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Ask a CO: On keeping roadkill

A reader asks if keeping roadkill requires a hunting licence. MNR Provincial Enforcement Specialist David Critchlow responds.

Q: I’m a long-haul trucker. If I have an Ontario moose tag, can I keep roadkill? Kyle Fabian, Pickering A: Keeping roadkill does not require a hunting licence. If you take possession of the road-killed carcass of a black bear, caribou (see exception below), deer, elk, moose, protected raptor or furbearing mammal, you must submit a notice of possession through the ministry’s online registry, which can be accessed at: www.ontario.ca/page/keep-dead-wild-animal Hunting tags should never be used for roadkill. Woodland caribou (boreal populations) are given additional protection under the Endangered Species Act, 2007; road kills of these may not be kept. ANSWERS BY: David Critchlow, Provincial Enforcement Specialist, MNR  Send your questions by clicking here Originally published in the Jan.-Feb. 2024 issue of Ontario OUT of DOORS Please check the most recent Ontario hunting and fishing regulations summaries, as rules and regulations can change For more hunting, click here Click here for more outdoors news Watch on-demand videos anytime on OFAH Stream

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