Turkey License, Trying to Understand the Reg Changes

Hey guys -

Have a questions about turkey hunting. I saw that they were planning on removing the separate course / exam for turkeys in Ontario and integrating that into the Hunters Safety coarse... Did that happen and what are the implications? E.g. If I have my hunters safety, do I still need to do the turkey coarse or can I simply buy a turkey tag now?

Thanks!
Denis

All you need is a small games license and a turkey tag. No more courses to take

There was a post further down called "out of doors" but here is the info

Here's the info....

New wild turkey hunting regulations
Amendments have been made under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act to enhance and modernize Ontario’s wild turkey hunting program. The following changes take effect January 1, 2017:

A spring wild turkey hunting season will now been opened in WMU 36.
A fall wild turkey hunting season will be opened in WMU 94.
A fall bows-only hunting season for wild turkey will be open in fall 2017 from October 1-31 in all Wildlife Management Units that have a fall firearm wild turkey hunting season.
The opening date of the spring wild turkey hunting season will be April 25th every year.
The wild turkey hunter education course requirement has been eliminated and key components will be combined with the broader Ontario hunter education course. Hunters who have already taken the Ontario hunter education course are not required to take any additional training in order to purchase a wild turkey hunting licence.
Shot size number 7 can now be used for wild turkey hunting in addition to shot sizes 4, 5 and 6.
The minimum bow requirements for hunting wild turkey have been clarified in the regulations to match the requirements for white-tailed deer (e.g. minimum draw weight and length).
For more information and maps, refer to the Decision Notice posted on the Environmental Registry.

NOTE TO TURKEY HUNTERS Turkey hunters renewing their hunting version Outdoors Card will no longer see a "T" on the front of their card. The "T" was an identifier to licence issuers that the carrier of the card had completed the mandatory wild turkey training and thus could purchase a wild turkey hunting licence. Wild turkey hunting accreditation is now captured digitally within the MNRF licencing system so the “T” on the Outdoors Cards is no longer needed. Have a question? Call the Outdoors Card Centre at 1-800-387-7011.

Thanks all very clear! Appreciate the insight, I was having a hard time interpreting what this all meant for existing outdoors card holders.

Hmm I had to take the course. That's a load of Bull, everyone should have to take the course. Safety 1st. Gonna be a bunch of camo clad hippies running around, French kissing turkeys, and singing Kum Bai Ah.

Hopefully won't be that bad.
The responsible new hunter should at the very least review the FREE online turkey course.
Many hunters have expressed that they would like to see the Wild Turkey
Hunter Education Course be available for viewing online. The Ontario Hunter
Education Program is happy to announce the MNRF in conjunction with the
OFAH have produced an online wild turkey study guide. This presentation
will provide new turkey hunters with important safety considerations while
turkey hunting, as well as give the opportunity for previous hunters to brush
up on their knowledge. This presentation also highlights all the new turkey
hunting regulation changes that came into effect January 1st, 2017. Below
is a link to the presentation, we hope you enjoy and can gain some knowledge
from this free online study guide.

http://www.huntercourse.com/canada/ontario

Anyone can hunt deer, waterfowl, small game, predator, moose etc. And safety always comes first. A money grab course isn't necessary to hunt turkeys like they ingrained in us while the course was active. Safety is common sense, which yes I know not everyone has.

Agree to Disagree. I Disagree.

The course was always just a sales pitch for turkey hunting products not really hunter safety-I am happy that new already safety trained hunters do not have to pay what is just another tax

Did the coarse it was a good day, comes down to making sure of your target. Don't shoot at a flash of red, blue or white.