r/canadaguns • u/coolwooley • Apr 13 '26

Misc Quick PSA for crown land shooters

With summer approaching, many of us are going to head out and start shooting on crown land again.

If you are going to your crown land spot, please clean up after yourselves. Don’t leave a mess behind.

Remember that it’s public land. We’re not the only ones who use it. The last thing we need is more complaints about the mess from shooters. That’s how no-shoot zones start.

You should always leave the spot in a better state than when you found it. Be respectful, and your shooting spot will stay open for longer.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

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u/anxietyisntsobad Apr 14 '26

If someone (company) puts up a no-shooting sign at the entrance to what appears to be a logging road (and therefore crown land?), is it actually enforceable or are they just hoping to scare people off?

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u/Low-HangingFruit Apr 14 '26

Look up the allowed use on the crown land.

Loggers only have rights to what they lease from the government.

In ontario; a lot of "hunt clubs" put these signs all over crown land because they love to run big drives and dont wont other people there.

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u/outline8668 Apr 14 '26

We have a guy nearby why puts up no trespassing signs on crown land to try to keep it for himself. I checked with the local municipal government, verified the plot of land and confirmed nobody has a lease or permit on that land for logging or livestock or anything it's just some dude trying to gatekeep public land. We go on there all the time now just out of spite.

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u/SKSd0c Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

More often than not it's people putting up false signs or illegally gating roads. However, forestry roads differ a bit between provinces. In Ontario, the overwhelming majority of forestry roads on crown land are accessible by the public with rare exception.

In terms of roads running through private lands to access Crown lands, those are public only if they existed at time of letters patent issuance (grant from the crown) or have otherwise been dedicated as public roads since such time.