O. Reg. 262/05: Hunting

 

ontario regulation 262/05

made under the

fish and wildlife conservation act, 1997

Made: June 1, 2005
Filed: June 3, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 18, 2005

Amending O. Reg. 665/98

(Hunting)

1. Subsection 15 (3) of Ontario Regulation 665/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

(3) A small game licence is not valid from June 16 to August 31 in any year in the parts of Ontario lying north and west of a line from Georgian Bay to the Ottawa River formed by the southerly boundary of The District Municipality of Muskoka and the southerly and easterly boundaries of the Territorial District of Nipissing, unless the holder of the small game licence,

(a) is hunting small game with a falconry bird or a non-indigenous falconry bird; or

(b) is hunting game birds on a game bird hunting preserve.

2. Section 25 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3.1) A person hunting game birds or small game on the same day during the open seasons established under Tables 7 and 7.1 or Tables 9 and 9.1 shall not kill in one day, or possess at any time, more of a species than the number specified for that species for the wildlife management unit in Table 7 or 9.

3. Section 43 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

43. (1) A person who holds a licence to hunt deer shall not kill more than one deer under the licence or, if the person has been issued more than one seal, more deer than the total number of seals issued to the person.

(2) In addition to the seal issued with a licence to hunt deer, one or more additional seals may be issued for the whole or any part of a wildlife management unit for which there is an open season in Table 5 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife).

(3) A person shall hunt in accordance with any conditions that may be specified on the seal with respect to the type of deer that may be hunted, the manner of hunting and the area in which the hunting may occur.

4. Part XI of the Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

78.1 (1) A person who hunts game birds, other than with a falconry bird or a non-indigenous falconry bird, shall hunt in accordance with Table 7 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife).

(2) A person who hunts game birds with a falconry bird or a non-indigenous falconry bird shall hunt in accordance with Table 7.1 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife).

(3) A person who hunts small game, other than with a falconry bird or a non-indigenous falconry bird, shall hunt in accordance with Table 9 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife).

(4) A person who hunts small game with a falconry bird or a non-indigenous falconry bird shall hunt in accordance with Table 9.1 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife).

5. Subparagraph 1 ii of subsection 86 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Items 39, 40, 42, 43, 43.1.1, 43.2, 45, 47, 65, 67, 68, 72, 73, 74, 76 and 79.