NEWS – Conservation Officers Need Your Help! MNRF Conservation Officers need your help in identifying who is responsible for shooting and abandoning a cow moose north of Nipigon The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is asking the for Continue reading NEWS – Conservation Officers Need Your Help!
Q: Am I permitted to keep arrows in my quiver with a small-game point during bows-only deer season? Occasionally I see rabbits while bowhunting, but I don’t want to waste a broadhead on small game. Howard Margolian, Stittsville A: Yes, an archery hunter Continue reading Ask a CO: Am I permitted to keep an arrow in my quiver for small game during bows-only deer season?
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been found in 30 US states and in Alberta, Manitoba, Québec and Saskatchewan, but it has not been detected in Ontario wildlife. And we want to keep it that way! That’s why we’re taking the Continue reading Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
Our Learning Centre is open but we need your help! We’re looking for donations of nature books to fill our library shelves If you have books that are looking for a new home, we welcome you to drop them off Continue reading Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary
A proposal that may change fishing regulations in Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 10 is now available for public comment on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) until 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 12. The 201-page Fisheries Management Plan posted by the Ministry of Natural Continue reading FMZ 10 changes in the works
The weather may be cooling down, but that doesn’t mean ticks have gone away. The risk of a tick bite is still high during the fall seasons, so make sure to cover up, use bug spray, and check yourself (and Continue reading Lyme Disease
The Natural Resources Information Portal (NRIP) now offers online authorization and payment for personal use harvesting of Crown forest wood. Learn more: https://nrip.mnr.gov.on.ca/
NEW this year! Deer gun seasons have been extended by 1 or 2 days to end on a Sunday in many WMUs. If you hunt in southern Ontario, make sure you check if your municipality permits Sunday gun hunting before Continue reading 📢 NEW this year!
Ontario is home to eight bat species — four of which are endangered! Eastern small-footed myotis, little brown myotis, northern myotis and tri-colored bat populations have been declining in recent years — mostly due to a disease called white-nose syndrome. Continue reading BATS
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The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) has banned supplemental feeding of waterfowl this year due to the present Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu (HPAI) outbreak. Supplemental feeding (regulated under strict conditions) is used by many private hunt clubs and some public waterfowl hunting Continue reading Waterfowl feeding suspended
Q: I have applied for a calf- or bull-moose tag for our hunting area. I always hunt with a group that assigns radios to every hunter, for safety and to alert everyone of a harvest. If I fail to get Continue reading Ask a CO: Can I group hunt moose without a tag myself?
A flight of ringnecks skirted the bay, followed by ragged flocks of decoy-happy mallards. The ducks seemed oblivious to our presence, but when the bow anchor could no longer hold as the wind strengthened, it was time to head to Continue reading Return safely from waterfowling
The province is asking hunters to submit deer samples as part of continuing chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance efforts. The fatal, untreatable brain disease that affects members of the deer family, including white-tailed deer, elk, moose, and caribou, has not Continue reading Hunter help sought for monitoring CWD
REMINDER: October is a busy time of year for hunters, and in some WMUs gun and bow seasons for different species cross over. Check the regs before heading out in the field and grab your hunter orange garment and head Continue reading REMINDER
Planning to party hunt moose? Don’t forget to purchase your moose licence! Remember that if you intend to party hunt with a moose tag holder, you need to purchase a moose licence prior to your hunt. While moose hunting, you Continue reading Don’t forget to purchase your moose licence!
Hunting, fishing, and spending time outdoors is about more than putting food on your plate. It’s a way of life, a chance to reflect, and a proven way of reducing stress and anxiety.
Fall shotgun seasons for wild turkey are here! WMUs that have a fall season for wild turkey may hunt with a shotgun between October 11-23 in 2022. Check the hunting regs (page 82) for details. This is the first fall Continue reading Fall shotgun seasons for wild turkey are here!