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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
What are the regulations surrounding carrying a firearm in your vehicle? I've always been curious. I've seen a lot of deer that have been hit by vehicles, and I always thought if someone had a gun in their car it would save a lot of suffering.
I had a buddy that bludgeoned a deer to death after it was hit to try and put it out of its misery. That's a terrible way to die.
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Great question! And the RCMP was prepared by providing a nice little printable PDF
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/f...ntreposage.pdf. I generally keep this with me at all times, as officers may or may not be familiar with current transport regs. This way I can show them, and we can be on our merry way without incident.
Transport of non restricted firearms is quite lax. Unloaded is all it needs to be! Restricted firearms are obviously more strict, requiring an authorization to transport, trigger lock, and locked container out of sight.
I've been in that same scenario you outline, had to wait for RCMP to come put down a deer I had struck.....Unfortunately I can't say with any certainty that you would not be in some sort of trouble for putting down an injured animal? Its a pretty big grey area against most discharge regulations.....I hate seeing animals suffer aswell