Legal SHOOTING hours? Not hunting!

[Redthies]

Is there a regulation that any of you can point me to in the Canada Firearms Regs that shows the legal hours (if any) that you can discharge a rifle in butt-Fxxk nowhere? Someone asked me today if they can check their scope with a target outside of legal hunting hours. I’m picturing a deserted gravel pit beyond 400m from a highway on the way to an early morning hunt, with LED lights on a target at 100 yards type thing.

[todbartell]

It's fine, fire away at 3am if you'd like.

[rocksteady]

Hunting... 1 hour before sunrise, 1 hour after sunset.

Not hunting.. no regs.. fire away

[Redthies]

Thanks guys. I know the hunting regs fine, just wasn’t sure if there was a “recreational” time limit.

I know there isnt in Mexico as the AKs were going off plenty at 12:00 am on Jan 1...

[rocksteady]

Dont think the mexicans were sighting in their ak's... just sayin

[WaterFowlin]

Hmmm. That’s annoying. I know Alberta’s hunting laws transfer to the firing of firearms all throughout the yearly hunting times. You can’t discharge a firearm regardless of purpose, past legal light.

I tend end to agree with this. As we have some guys behind our home with a recreation property who party and shoot all though the night. It’s crazy.

If one can’t see, I struggle to see how shooting in the dark can be deemed safe.

My my opinion of course.

[finngun]

Dont think the mexicans were sighting in their ak's... just sayin no need to...spray,,,and prey

[finngun]

[QUOTE=WaterFowlin;2119434]Hmmm. That’s annoying. I know Alberta’s hunting laws transfer to the firing of firearms all throughout the yearly hunting times. You can’t discharge a firearm regardless of purpose, past legal light.

I tend end to agree with this. As we have some guys behind our home with a recreation property who party and shoot all though the night. It’s crazy.

If one can’t see, I struggle to see how shooting in the dark can be deemed safe.////// well if there really bright moon light and snow....i been hunting foxes and rabbits at winter night...no probl.. in finnyland not here..legal there.

[Foxton Gundogs]

Big game 1 hr befor sun up and 1 hr after sun down. Water fowl 1/2 hr before, 1/2 hr after.

[GreyDog]

I used to compete at a BR match which was held at night and ran all night long. This was in Alberta. GD

[Redthies]

Big game 1 hr befor sun up and 1 hr after sun down. Water fowl 1/2 hr before, 1/2 hr after.

Read the original post amigo. I know the hunting regs, just have someone asking me if they can do a scope check by headlight on the way in to a hunt. He lives in the boonies, so why he hasn’t spent 20 mins doing it at home I don’t know. Damn millennials!

[Redthies]

Dont think the mexicans were sighting in their ak's... just sayin

Oh, I’m REAL sure that wasn’t the intent. I used to spend a lot of time in small towns in the middle of nowhere in central Mexico when I dated a lady doctor down there. There was always a lot of automatic gunfire after dark. Those palapa roofs weren’t so romantic when you were thinking about the rounds coming back down!

[Iltasyuko]

I used to compete at a BR match which was held at night and ran all night long. This was in Alberta. GD

That is cool!

[Foxton Gundogs]

Hunting... 1 hour before sunrise, 1 hour after sunset.

Not hunting.. no regs.. fire away


Read the original post amigo. I know the hunting regs, just have someone asking me if they can do a scope check by headlight on the way in to a hunt. He lives in the boonies, so why he hasn’t spent 20 mins doing it at home I don’t know. Damn millennials!
I did read the original post, I was clarifying Rocksteady's post referring to 1 hr before and after.

[ROY-alty33]

Careless use of firearm, etc.86. (1) Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, uses, carries, handles, ships, transports or stores a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device or any ammunition or prohibited ammunition in a careless manner or without reasonable precautions for the safety of other persons.

Discharging firearm — recklessness244.2 (1) Every person commits an offence
(a) who intentionally discharges a firearm into or at a place, knowing that or being reckless as to whether another person is present in the place; or(b) who intentionally discharges a firearm while being reckless as to the life or safety of another person.

Thinking that not being able to identify one backstop and beyond could be considered careless use.
Plus why blast away before dawn in an area you would be hunting?

[Gateholio]

Like most activities, there is a safe and unsafe way of doing things, and a legal and nom legal way.

Shooting and hunting at night laws vary by jurisdiction. Fortunately BC is not too much of a nanny state and allows shooting at night. Unfortunately BC doesn’t allow hunting at night, which is too bad as it could be useful in some circumstances.

[Drillbit]

The Kamloops night trap shoots are very fun if nobody's tried them.

The range above the scales that does the sporting clays on the April gunshow weekend used to put the night shoots on. Not sure if they do it anymore or not.