Information Updates for Hunters

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General Hunting Information & Forms

• 2008 Hunting Regulations Summary
• Outdoors Card and Hunting Licence Options for Residents of Ontario
• 2008 Important Dates and Telephone Numbers for Hunters (PDF, 45kb)
• 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.
  

Wild Turkey

• 2008 Wild Turkey Harvest Report Worksheet (PDF, 96 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 2008 (PDF, 252 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 2008 (PDF, 854 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.
• 2008 Information on Black Bear Second Seals for Resident Hunters

Moose

• Moose Program Review
  
• 2008 Moose Quotas (PDF, 44 kb)
  
• 2008 Moose Draw Guaranteed Group Sizes (PDF, 38 kb)
  
• 2008 Moose Seasons (PDF, 48 kb)
  
• Tentative Moose Season Opening Dates for 2009 and 2010 (PDF, 12 kb)
  

Sunday Hunting - starting September 1, 2007

• Effective September 2007 to August 2008: List of Areas South Of The French And Mattawa Rivers Where Sunday Gun Hunting Is Permitted (PDF, 32 kb)

• Effective September 2007 to August 2008: Map of Sunday Gun Hunting Areas in Southern Ontario (PDF, colour, 1.2 mb)
  
• Effective September 2007 to August 2008: Map of Sunday Gun Hunting Areas in Southern Ontario (PDF, black and white, 807 kb)
  
• Sunday Gun Hunting for Migratory Birds in Southern Ontario (PDF, 26 kb)
  

Deer

• Chronic Wasting Disease
  
• Farmer-Landowner Controlled Deer Hunt Application (PDF, 111 kb)
  
• Tentative Deer Season Opening Dates 2009 and 2010 (PDF, 13 kb)
  
• Tentative Controlled Hunt Season Opening Dates 2009 and 2010  (PDF, 12 kb)
  
• 2008 Telephone Application System for Additional Deer Seals brochure (PDF, 233 kb)  NOTE: Telephone lines open August 5.
• Wildlife Management Units with Additional Deer Seals still available for sale over the Telephone Licensing Line (PDF, 18 kb)

Wildlife (Other)

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