Hunting Restrictions

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Shooting from a public road

According to provincial regulations governing sport hunting in Quebec, under the authority of the Ministère des Ressources Naturelles et de la Faune, a hunter may not shoot (crossbow, bow, firearm) at an animal from a public road, including the 10-metre width on each outer side of the shoulder (see following diagram). Nor may he shoot at an animal on or across a public road.

These prohibitions apply in our zone (10). However, they do not apply to a small game hunter when he uses:

• A shotgun with cartridges having pellets of a diameter of less than 5.6 millimetres;
• A muzzle-loading or breech-loading shotgun or rifle, without a casing, with pellets having a diameter of less than 5.6 millimetres for shotuns and a bullet diameter equal to or less than 9.14 millimetres (.36) for rifles;
• A bow or a crossbow.

This hunter and this small game must not however be within 100 metres of a building intended to lodge persons, shelter animals or stow things.

Attention: Wild turkey is not considered small game. Consequently, these provisions apply in full to this species.

A public road is any road whose maintenance is the responsibility of a municipality, a government or one of its agencies, and on which one or more pavements are open to public vehicular traffic, with the exception of roads under the administration of the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune or the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, or maintained by one of them.

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For more details on sport hunting in Québec and the main rules that apply, please consult the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife Website..