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The elk draw is only available at participating ServiceOntario locations. ontario.ca/outdoorscard BLEED Has your Outdoors Card expired? More than 610,000 Ontario-resident fishing and hunting Outdoors Cards expired on December 31, 2013 If your Outdoors Card has expired, renew it today: n Online: ontario.ca/outdoorscard n By phone: 1-800-288-1155 n In person: at a licence issuer ontario.ca/outdoorscard BLEED Table of Contents Table Table of Contents Important Messages for Hunters ......................................................4-6 Maps Map 1 – Southwestern (includes WMUs 79 to 95) ................ 8-9 Map 2 – Southeastern (includes WMUs 46 to 78) ............. 10-11 Map 3 – Northern (includes WMUs 1 to 45) ......................12-13 • How to Use this Summary 2014 Hunting Licence Information .............................................14-21 The Ontario Hunter Education Program .........................................22 How to Use General Regulations ..................................................................... 23-30 this Summary Firearms, Methods of Hunting, Crown Lands, Hunting in Provincial Parks, Conservation Officers, Fish and This is a summary of information Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 dealing with hunting licences and Wild Turkey Regulations...............................................................31-33 hunting laws. This summary is neither Moose Regulations ....................................................................... 34-52 a legal document nor a complete collection of the current regulations. Elk Regulations ............................................................................. 53-59 It is meant to be a convenient reference Deer Regulations .......................................................................... 60-74 only. For complete details, see: Black Bear Regulations ................................................................ 75-78 a) the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, and the regulations made Small Game Regulations ...................................................................79 under this Act; Game Birds ............................................................................79-80 b) the Migratory Birds Convention Act, Falconry and Small Mammals...................................................81 1994 (Canada) and the Migratory Furbearing Mammals .................................................................82 Birds Regulations; Wolf and Coyote ...................................................................83-84 c) the Endangered Species Act, 2007, and Game Amphibians and Reptiles ................................................84 the regulations made under this Act; d) the Species at Risk Act (Canada), Field Dressing, Transporting and Preparing Wild Game ................85 with regard to federally listed Definitions ....................................................................................86-87 species that are threatened, endangered or extirpated and their MNR and ServiceOntario centres .....................................................88 critical habitat; and e) the Trespass to Property Act. All proceeds from the sale of advertisements appearing in this publication will be applied Each game wildlife species or group in support of fish and wildlife management programs in Ontario. The Province of Ontario of game species has a section in this and the Ministry of Natural Resources neither endorse products or services offered in the summary. Each section deals with basic advertisements nor accept any liability arising from the use of such products or services. regulations on hunting the species, including open season tables (showing Photo Credits: when and where you can hunt that © Mark Raycroft Photography: cover and page 2 Rick Rosatte: pages 59, 62 (elk) species). The maps that show Wildlife J.D. Taylor: pages 62 (moose), 84 Management Unit (WMU) boundaries © Mark Raycroft Photography: pages 1, 31, 34, Norma Tegien: page 62 (white-tailed deer) 38, 47, 53, 60, 75, 83 Tim Timmerman: page 62 (woodland caribou) appear on pages 8 to 13 of this summary. See the Definitions on pages 86 to 87 5612 for an explanation of terms found Printed on recycled paper 150 k.P.R., 18 04 14 throughout this summary. You ISSN 0822-1936 (Print) can obtain specific details of the ISSN 1925-3516 (PDF) regulations, including more accurate Cette publication est également disponible en français. Pour en obtenir un exemplaire, veuillez descriptions of Wildlife Management composer le 1 800 667-1940 ou aller à ontario.ca/chasse. On peut aussi en obtenir un exemplaire Unit boundaries, at ontario.ca/hunting au bureau ServiceOntario le plus proche. This publication is available at ontario.ca/hunting Hunting Regulations 2014 • 2015 1 MESSAGE from the Government of Ontario Each year, thousands of Ontario residents and visitors to the province the licence tags you need. Valid for three years, Outdoors Cards eagerly await the arrival of hunting season. expire on December 31. Renewing your card couldn’t be easier: go to ontario.ca/outdoorscard or call 1-800-288-1155. A key part of the province’s wildlife management program is hunter education. Since 1968, Ontario’s Hunter Education Program The Ontario government appreciates hunters’ commitment to has been completed by more than one million individuals. The conservation. Hunters and anglers contribute to the management program’s current network of over 300 instructors teaches students of wildlife their licence purchases with all licence revenues depos- all about wildlife management, laws and regulations and field tech- ited to the Fish and Wildlife Special Purpose Account. This account niques. New hunters must take this training and pass an exam before funds two-thirds of the ministry’s wildlife and fish management they can purchase their first hunting licence. activities, such as monitoring and research, administration of licences, allocation of wildlife tags and support of the enforce- The ministry has made a number of changes to how some activities ment program. Over the past year, the ministry has worked with are authorized, such as permitting, licensing and other approvals. stakeholders to develop a strategy to address the changes in partici- For more information on the changes to wildlife-related licences, pation, and ultimately the amount of revenue available to fund permits and authorizations, see page four of this publication. For wildlife and fish activities. updates to this summary throughout the year, make sure to visit ontario.ca/hunting. Thank you for your ongoing support for Ontario’s wildlife management programs. Ontario is home to a healthy and sustainable bear population. However, growing concern has been expressed among some norther n More About Our Cover Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 Ontario municipalities about human-bear conflicts and safety. In 2014 Hunting response, the ministry has proposed a two-year black bear pilot Regulations Summary project in specific northern municipalities