Information Updates for Hunters

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General Hunting Information & Forms

• 2009 Hunting Regulations Summary
• Wildlife Management Unit maps   NEW
• Outdoors Card and Hunting Licence Options for Residents of Ontario
• Outdoors Card and Hunting Licence Options for Non-Residents of Ontario
• 2009 Important Dates and Telephone Numbers for Hunters (PDF, 450 kb)
• Field dressing, transporting and processing game (PDF, 286kb)
• Hunt Ontario
• Landowner Consent Form (PDF, 29kb) - Hunters wishing to hunt deer on private land on Barrie Island, Cockburn Island and Manitoulin Island (WMU 43A, 43B and 44), or moose on private land in WMU 65, are required to carry an MNR Landowner Consent form signed by the landowner.
• Letter of Consent for Hunter Apprenticeship Safety Card Applicants Aged 12-15 (PDF, 16kb) - Young people, aged 12 to 15, who wish to enroll in the Hunter Apprenticeship Safety Program must use this form to satisfy the written permission requirement.
• Letter of Consent for a Hunting/Fishing Outdoors Card and Related Hunting Licences for Applicants Age 15 Only (PDF, 16kb) - Fifteen year olds who wish to apply for a hunting version Outdoors Card must use this form to satisfy the written permission requirement.
• Ontario Hunter Education Program Consent Form (PDF, 61kb) - Effective January 28, 2008, those under 16 years of age wishing to participate in a Hunter Education or Turkey Hunter Education Course, must have written permission of a parent or guardian. This form is provided for your convenience. Prior to taking a course, the completed form must be given to the Hunter Education instructor, or to OFAH staff on the day of the Turkey Hunter Education Course.
• Wildlife Management Environmental Registry Notices  The Environmental Registry contains public notices about MNR's wildlife manangement proposals.

Wild Turkey

• 2009 Wild Turkey Harvest Report Worksheet (PDF, 615 kb)
• 2008 Fall Wild Turkey Harvest Statistics  (PDF, 27 kb) 
• Wild Turkey Management Plan for Ontario, 2007 (PDF, 2.3 mb)
• Map: Wildlife Management Units in Ontario with an Open Season for Fall Wild Turkey Hunting in 2009 (PDF, 359 kb) 
• Summary of Fall Wild Turkey Hunting Regulations (PDF, 28 kb)
• Map: Wildlife Management Units in Ontario with an Open Season for Spring Wild Turkey Hunting in 2009 (PDF, 349 kb)

Black Bear

• 2008 Mandatory Questionnaire for Resident Black Bear Hunters (PDF, 63 kb) - All residents who purchased a black bear hunting licence in 2008 are required to complete a mandatory questionnaire and submit it by mail on or before December 15. You must submit a report even if you did not bear hunt.
• Information on Black Bear Second Seals for Resident Hunters - check here in early August for complete details on WMUs with seals for sale
• Framework for Enhanced Black Bear Management in Ontario

Moose

• 2009 Moose Tag Quotas  (PDF, 48 kb)    
  
• 2009 Moose Guaranteed Group Sizes  (PDF, 43 kb)   
  
• 2009 Moose Seasons Table  (PDF, 53 kb)   
  
• Moose Program Review
  
• Tentative Moose Season Opening Dates for 2010 and 2011 (PDF, 24 kb) 
  

Sunday Hunting - April  1, 2009 to Septmember 1, 2009

• Effective April 1, 2009 to September 1, 2009: List of Municipalities in Southern Ontario Where Sunday Gun Hunting is Permitted (PDF, 36 kb)
  
• Effective April 1, 2009 to September 1, 2009:  Colour Map Showing Where Sunday Gun Hunting is Permitted in Southern Ontario  (PDF, 1.2 mb)
  
• Effective April 1, 2009 to September 1, 2009:  B&W Map Showing Where Sunday Gun Hunting is Permitted in Southern Ontario  (PDF, 933 kb)

Deer

• Chronic Wasting Disease website
  
• Farmer-Landowner Controlled Deer Hunt Application (PDF, 111 kb)
  
• Tentative Deer Season Opening Dates 2010 and 2011 (PDF, 24 kb)  
  
• Tentative Controlled Hunt Season Opening Dates 2010 and 2011  (PDF, 24 kb) 
• 2009 Antlerless Deer Tag Quotas by Wildlife Management Unit  (PDF, 26 kb) NEW
  
• 2009 Controlled Deer Hunt Validation Tag Quotas by Wildlife Management Unit and Season (PDF, 26 kb)  NEW
  
  

Wildlife (Other)

• Review of the Status and Management of Double-crested Cormorants in Ontario (2006)
  
• The Wolves of Algonquin Provincial Park