Q: I’m a long-haul trucker. If I have an Ontario moose tag, can I keep roadkill?
Kyle Fabian, Pickering
A: Keeping roadkill does not require a hunting licence. If you take possession of the road-killed carcass of a black bear, caribou (see exception below), deer, elk, moose, protected raptor or furbearing mammal, you must submit a notice of possession through the ministry’s online registry, which can be accessed at: www.ontario.ca/page/keep-dead-wild-animal
Hunting tags should never be used for roadkill. Woodland caribou (boreal populations) are given additional protection under the Endangered Species Act, 2007; road kills of these may not be kept.
ANSWERS BY: David Critchlow, Provincial Enforcement Specialist, MNR
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Originally published in the Jan.-Feb. 2024 issue of Ontario OUT of DOORS
Please check the most recent Ontario hunting and fishing regulations summaries, as rules and regulations can change
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