My Dad was the hunter using a Lee Enfield MKIV Carbine. He was X-RCAF Leftenant Warrant Officer flying coastal patrol in Ansens during WWII training Navigators, Gunners and Combat.
He was a rifleman where I was better with shot guns and pistols. My eye sight was not near as good as his.
We eat Deer, Moose, Ducks and Geese. My favourite firearm was a Herstal Belgium Browning A5 Sweet 16. Legally loaded with 2 # 2 followed by either 00 or a slug if you had a Deer license; however, you could take out the plug for 5 rounds ='s Illegal.
In Canada we are limited to 3 rounds for shot guns, 5 rounds for center fire auto-rifles and 10 rounds in auto-pistols. Long barrel does not require registration and is not restricted where as pistols are and then there's a prohibited category. Rim fire (eg: 22 cal) and none auto-action rifles can have unlimited # of rounds.
Of coarse you have to pay the Gov't a few quids to write tests and pass an RCMP background check before one can purchase a firearm in Canada.
A Registered Restricted firearm such as a pistol requires a RCMP conveying permit if and when you want to move it from it's registered address. Canadians can not carry a pistol like Americans can in some states.
If you want to take your pistol to a range, say on a schedule, you are required to register said conveying permit - The RCMP want to know where that pistol is at all times. There are more illegal pistols in one Canadian city, traffic from the states, then all registered pistols owned by law abiding Canadians.
Jim: I lived in BC and Alberta in the early 70's and envy your home but always had a need for Northern Ontario. I was on the West Coast for one reason and that was to ski the mountains - I was Ontario's top Slalom Hot Dogger back then and alive to say I fell off the Angel Face at Sunshine.
City street goons have no chance against a Farm or Bush Boy - We can run faster ;o)
I did trap muskrats ........ at $1.30 a pelt it helped a lot getting my first bike (a 1970 Puch 125).
I wasn't in the swamp for trapping, I was there for Ducks - Mainly Blacks.
Fixed and rode 1967 BSA 650 Lightning for a summer as a 19 year old Farm Boy in Cooks Town - My 1st intro to a real motorcycle then bought a brand new 70 Laverda 750SF in 71 for $1600. The Ist New and Last bike I owned, selling her for $8,500 a couple years ago when I decided to quit riding at 68 - Over the years the Old Girl didn't kill me or cost me cent compared to Women I've encountered - LOL
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Bulgie Robinson taught me to fly a 80 Hp Piper J3 Skeeter Cub on floates to lift him and me plus 600lbs of cargo with a canoe tied under the fuselage behind the prop when I was 14 to 4000 ft and land on a pond. He didn't trusted me to take off short within a 1/4 mile and jump to 500 ft. YES I could back in 62 but without that extra 600 lbs between you and me ;o)
Jim: I suffer vertical in Helicopters and don't have clue how to fly one, I feel safe with wings yet I can fall off a mountain on ski's and survive safe alone riding a 70 Breganzie SF for 45 years without killing myself - Never took off or landed a plane on wheels.
Man your handling Tonnage in them Big Birds blows my mind and I'm a Traffic Control Officer and you have to obey the UCOR - under my direction - Christ were are Sick Puppies.
Anything under a 4 1/4" Pistol or short barrel 18.5 Rifle is Prohibited in Canada Perhaps why Canadian Gun Enthusiasts are interested in Bull Pups.
