Q: A friend and I from Ontario and another friend from the US will be moose hunting together, traveling in one vehicle. The non-resident friend has a tag from the outfitter, while I have one from the moose allocation process. Each of us has a moose licence, and are staying with the same outfitter. The issue is that the non-resident friend and myself have tags from adjacent WMUs. Is it possible that I stay in the truck and not hunt when I am not in my WMU and my non-resident friend does the same when not in his WMU?
Al Khaja Ahmed, Waterloo
A: If you are staying as registered guests with the same outfitter who issued the non-resident’s tag, then you may all party hunt for moose that the outfitter tag is valid for. However, the non-resident may not hunt for moose that the tag received through the resident moose allocation is valid for. The non-resident in this situation would not be allowed to possess or use a centre-fire rifle or a shotgun with shells designed for big game in the WMU that your tag is valid for; if he had a small game licence, he could hunt small game there while you hunt moose.
Answers by: David Critchlow, Provincial Enforcement Specialist, MNR
Originally published in the Ontario Out of Doors 2025-2026 Hunting Annual
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