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Ask a CO: Tag responsibility

A reader asks who is directly responsible for placing a tag on a harvested animal when it comes to party hunting.
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Ask a CO: Storing firearms overnight
A reader asks if firearms can be stored overnight in a vehicle while the owner is away, such as at deer camp.
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Ask a CO: On targeting coyote during controlled deer season
A reader asks “can I hunt coyote with a 12-gauge slug, or buckshot, during the two controlled hunt weeks in southern Ontario?”
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Ask a CO: Tag responsibility

A reader asks who is directly responsible for placing a tag on a harvested animal when it comes to party hunting.
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firearms unloaded
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Ask a CO: Storing firearms overnight

A reader asks if firearms can be stored overnight in a vehicle while the owner is away, such as at deer camp.
Read More »
coyote hunt
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Ask a CO: On targeting coyote during controlled deer season

A reader asks "can I hunt coyote with a 12-gauge slug, or buckshot, during the two controlled hunt weeks in southern Ontario?"
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Ask a CO: Controlled deer hunt safety

A reader asks why rifles are restricted for controlled deer hunts but allowed for coyote hunting. How does the ministry determine safety?
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Ask a CO: On bolt action centrefire magazine capacity
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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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Full metal jacket (FMJ) cartridge
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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: Is it considered a line?
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Ask a CO: Is it considered a line?

A reader asks: If I cast my portable fish finder using a fishing rod, does it count as having a line in the water.
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Ask a CO: On orange for dogs
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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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