Hunting season is a favourite pass-time in the Ottawa Valley, but don’t let your enthusiasm stop you from making safety your number one priority.
Killaloe OPP remind you that all hunters must wear solid hunter orange clothing and a hunter orange head cover during gun seasons for deer, moose and elk.
These requirements also apply to bear hunters who are not hunting from a tree stand.
If you hunt from a tree stand, always wear a safety harness, and use a rope to raise and lower your firearm.
You should handle firearms with care and attention and never shoot unless absolutely sure of your target and what lies beyond it.
It is illegal to shoot from a vehicle or carry a loaded firearm in or on a vehicle.
It is also illegal to discharge a firearm from or across the travelled portion of a right of way for public vehicular traffic.
(In many parts of Ontario, it is also illegal to have a loaded firearm or discharge a firearm in any part of the right of way.)
Never drink alcohol and hunt.