US turkey hunters in Southern Ontario

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:06 am

When I first hunted we had gun racks in the truck, the laws said we could keep rounds in the gun, just not chambered. We drove around like that.

Now it's a different time, different place, different generation - looking back I belive that lax attitude bred carelessness.

In that previous life, I watched hunters take questionable shots for the honour of being nicknamed "sniper". I've had to track and kill animals that were wounded through poor judgement & ignorance - animals that should never have been shot at in the first place.

I'm glad that the courses have helped to raise the bar. People are taught a standard, and encouraged to hunt by it. This is a good thing.

chessy · Post by **chessy** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:07 am

hey adrain ... you hunt floriday pa and ontario... when you become as good as vancise and get some real titles after your name you can talk ... i think you are good but your attitude sucks... i hope to see you some day ... hope it is a free seminar.. cause you aint worth paying to see...

trky chsr · Post by **trky chsr** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:31 pm

I think the whole point of the turkey course is that statisticly turkey hunting has the highest accident rate of all hunting diciplines.When the first courses were offered in Southern Ontario a good portion of the students (including me) had never seen a wild turkey or had any idea about the colours of a Toms head. Considering the very low accident rate we have had since the first season I would say the course is a success. By the way as a non-resident bowhunting in New York State I had to have a bowhunting certificate which I optained by taking an Ontario Bowhunting Course here.

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:26 pm

VixChix wrote:My experiece with the turkey course here was also excellent. It was a bit long, but it was full and informative - lots to learn and it was fun being in the same room with so many like-minded people. Also, I support OFAH and don't mind the "commercials".

When I took my first Hunter Ed course I lived out west and was in Jr. High School. It was part of a semester-long school ciriculum course which included a weekend survival camping trip in -20 weather. (Wouldn't it be great if a course like that could be offered in schools here in Ontario?)

The second time I took it was 6 yrs ago here in Ontario. My experience with the way the course was taught here in Ontario was very good. What FRIGHTENED me was that there were gentlemen in the course who had hunted previously & currently owned guns. They had a know-it-all attitude, disrupted the class and gave the instructor a hard time about "having" to take the course. These weren't young upstarts - they were men in their 50's. The frightening part was watching these guys handle firearms in the practical part of the course. I don't think that they passed. They were cocky & dangerous. I would never hunt with guys like that - I wouldn't even want to be in the same WMU.

That experience gave me a new appreciation for our mandatory courses and I, for one, am very glad that people aren't just handed their licences carte blanche.

In fact, based on some of the things I've seen in the woods, they still let too many incompetents carry guns & hunt.

You GO GIRL!! I'll back ya!!!