980667 TRAPPING, O. Reg. 667/98 Ont.

Crown land in the registered trapline area;

Crown land, other than Crown land described in clause (a); or

land, other than Crown land, in respect of which they have the written permission of a person legally entitled to give it to trap furbearing mammals. ; ;

restricts the helper to hunting or trapping on the area for which the head trapper is authorized to hunt or trap; and

limits the helper to assisting the head trapper in hunting or trapping a quantity of furbearing mammals authorized in the head trapper’s licence.

holds an outdoors card issued under Ontario Regulation 665/98 (Hunting) made under the Act;

has successfully completed the fur harvest, fur management and conservation course described under section 16 within the five-year period preceding the application and produces a certificate to that effect; and

meets the requirements set out in section 11 or 12 of Ontario Regulation 665/98 (Hunting).

has held a trapping licence issued under this Regulation or a predecessor to it within the five-year period immediately preceding the application and provides evidence of that fact; and

files the season-end harvest report described under section 13 for the last year trapped (if such a report was required) or provides evidence of having filed the report.

has successfully completed the fur harvest, fur management and conservation course described under section 16 within the five-year period preceding the application and produces a certificate to that effect; and

files with the application a consent signed by a parent with whom the applicant resides or if the applicant does not reside with a parent, by a guardian. ;

In registered trapline areas, the licence holder shall not be a head trapper.

The licence holder shall not hunt or trap furbearing mammals or black bears unless they are under the direct and immediate supervision of a trapper who,

The licence holder shall not carry or use a firearm unless they,

The person holds a valid possession and acquisition licence issued under the Firearms Act (Canada).

The person holds a valid minor’s licence issued under the Firearms Act (Canada).

The person has proof that they have successfully completed the Canadian Firearms Safety Course, and tests that form part of that course, under the Firearms Act. ;

in a part of Rondeau Provincial Park if the area is designated on the trapping licence; or

in a registered trapline area in a provincial park designated on the trapping licence.

possess a firearm or trap for the purpose; and

possess any wildlife that they have legally killed in the provincial park. ;

The quantity of furbearing mammals or black bear harvested under the licence during the open season for each species listed in the report.

The quantity of pelts or black bear hides sold or shipped to be sold before June 1 for each species listed in the report.

The quantity of pelts or black bear hides left in possession of the licence holder on June 1 for each species listed in the report. ;

hold a trapping licence for which a quota is assigned for the same species of furbearing mammals that are kept by that person;

hold a farmer’s licence to sell pelts and carcasses; or

hold a fur dealer’s licence or act as agent for a fur dealer. ;

undue financial hardship would result from the inability to simultaneously hold the two licences or to hold a licence and to keep farmed animals that are furbearing mammals; and

record-keeping or other measures will adequately reduce the risk that pelts from farmed animals or pelts kept under the various licences could be intermixed. ; ;

the history of fur management, humane trapping, fur laws and policies, furbearing mammals and the descriptions of pelts;

trapping equipment, trapping and survival; and

the biology, management, trapping and handling of pelts of furbearing mammals, black bear and other wildlife as determined by the Minister.

a trap that has a hook or sharpened device capable of impaling a furbearing mammal;

a spring pole set, except with a killing trap;

a deadfall;

a trap that has teeth or serrations on its jaws;

a suspended snare unless,

a number 110 Conibear trap or any body-gripping trap of a similar construction with equivalent or less killing power unless,

Revoked:

The relaxing cable restraint shall be made of cable consisting of galvanized multi-strand steel which is 3/32 inch or larger in diameter.

The relaxing cable restraint shall have two cable stops set in a manner such that,

When the cable loop of the relaxing cable restraint is fully closed at its minimum position, the length of the cable measured from the anchor point to the relaxing lock shall not exceed 1.5 metres.

The relaxing cable restraint shall have at least two swivel devices which allow for 360° rotation between the loop and the anchor, with one swivel device located at the anchor point.

The relaxing cable restraint shall have a breakaway mechanism affixed at the relaxing lock that is rated at 158.8 kilograms or less. ;

The person shall set the relaxing cable restraint for coyote or wolf only.

The person shall set the relaxing cable restraint on land.

The person shall not set the relaxing cable restraint in a manner that may result in the captured animal reaching a body of water or reaching any part of a fence, rooted woody vegetation, or other object in which the animal may become entangled.

The person shall not set the relaxing cable restraint in a manner or in a place that may result in the captured animal being suspended with its feet off the ground.

The person shall not use springs, counter-balanced weights, powered mechanisms or other similar devices to operate the relaxing cable restraint.

the trap is a certified trap set out in Column 3 of the relevant Schedule opposite the species; and

the trap is used in accordance with any conditions set out in section 18.1. ;

muskrat may be trapped using traps known as funnel traps if they are set under the surface of the water;

bobcat, lynx or wolf may be trapped using a suspended snare in accordance with this Regulation;

beaver or otter may be trapped using a leg-hold trap in accordance with clause 19 (2) (c); and

raccoon may be trapped using a box or cage restraining trap. ; ; ;

In the case of a jaw-type killing trap or a jaw-type leg-hold trap, the trap must exert clamping force on the animal and be set as a submersion set in a manner consistent with clause 19 (2) (c) or subsection 19 (3).

In the case of any other type of certified killing trap set out for trapping muskrat in Column 3 of Schedule 1, the trap must be set on land.

for a coyote using a leg-hold trap other than a trap that has two planar steel jaws less than 9 mm in thickness which come into contact with one another over their full length when the trap is sprung;

for bobcat, lynx, raccoon or wolf, in accordance with subsection 18 (1);

for a species of fox using a leg-hold trap,

for beaver, muskrat, otter or mink if the trap is set under ice or attached to,

18 centimetres when set on land; or

21 centimetres when set in water.

the trap has a jaw spread not exceeding 23 centimetres; and

the trap is a certified trap that may be used for wolf. O. Reg 459/20, s. 5.

where the trap chain is attached above the ground to an object, measured between the object and the nearest part of the trap; or

where the trap chain is attached under ground to an object, measured between the intersection of the trap chain with the surface of the ground and the nearest point of the trap.

in those parts of Ontario designated as Part 1 on the Suspended Snare Trapping Regulation Plan; or

in those parts of Ontario designated as Part 2 on the Suspended Snare Trapping Regulation Plan, during an open season for deer during which a person may use or be accompanied by a dog while hunting deer.

a snare under the surface of any body of water; or

a foot snare or cable-live trap in a horizontal position on the ground. ;

is lawfully entitled to use the trap;

was lawfully entitled to use the trap within the five years preceding the date on which the person was found to be in possession of the body-gripping trap;

engages in activities related to the manufacture, repair, sale, transportation or storage of the traps or the conduct of research with respect to those traps;

is a collector of traps and the trap is rendered incapable of being used for trapping; or

possesses the traps for educational purposes in the course of employment by an educational institution or government.

the holder of a trapping licence is exempt from subsection 20 (1) of the Act for the purposes of killing, during the period from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, a furbearing mammal that has been lawfully trapped by the person; and

a farmer, and a member of the farmer’s family who resides with the farmer, are exempt from subsection 20 (1) of the Act for the purposes of killing, during the period from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, a furbearing mammal that has been lawfully trapped on the farmer’s land in accordance with subsection 6 (3) of the Act.

The person may only use a firearm that exclusively uses rim-fire cartridges to kill a furbearing mammal.

The person may only have a firearm un-encased and loaded if it is a firearm that exclusively uses rim-fire cartridges, subject to paragraphs 3 and 4.

The person shall keep the firearm that uses rim-fire cartridges encased and unloaded until the person is in the immediate vicinity of the furbearing mammal that the person has lawfully trapped.

The person shall unload and encase the firearm that uses rim-fire cartridges immediately after the furbearing mammal has been killed. ;