r/CanadaHunting

Hi everyone,

I'm a hunter from Norway and I'm hoping someone here has experience with this.

I'll be hunting in the Northwest Territories this fall and will be bringing my own non-restricted shotgun into Canada using a confirmed Non-Resident Firearm Declaration (RCMP 5589).

After the hunt, I'm planning to spend a couple of months travelling across Canada by train before flying home from Montreal. I'd really rather not carry a shotgun and all my hunting gear around the country for that entire time.

My question is:

Has anyone here (or knows someone who has) mailed their own non-restricted firearm within Canada using only a Non-Resident Firearm Declaration instead of a Canadian PAL?

The idea would simply be to mail my own shotgun from Yellowknife to Montreal (or perhaps to a gun shop that could hold it for me) while I continue travelling.

The reason I'm asking is that firearms laws in Norway are very strict, so I'm probably overthinking this. I just want to make sure I'm not missing something that applies specifically to non-residents.

If you've done something similar, or know of any practical issues with Canada Post or other carriers, I'd really appreciate hearing about your experience.

Thanks!

Quebec hunter here. We're lucky enought to have Forêt Ouverte, which is an awesome tool to identify hunting trails and spots. Thing is, it's almost too good, and I don't know what layers/data I should use to choose which trails I'll good in first.

Alternatively, I saw that I can buy some pre-rendered maps of small game habitat, but Id rather not pay if I can avoid it.

What are the layers/data I should focus on ? Tree species ? Cover percentage ? Elevation ?

Thanks

Effective today! Happy Canada Day!

I'm going into my 4th season of deer hunting in Southern/Central ON. I have only hunted from the ground with a 12g. For the last couple of years, I've been practicing trad archery and am getting comfortable with the idea of hunting with it.

I am also leaning into the idea of saddle hunting. For those of you who already have experience, what do you like/dislike about it? What gear/companies do you hold in good standing? What kind of things should I consider before purchasing any gear.

All advice is welcome. Thank you!

Hello fellow Quebec Hunters. I created this website to help me figure out what I can hunt at a certain point in time (ex: Next weeked, what species can i hunt?) and would like to share it. Let me know if it helps save some time. It also displays the species you can hunt in the next 30days.

its completely free to use. I have some affiliate links on it, if you purchase I get a percentage from Amazon without it costing you more. I also have a donations page that is optional.

Hi,

Just writing to see if anyone can confirm my research from online. Did Alberta just essentially remove the possibility for out of province hunters (ex; Ontario) to get firearm muley buck, elk bull and moose bull tags? Just checking because my old man has been going out there to hunt and camp with his friends for 35 years and he's saying he can no longer get tags in Alberta. He can't enter the draws anymore and it would appear that many WMUs that used to have general tags have gone to priority draw, which excludes non-albertans.

It looks like you can still get a general over the counter tag in a very restricted selection of WMUs but they also have very low success numbers according to Albertas hunter data and almost no public land available.