A bow or crossbow IS considered a firearm. Shooting it in the city could get you in deep do-do.
|
|
|
Bow-hunting raccoons, legal or not?
- Thread starter FiReSTaRT
- Start date
Jamie's still a little out there.. I'm in the burbs, but got neighbors around.. Contrary to what Hollywood would like us to believe, a suppressor just reduces the noise and not by much. The sound travels less distance, but it would still be enough for several households to call in shots fired.
He's not talking about stopping the coon, hes talking about the bolt, the arrow.
I'm a ROPSSAA archery champMaybe I rambo your yard? Never killed something before though...save for that guy who step on the grass. NEVER step on the grass dawg
Lol.. I'm still looking for non-lethal solutions, but I'll keep your # in my phonebook, just in case they decide to take revenge on me for messin' with their crib
Any articles or case law that you could link to? I know some urban farmers called in bow-hunters to deal with pest deer.. The police were called but it was semi-legit so they didn't do anything about it.
Check your local bylaws. You might need a hunting licence too. Canada Ammo sells a cool crossbow for $50 or so. IIRC it has a 90lb draw weight which is adequate. With the red dot sight, it's pretty accurate. However, if you don't deal a lethal blow, it may scream and attract a lot of attention. Use of bows, crossbows and airguns is generally prohibited by bylaw in city and suburban areas - refer to firearms section.
http://www.canadaammo.com/product.php?productid=191&cat=0&page=1
http://www.canadaammo.com/product.php?productid=191&cat=0&page=1
Last edited:
I have a motion detector sprinkler, works great on the raccoons, chases them off. We move it around to different places in the yard to keep it "fresh."
We also leave an outside light on in an area we were having problems, they do not like bright lights.
We also leave an outside light on in an area we were having problems, they do not like bright lights.
Razorsythe
Well-known member
they can sue you for injuries fyi...
A little raccoon story
10 years ago when I lived in the Beach area, 2 raccoons were fighting in the maple in front of my house in the middle of the night when one of our tree-hugging neighbors decided to save the one that was on the brink of falling out of the big tree. She started spaying them with a garden hose until one raccoon fell and snapped the hydro line. The line then hit my car with sparks flying everywhere and then shorted out the meter and stack that goes to her house. She was lucky not to be electrocuted. Raccoon just walked away!
A fire truck and then a hydro crew kept us up all night before they restored power to the street.
10 years ago when I lived in the Beach area, 2 raccoons were fighting in the maple in front of my house in the middle of the night when one of our tree-hugging neighbors decided to save the one that was on the brink of falling out of the big tree. She started spaying them with a garden hose until one raccoon fell and snapped the hydro line. The line then hit my car with sparks flying everywhere and then shorted out the meter and stack that goes to her house. She was lucky not to be electrocuted. Raccoon just walked away!
A fire truck and then a hydro crew kept us up all night before they restored power to the street.
Last edited:
joeboo
Well-known member
Right off the bat, I'll tell you that the situation is hypothetical.. While I have yet to repair the wiring damage that they caused and it'll take a while for the flies to stop feeding on whatever they left under the deck, I found the entry point (they pulled out a board that was just nailed in) and blocked it while the family was out, so I don't need to kill'em.. I was just reading up on ways to get rid of them, and the city site stated that it was illegal to hunt'em because discharging firearms is illegal in Toronto.. Well, a bow is not a firearm, the city won't help the homeowners and animal control service charge in the ballpark of $500 to catch it and release it back in my yard, neither of which is a good option for most homeowners. While it was easy for me to complete the exclusion process, some other homeowner might benefit from the ability to just hunt'em down with a bow and arrows and let the animal services pick up the carcasses. Assuming it's done safely and legal, of course
The safely part would exclude this being done within any city limits. It would be important to note that a bow of sufficient strength can push an arrow through a privacy fence, or a ricochet can bounce an arrow under a fence. Safety would dictate that if you can shoot through it but can't see through it, its not a safe shooting direction.
Raccoons can be hunted in Ontario with a small game license (requires hunters course), and in 2011 the season is October 15th 2011 to January 15, 2012. They're best hunted at night (requires a special permit), and usually in concert with a dog who will chase the raccoon up a tree to limit its options where the hunter can shoot it. This is obviously not ideal in an urban setting.
Not really thrilled with the subject of this thread TBH. Don't really like the idea of people who may not be so familiar with hunting to take up the hobby to kill raccoons in an urban setting with their Bows and Broad tips. Kinda reminds me of the recent grumblings about Ebikes, just cause something may technically be legal doesn't make it a good idea.
Also a good thing to note is that an arrow strike will not immediately kill the animal, as neither will a bullet shot necessarily. If you were to do this and you impaled the raccoon, you'd need to have a good knife and some very heavy duty gloves (raccoons are extremely wild when cornered) to quickly put the animal out of its misery. So in short shooting a small animal with a bow with the possibility of impaling it and pinning it to the ground is a recipe for an up close encounter with a wounded animal. If you aren't prepared for this, don't even think about this option!
But ya, Raccoons can cause lots of damage if left unchecked, the city has got to start dealing with them better.
Last edited:
either get a live trap and when filled put into a barrel of water or get a kill trap.
It's cheaper to make you do it.
Even cheaper to make you pay for someone to catch them and then release them on your property
@joeboo: You are raising some good points there.. I've only had to kill one pest animal (not counting mice), and it was a 1 hit kill, but I can see the possibility of leaving the animal wounded and having to finish it off. That's one of the reasons why I prefer to exhaust the possibilities of exclusion - the other being that I'm far more keen on killing a food animal than killing a pest animal.
rmemedic
Well-known member
They aren't fire arms. Don't need a license to acquire them they don't have a muzzle or a velocity over 495 fps. It's just a very bad idea in city limits and likely will get you in ****.
Most bylaws cover bows with firearms. However, using a firearm can attract a charge under Criminal Code S86, whereas using a bow won't.
What is a farmers response? Burlap sack and a rain barrel... Actually, coons are that big an issue out here anyway. Apparently they prefer to congregate in the (sub) urban area do to the high concentration of food sources. I'm more apt to see a bear in my back lot, something I wish I had my .306 with me for last week.
|
|
|
|
|