Wild Turkey Licence and Game Seal ..... $21.70

Open Season
Residents and Non-Residents
April 25 to May 31, 2007

Bag Limit
1 bearded wild turkey per licence per day.
2 licences per hunter maximum.
The two birds may not be taken on the same day.

Source: MNR web site

Useful Links:

• Wild Turkey Regulations (PDF, MNR Website)
• Wild Turkey Licence Information (PDF, MNR Website)
• Mandatory Turkey Harvest Reporting Worksheet
  (PDF, MNR Website)

Note:

In order to hunt turkeys a resident must have a wild turkey licence, an Outdoors Card and a small game licence tag. Non-residents must have a wild turkey licence and a non-resident small game licence. Hunters may purchase a maximum of two wild turkey licences per year.

Resident's
Licence to Hunt Deer .............................. $34.58

Non-Resident's
Licence to Hunt Deer ........................... $172.94

Dog licence ................................................ $9.81

Source: MNR web site

Useful Links:

• 2008 Hunting Regulations General Information
  (MNR Website, PDF, 447 K)
• New and Pending Regulations (PDF, 83 K)
• Hunt Ontario (MNR Website)
• Wildlife Management Unit Maps (MNR Website)
• Licence Information (MNR Website)
• How to Get an Outdoors Card (MNR Website)
• Renew your Outdoors Card, purchase licence's
  (The MNR Store)

Resident's
wolf/coyote game seal
(maximum of two per year) ................... $9.35

Non-resident's
wolf/coyote game seal ........................ $233.64

Open Season
From September 15, in any year, to March 31 in the year next following.

Source: MNR web site

Useful Links:

• The Wolves of Algonquin Provincial Park
  (MNR Website, PDF, 1.7 Mb)
• Small Game and Waterfowl (MNR Website)

Resident's
Licence to Hunt Black Bears ................. $34.58

Non-resident's
Licence to Hunt Black Bears ............... $172.94

Dog licence ................................................ $9.81

Source: MNR web site

Useful Links:

• 2007 Black Bear Hunting Regulations
  (MNR Website)
• 2007 Mandatory Questionnaire for Resident Black Bear Hunters (MNR Website)

Note:

All residents who purchased a black bear hunting licence in 2007 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.

Hunting Bird Permit ................................... $17.00

Habitat Stamp ............................................... $8.50

Dog licence .................................................. $10.25

Source: MNR web site

Useful Links:

• Small Game and Waterfowl (MNR Website)
• Quick Reference for Migratory Bird Hunters in Ontario
  (MNR Website)
• Migratory Birds Hunting Regulations, 2007, Summary
  for Ontario (MNR Website)

Note:

Migratory Game Bird Hunting Permits are available for purchase by 1 August of each year at Canada Post sales counters and retail outlets. The current price is $17.00 for the Hunting Permit plus $8.50 for the Habitat Stamp. The Habitat Stamp must be affixed to the Hunting Permit in order to make the Permit valid.

Resident's
Licence to Hunt Moose ................................. $41.13

Non-resident's
Licence to Hunt Moose .............................. $345.89

Dog licence ...................................................... $9.81

Source: MNR web site

Useful Links:

• 2007 Moose Regulations (PDF, MNR Website)
• 2007 Moose Seasons (PDF, MNR Website)
• Gun Guaranteed Group Size for 2006/2007
  (PDF, MNR Website)
• 2006/2007 Moose Validation Tag Draw Quotas
  (PDF, MNR Website)

Note:

DRAW RESULTS TELEPHONE LINE: 1-800-288-1155
(available after August 1). Call toll-free to determine your success in the draw for moose validation tags. Unsuccessful applicants can also receive information regarding surplus tags during this call.

Elk in Ontario:
The Plan for the Restoration of Elk in Ontario was created and is a long term plan to guide Ontario’s elk restoration program. The plan was developed with input from all elk partners and was posted on the Environmental Bill of Rights registry for public comment. It was approved by MNR in 1997.

To date elk have been released within four of the six areas identified in the Plan to Restore Elk in Ontario:

• Nipissing-French River (in the Burwash/French River area southwest of the City of Sudbury)
• Haliburton Highlands (i.e.Bancroft North Hastings area at a site about 30 km east of the Town of Bancroft)
• Lake of the Woods (at a site equidistant and about 80km from the communities of Kenora, Fort Frances and Dryden)
• Lake Huron North Shore (at a location north of the community of Iron Bridge)

Bald Eagle:
The bald eagle is truly an all-American bird. It is the only eagle unique to North America. It ranges over most of the continent, from the northern reaches of Alaska and Canada down to northern Mexico.

Red-Shoulder Hawks:
In Southern Ontario, red-shouldered hawks are back on nesting grounds by mid-March and are often seen performing flight displays, rising in wide spirals and then diving over the forest while calling vigorously with their incessant repeated ‘keeyr’ call, reminiscent of a ring-billed gull.

Description:
This bird is grey-blue with black stripes over the eyes and black streaks on its white foreneck; the bill is yellow. Ornate plumage on the head, neck and back decorate the breeding adult. Heights average 39-52 inches. A harsh squawk characterizes its call.

Distribution:
The Great Blue Heron resides along lakes, ponds, rivers and marshes from coastal Alaska, along south-central Canada to Mexico on the west coast.

Biology:
This adaptable birds large size enables it to prey on a variety of animals including fish, mice, small birds and insects. This wide variety of feed enables the heron to stay farther north during the winter months (as long as there is open water) longer than other species. Most of these birds nest in large groups amongst tall trees or in reedbeds; 3-7 pale greenish-blue eggs on a shallow platform of sticks lined with a finer material characterize the nest. The young herons disperse in the late summer and can be found at small ponds, in mountain waters or wherever there is fish.