruffed Grouse

68, 73 to 76, 82 to 84

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

3

15

6.

Ruffed Grouse

69A, 70 to 72, 77 to 81, 85 to 95

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

2

6

7.

Sharp-tailed Grouse

1 to 35, 38 to 41

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

3

15

8.

Sharp-tailed Grouse

36, 37, 42 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

2

6

7. Table 9 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE 9 
SMALL GAME — OPEN SEASON 
(HUNTING WITHOUT A FALCONRY BIRD OR A NON-INDIGENOUS FALCONRY BIRD)

Item

Column 1

Species

Column 2

Area (Nos. refer to WMUs unless otherwise stated)

 

Column 3

Open Season — Residents and Non-Residents

Column 4

Daily Bag Limits

Column 5

Possession Limits

1.

Cottontail and European Hare

36, 37, 42 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 15 to March 31 in the year next following.

5 of each

15 of each

2.

Cottontail and European Hare

68, 69A, 70 to 95

September 25 to the last day of February in the year next following.

5 of each

15 of each

3.

Gray (Black) and Fox Squirrels

5 to 15, 19 to 23, 28 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 15 to December 31.

Combined total of 5

Combined total of 15

4.

Gray (Black) and Fox Squirrels

68, 69A, 70 to 95

September 25 to December 31.

Combined total of 5 

Combined total of 15

5.

Varying (Snowshoe) Hare

 

1 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 15 to March 31 in the year next following.

5

15

6.

Varying (Snowshoe) Hare

68, 69A, 70 to 95

September 25 to the last day of February in the year next following.

2

6

8. Table 9.1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE 9.1 
SMALL GAME — OPEN SEASON 
(HUNTING WITH A FALCONRY BIRD OR A NON-INDIGENOUS FALCONRY BIRD)

Item

Column 1

Species

Column 2

Area (Nos. refer to WMUs unless otherwise stated)

Column 3

Open Season — Residents and Non-Residents

Column 4

Daily Bag Limits

Column 5

Possession Limits

1. 

Cottontail and European Hare

36, 37, 42 to 50, 53 to 95

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

5 Cottontail

3 European Hare

 

15 of each

2.

Gray (Black) and Fox Squirrel

5 to 15, 19 to 23, 28 to 50, 53 to 95

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

Combined total of 5

Combined total of 15

3.

Varying (Snowshoe) Hare

1 to 50, 53 to 67, 69B

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

3

15

4.

Varying (Snowshoe) Hare

68, 69A, 70 to 95

September 1 to March 31 in the year next following.

2

6

Commencement

9. This Regulation comes into force on the later of April 1, 2017 and the day it is filed.

Made by:

Kathryn McGarry

Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry

Date made: February 23, 2017