Shooting from public road

A hunter cannot shoot (crossbow, bow, firearms) at an animal from a public roadway, including the 10-metre bandwith alongside the rights-of-way on each side (see following diagram). Moreover, he cannot shoot at an animal on a public roadway or shoot across such a roadway.

These prohibitions apply in the RCM d'Avignon and the RCM de Bonaventure of Zones 1, in Zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 26 (east) as well as in the part of Zone 27 west situated to the south of the wildlife sanctuaries, zecs and Montmorency Forest, on the part of Route de Vauvert located between Pont de la Peinture and the bridge erected at the junction of lots 11 and 12 of Rang 6 of Racine Township, in the municipality of Dolbeau-Mistassini (Zone 28) and on the part of Chemin de la Pointe-Taillon situated between the intersection of Route 169 and that of Rang 3 west (Zone 28).

However, in the RCM d'Avignon and the RCM de Bonaventure of Zones 1, in Zones 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 26 (east), the part of zone 27 described above, the portion of route de Vauvert and chemin de la Pointe-Taillon (zone 28), these prohibitions do not apply to a small game hunter when he uses:

• A shotgun with cartridges having pellets of a diameter of less than 5.6 millimetres (see page 9);
• A muzzle-loading or breech-loading shotgun or rifle, without a casing, with pellets having a diameter of less than 5.6 millimetres for shotuns and a bullet diameter equal to or less than 9.14 millimetres (.36) for rifles (see page 9);
• A bow or a crossbow.

This hunter and this small game must not however be within 100 metres of a building intended to lodge persons, shelter animals or stow things.

Attention: Wild turkey is not considered small game. Consequently, these provisions apply in full to this species.

The restrictions on shooting from public roads do not apply to a hunter who hunts in an outfitter establishment with exclusive rights, a zec or a wildlife sanctuary in these zones.

A public road designates any road whose upkeep is the responsibility of a municipality, a government or one of its agencies and on which are found one or more pavements open to the public circulation of motor vehicles, except for roads subject to the administration of the ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune or of the ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation or maintained by one of them.

In sectors A and B of zone 22, from December 1^st to January 30^th, it is prohibited to shoot at an animal on a roadway that is open to the circulation of road vehicles or to shoot toward or across such a roadway.