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A reader asks if a hunter who has completed the hunter education course but not the firearms safety course can hunt under direct and immediate supervision without a firearms license.
1 minute | Ask a CO | Fishing |
A reader asks for further clarification on Crown waterbodies, and how access can be affected, if landowners stake their claim.
1 minute | Ask a CO | Small Game |
A reader asks if it’s legal to snare rabbits in Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 50, which extends north of Huntsville to South River.
Ask a CO: On bolt action centrefire magazine capacity

Ask a CO: On bolt action centrefire magazine capacity

A reader asks if the magazine capacity limit of five rounds for semiauto centerfire rifles also applies to centerfire bolt-action rifles.

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Hunters in camo with shotguns leaning against a duck blind, preparing for the hunt.

Ask a CO: On borrowing firearms

A reader asks if a hunter who has completed the hunter education course but not the firearms safety course can hunt under direct and immediate supervision without a firearms license.

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keeping roadkill deer turkey

Ask a CO: On keeping roadkill

A reader asks if keeping roadkill requires a hunting licence. MNR Provincial Enforcement Specialist David Critchlow responds.

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Full metal jacket (FMJ) cartridge

Ask a CO: Full metal jacket (FMJ) ammunition and hunting

A reader asks if metal jacket (FMJ) bullets are illegal for hunting in Ontario. MNR Provincial Enforcement Specialist David Critchlow replies.

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Ask a CO: On orange for dogs

Ask a CO: On orange for dogs

A reader asks how much hunter orange her dogs should be wearing. An MNR Provincial Enforcement Specialist responds.

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Ask a CO: On turkeys damaging property

OOD’s turkey columnist Jeff Helsdon asks whether farmers have the legal right to shoot wild turkeys damaging their crops.

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snaring rabbits

Ask a CO: On snaring rabbits in WMU 50

A reader asks if it's legal to snare rabbits in Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 50, which extends north of Huntsville to South River.

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22 magazine capacity

Ask a CO: On .22 magazine capacity

A reader asks if a limit of three rounds allowed in the magazine applies to both shotguns and .22 rifles when coyote hunting.

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Ask a CO: Can a friend help deploy my fishing gear?

Ask a CO: Can a friend help deploy my fishing gear?

This reader asks if I’m trolling with one line, can somebody without a fishing licence assist by helping to deploy the gear?

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Two hunters in camouflage gear preparing to field dress a deer in a grassy field.

Ask a CO: On keeping tags

A reader asks who keeps the tags after a successful hunt—the taxidermist, the meat processor, or the hunter?

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