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Big game, including moose, may only be hunted with a firearm (this includes bows). When hunting moose you may only use or carry a firearm of the type (rifle, shotgun, bow or muzzle-loader) permitted for hunting moose at that time in that WMU. For example, when hunting moose during a bow-only season, you may use or carry only bow hunting equipment. You may not carry a rifle or shotgun for hunting other species.
Specifications on the firearms, bows, bolts and arrows that are permitted when hunting moose are found on MNR Website. |
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| Party Hunting for Moose |
Party hunting for moose is permitted during the open season for moose under a set of specific conditions listed on MNR website |
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| Sealing and Transporting Moose |
The moose validation tag, in the case of resident
hunters, must be affixed to the recipient’s game seal before hunting begins. In the case of non-resident hunters, the validation tag must be affixed to the moose hunting licence. If you have killed a moose while hunting alone, you must immediately after the kill and at the kill site, securely attach the game seal to the animal in the manner described on the seal. The seal must remain attached while transporting the carcass.
If party hunting for moose, the member whose game seal is to be used and whose licence has been validated for the type of moose (bull, cow, or in WMUs 48, 55A, 55B and 57, bull, cow, or calf) that was killed, must immediately after the kill and at the kill site, securely attach the game seal to the animal in the manner described on the seal.
A person who seals a moose must notch out the month, date and time of kill on the game seal.
Only the hunter whose game seal is to be used is allowed to attach the game seal to the moose. It is illegal to transfer a game seal in order to seal a moose. If you are transporting part of a moose, you must know, and be prepared to state if requested to do so by a conservation officer:
• The name of the hunter who sealed the animal
• The hunting licence and validation tag number under which the animal was claimed
• The WMU in which it was taken |
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Note on White Coloured Moose: The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 prohibits the hunting of moose that are over 50 per cent white coloured in Wildlife Management Units 30 and 31, an area near Timmins, Chapleau and Foleyet. This regulation does not affect the availability of moose validation tags for resident and non-resident hunters.
Who can hunt moose in Ontario?
A resident of Ontario may hunt moose under certain conditions if he or she is in possession of a valid hunting version Outdoors Card and a current moose hunting licence tag (sticker that goes on the back of the Outdoors Card) and can meet one of the following criteria:
• The hunter has a game seal and validation tag for a cow or a bull OR
• If hunting for calf in WMU 48, 55A, 55B or 57 the hunter has a game seal and validation tag for a calf in the specific WMU being hunted OR
• The hunter has a game seal and is hunting calf moose in a WMU other than 48, 55A, 55B or 57 (or WMU 65; see note following) OR
• The hunter is party hunting (see the section on party hunting on page 23) with someone who has a game seal
How do you identify a Bull Moose, Calf or Cow?
* A calf is a moose that is less than one year old at the time of the hunt
* A cow is a female moose that is at least one year old at the time of the hunt
* A bull is male moose that is at least one year old at the time of the hunt
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Seldom alone |
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Body Proportions |
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Shoulder Height |
| Calf moose appear to have a small nose and a short face |
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Calf moose are seldom alone |
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Calf moose appear to have more legg than body and their hindquarters appear slender |
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Shoulder height of a cow moose is 6 feet (2m) and a of a calf moose is four feet (1.3m) |
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