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Thanks for putting these out. As someone who has been wanting to get into overlanding for a few years now but hasn’t had the time or resources to do so this is great for me to see how far people in south western Ontario have to go in order to find a place to go. I would be interested in knowing when and if you guys have a newbie weekend or just a easy trail ride and what I would need to do to prepare for it (when allowed)
Our pleasure! I was really hoping to put on more events and runs this past year through our Facebook group (facebook.com/groups/634437553357942/?ref=pages_profile_groups_tab&source_id=1452859228346106) unfortunately 2020 and so far 2021 seem to have other plans. But once we can start meeting up again we will be posting the events over there.
@@thebackroadadventurer I will check out the FB page right now. One good thing about all this is that we have had more time to pursue hobbies we haven’t had time for.
I walked into the local mnr district office and asked if they could help me get ahold of a crown land map around my area and they were no help. I was walking out of the building and I was stopped by a fellow hunting who informed me about this app.
I just found your page today! Awesome stuff, too. Are there any pointers on where I can hunting deer not too far away from sudbury? kinda new to the area, and it's hard to get company to hunt with.
Yea that’s pretty much it. Some roads/trails may be closed depends on what the crown land parcel is designated for, if they aren’t they should be treated the same as any other road allowance. As far as shooting goes, pretty much all crown land parcels allow the discharge of a firearm, unless stated in the policy report (assuming you are being safe and have a suitable backstop).
@@thebackroadadventurer i was trying find some spots in thebwest of albert around kananaskis area, is hard to read the map, purple is for the pipe lines in the new map, and thete is no option to see the crown land
i would just like to thankyou for doing and sharing your travels have you ever thought about being a spokesman for crownland abuise i remember being able to crown camp south west of temiscaming do to people leaving garbage everwhere the gov. leased the land to someone so you can only camp on designated camp grounds to many people dont care about others like crowland treepass they set up campers on crownland all season not the 14 days like they should like it is there own land recking it for the rest of us. sorry for the rant just tired of driving for 12 hours and not being able to find a spot lots of campers and no is there but no room for you to park and enjoy or they leave and dont take there garbage with them ps i know you know what im talking about thanx sorry
I ABSOLUTELY know what you mean. My goal has always been to help educate people on responsible backcountry recreation. But unfortunately some people just don’t care. To add to the problem there just isn’t enough funding going into enforcement and investigation into the people that abuse our public lands. I’m Hopefully that as crown land gains in popularity and more people bring the problems to light, more people will come out as stewards of public land and help educate as well. I was definitely happy to see that this year (despite everything that it was) I saw the most cleanups of popular campsites and access points, hopefully trend this continues
love what you do and do it often i live in london and love traveling the same roads of the real north chevy express on 31s custom winch on front would enjoy a meet up someday
Can i hunt small game on crown land all year round? Some people tell me yes. But i cant figure out for sure. Like grouse,squirrels etc the smallest of games?
Small game has a set season. Typically starting in September and ending in December. Some WMUs have a slightly longer season for some game animals. The majority of small game will require you to have both a hunting license and a small game license, along with a PAL if you are hunting with a firearm. Additionally, Wild Turkeys fall under small game and require additional tags as well as a small game license for both their spring and fall seasons. I’d highly recommend thoroughly reading through the 2024 hunting regulations. www.ontario.ca/document/ontario-hunting-regulations-summary
Hi - wondering how to get maps showing crown land. I have talked to MNRF and was passed around to 5 different phone numbers and extensions. All ended up with me saying the same thing- "no, I got this number from that number". I don't hunt anymore so just solo with the dogs camping or taking the grandkids. It would be eastern Ontario. Thanks very much! One of the commenter below mentioned the new app doesn't show crown land anymore.
I haven’t had maps printed for me before, but I’ve heard (at least pre COVID) that any local MNR office can print off maps upon request. I usually print off small sections and the policy reports for the areas I’m heading to directly off the crown land atlas. As far as crown land not being shown anymore. It still works for me, maybe the other person let their subscription lapse.
@@thebackroadadventurer we always hunted on friends and their neighbours land so we were pretty lucky that way. The occasional farmer would call us for coyotes then let us hunt. I know of a couple of crown land islands in the area but the atlas doesn't show them for some reason. Thanks for replying! Take care and have a good one.
Typically target shooting with NON-RESTRICTED rifles and shotguns is allowed on the majority of crown land with the exception of Crown Game Preserves (you can not even be in possession of a firearm on those parcels), but these will be clearly marked on the crown land atlas. The best advice I can give is that when your looking at the policy report is to make sure hunting is allow on that parcel, keeping in mind that south of the French and Mattawa rivers some municipalities still have “no Sunday gun hunting” laws in effect, my understanding is that this also applies to discharging a firearm in general. Unfortunately it seems that a small number of municipalities are also adding “no targeting shooting laws” but that seems to mainly be in response to residential areas being built near some very small parcels of crown land in Southern Ontario. It is probably going to take a bit of trial and error to find a parcel that’s actually going to be suitable and safe for target shooting.
Typically target shooting is allowed on the majority of crown land with the exception of Crown Game Preserves (you can not even be in possession of a firearm on those parcels), but these will be clearly marked on the crown land atlas. Almost 100% of the time, if hunting is allow on that parcel, then target shooting is also allowed. Keep in mind that south of the French and Mattawa rivers some municipalities still have “no Sunday gun hunting” laws in effect, my understanding is that this also applies to discharging a firearm in general. Another thing to consider is that recently it seems that a small number of municipalities are also adding “no targeting shooting bylaws” but that seems to mainly be in response to residential areas being built near some very small parcels of crown land in Southern Ontario. It is probably going to take a bit of trial and error to find a parcel that’s actually going to be suitable and safe for target shooting
Hey I'm not trying to burst your bubble but in Southern Ontario there is some Crown land near Kitchener Cambridge Paris and stuff like that I've been hunting now for 3 years and I found quite a bit there's 13 parcels just near Kitchener alone they're not always all that big they're like 750 acres I want is 240 acres stuff like that but there is Crown Land here and you can do pretty much anything on them as long as they are general use I didn't want to say something too bad or be offensive I'm not trying to be by no means thank you for reading
Firstly your mostly right on all your points, there is a good amount of crown land that is not shown on at atlas and there for doesn’t show up in the app. Usually these can only be found on the paper maps acquired from the MNRF. As you said these parcels are usually very small and not well advertised as in what activities are allowed there. I didn’t bring this up as in this (or my other crown land video) mainly because this channels focus is on 4wd vehicle based adventure travel, so the discussion mainly rotate around the activities around that (camping, backroad exploring and off-road trails). Thus these small hard to access parcels rarely fit the bill. That being said I am working on a complete crown land deep dive that will go into this subject. As far as general use areas, for the most part it’s a good assumption that all activities are permitted on those parcels, however sometimes based on sensitive areas like wetlands or animal migration paths some activities may not be permitted in select parcels. That’s why I always recommend checking the policy report or connecting the MNRF for the most up to date information.
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Awesome, I can’t wait to go discover some hunting and fishing spots. All the best !
I used this app to track myself when hunting or off road driving.
Thanks this video helped me to find crown land when needed.
HA another Hanover Native. love to see it thanks for the great info!
Thanks for putting these out. As someone who has been wanting to get into overlanding for a few years now but hasn’t had the time or resources to do so this is great for me to see how far people in south western Ontario have to go in order to find a place to go. I would be interested in knowing when and if you guys have a newbie weekend or just a easy trail ride and what I would need to do to prepare for it (when allowed)
Our pleasure! I was really hoping to put on more events and runs this past year through our Facebook group (facebook.com/groups/634437553357942/?ref=pages_profile_groups_tab&source_id=1452859228346106) unfortunately 2020 and so far 2021 seem to have other plans. But once we can start meeting up again we will be posting the events over there.
@@thebackroadadventurer I will check out the FB page right now. One good thing about all this is that we have had more time to pursue hobbies we haven’t had time for.
I walked into the local mnr district office and asked if they could help me get ahold of a crown land map around my area and they were no help. I was walking out of the building and I was stopped by a fellow hunting who informed me about this app.
I just found your page today! Awesome stuff, too. Are there any pointers on where I can hunting deer not too far away from sudbury? kinda new to the area, and it's hard to get company to hunt with.
Thanks for putting the time and sharing, Mike! Cheers
My pleasure!
Like this app. Way easier to navigate than the website.
100% easier! not to mention how much faster it is to browse.
Thanks mate for explaining in detail
So in within the purple area i just park in the road or find a road trial offroad up in the truck and i can use it to do so.e shooting?
Yea that’s pretty much it. Some roads/trails may be closed depends on what the crown land parcel is designated for, if they aren’t they should be treated the same as any other road allowance. As far as shooting goes, pretty much all crown land parcels allow the discharge of a firearm, unless stated in the policy report (assuming you are being safe and have a suitable backstop).
@@thebackroadadventurer i was trying find some spots in thebwest of albert around kananaskis area, is hard to read the map, purple is for the pipe lines in the new map, and thete is no option to see the crown land
Great video thanks man. So glad I found your Channel
Thanks for stopping by!
great video. thank you.
Great video ! Thanks for sharing this information Cheers !
Glad you found it helpful 🍻
Contour lines? Does this app show contour/elevation lines? I didn't notice this feature in your summary. Thanks.
Depends on the map layer. There are a few different topologies layers with contour lines available.
@@thebackroadadventurer Thanks. What about 3D?
i would just like to thankyou for doing and sharing your travels have you ever thought about being a spokesman for crownland abuise i remember being able to crown camp south west of temiscaming do to people leaving garbage everwhere the gov. leased the land to someone so you can only camp on designated camp grounds to many people dont care about others like crowland treepass they set up campers on crownland all season not the 14 days like they should like it is there own land recking it for the rest of us. sorry for the rant just tired of driving for 12 hours and not being able to find a spot lots of campers and no is there but no room for you to park and enjoy or they leave and dont take there garbage with them ps i know you know what im talking about thanx sorry
I ABSOLUTELY know what you mean. My goal has always been to help educate people on responsible backcountry recreation. But unfortunately some people just don’t care. To add to the problem there just isn’t enough funding going into enforcement and investigation into the people that abuse our public lands. I’m Hopefully that as crown land gains in popularity and more people bring the problems to light, more people will come out as stewards of public land and help educate as well. I was definitely happy to see that this year (despite everything that it was) I saw the most cleanups of popular campsites and access points, hopefully trend this continues
love what you do and do it often i live in london and love traveling the same roads of the real north chevy express on 31s custom winch on front would enjoy a meet up someday
Great piece of kit. Thanks for sharing.
You bet, Thanks for watching!
Can i hunt small game on crown land all year round? Some people tell me yes. But i cant figure out for sure. Like grouse,squirrels etc the smallest of games?
Small game has a set season. Typically starting in September and ending in December. Some WMUs have a slightly longer season for some game animals. The majority of small game will require you to have both a hunting license and a small game license, along with a PAL if you are hunting with a firearm. Additionally, Wild Turkeys fall under small game and require additional tags as well as a small game license for both their spring and fall seasons.
I’d highly recommend thoroughly reading through the 2024 hunting regulations.
www.ontario.ca/document/ontario-hunting-regulations-summary
@@thebackroadadventurer right on,thanks man.
Hi - wondering how to get maps showing crown land. I have talked to MNRF and was passed around to 5 different phone numbers and extensions. All ended up with me saying the same thing- "no, I got this number from that number". I don't hunt anymore so just solo with the dogs camping or taking the grandkids. It would be eastern Ontario. Thanks very much!
One of the commenter below mentioned the new app doesn't show crown land anymore.
I haven’t had maps printed for me before, but I’ve heard (at least pre COVID) that any local MNR office can print off maps upon request. I usually print off small sections and the policy reports for the areas I’m heading to directly off the crown land atlas.
As far as crown land not being shown anymore. It still works for me, maybe the other person let their subscription lapse.
@@thebackroadadventurer we always hunted on friends and their neighbours land so we were pretty lucky that way. The occasional farmer would call us for coyotes then let us hunt.
I know of a couple of crown land islands in the area but the atlas doesn't show them for some reason.
Thanks for replying! Take care and have a good one.
Is there any land where you can go for target shooting practice.
Typically target shooting with NON-RESTRICTED rifles and shotguns is allowed on the majority of crown land with the exception of Crown Game Preserves (you can not even be in possession of a firearm on those parcels), but these will be clearly marked on the crown land atlas. The best advice I can give is that when your looking at the policy report is to make sure hunting is allow on that parcel, keeping in mind that south of the French and Mattawa rivers some municipalities still have “no Sunday gun hunting” laws in effect, my understanding is that this also applies to discharging a firearm in general. Unfortunately it seems that a small number of municipalities are also adding “no targeting shooting laws” but that seems to mainly be in response to residential areas being built near some very small parcels of crown land in Southern Ontario. It is probably going to take a bit of trial and error to find a parcel that’s actually going to be suitable and safe for target shooting.
Doesn't provide crownland data in quebec.
Also crownland info is a 40$/year subscription for other provinces.
I have the app and just want to find safe places to shoot with a backstop for target practice...how do I do that?
Typically target shooting is allowed on the majority of crown land with the exception of Crown Game Preserves (you can not even be in possession of a firearm on those parcels), but these will be clearly marked on the crown land atlas. Almost 100% of the time, if hunting is allow on that parcel, then target shooting is also allowed. Keep in mind that south of the French and Mattawa rivers some municipalities still have “no Sunday gun hunting” laws in effect, my understanding is that this also applies to discharging a firearm in general. Another thing to consider is that recently it seems that a small number of municipalities are also adding “no targeting shooting bylaws” but that seems to mainly be in response to residential areas being built near some very small parcels of crown land in Southern Ontario. It is probably going to take a bit of trial and error to find a parcel that’s actually going to be suitable and safe for target shooting
Hmm .. I live in Hanover too
Thanks. Hello from Banff.
This looks great!
Ah Hanover! Town of my birth! :)
I am from Walkerton!
Great video
Yes please Gordon
GREAT VIDEO !!! THANKS !!
Great job buddy
Thank you! Cheers!
I'll be using this app once the snow melts, and I'm able to get into crown land
Dam thats really neat!
Richmond hill
dang, I guess a real cell phone needs to come my way. Thanks
The app looks and operates completely differently now
I figured it out. You have to press the map layer in the bottom left to buy the premium version. Crown land poppped up after that
Hey I'm not trying to burst your bubble but in Southern Ontario there is some Crown land near Kitchener Cambridge Paris and stuff like that I've been hunting now for 3 years and I found quite a bit there's 13 parcels just near Kitchener alone they're not always all that big they're like 750 acres I want is 240 acres stuff like that but there is Crown Land here and you can do pretty much anything on them as long as they are general use I didn't want to say something too bad or be offensive I'm not trying to be by no means thank you for reading
Firstly your mostly right on all your points, there is a good amount of crown land that is not shown on at atlas and there for doesn’t show up in the app. Usually these can only be found on the paper maps acquired from the MNRF. As you said these parcels are usually very small and not well advertised as in what activities are allowed there. I didn’t bring this up as in this (or my other crown land video) mainly because this channels focus is on 4wd vehicle based adventure travel, so the discussion mainly rotate around the activities around that (camping, backroad exploring and off-road trails). Thus these small hard to access parcels rarely fit the bill. That being said I am working on a complete crown land deep dive that will go into this subject.
As far as general use areas, for the most part it’s a good assumption that all activities are permitted on those parcels, however sometimes based on sensitive areas like wetlands or animal migration paths some activities may not be permitted in select parcels. That’s why I always recommend checking the policy report or connecting the MNRF for the most up to date information.
Does this app require a monthly membership/payment? Or is it a 1 time purchase?
Yes please Gordon
Yes please Gordon