Hunting: 2010

Little Hawk

Active Member
Not sure if I'll even get out this year but I'm workin' on it.
How bout you guy's?

Let's hear about your plans, result's, trials & tribulations.

If I don't get out, least I can read about it.

Cheers,
Terry

"Some could care less if there's any fish left for our kids!"
 
Sheep and Moose hunting west of the Alaska Highway.
Dave
 
leave in just over 2 weeks for moose/grizz, we have 3 LEH of each, also going for sheep and goat, and there are some cariboo in the area as well..see what happens..cant wait

4 days travel return and 15days hunting


awesome scenic trip as well


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One trip to the interior for moose/elk/deer, unless I go guiding for moose.

This year is a stick around home and chase deer year.

Cheers

SS

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my first trip ever :D
October long weekend either okanogan or cache creek for deer with a couple class mates.


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My backyard :D This year I get that HUGH buck that has been eating my strawberries!!!

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20ft Alumaweld Intruder
 
Something to think about............................

Comment on the long-gun registry

Missing in the debate about the long-gun registry is the impact of this very unfortunate, misguided policy on wildlife and public ownership of Canadian wildlife resources and lands held in commons. The antics of pro-chiefs of police and anti-rank and file policemen would be amusing were it not played out against a highly discredited federal police forces, as witnessed in recent inquiries. Unknown to the public is the surprisingly low level of training, let alone education, police officers receive for the very responsible jobs they are expected to do. This dawned on me during a policy advisory session at Malaspina College (University of Vancouver Island), pertaining to a program training wildlife conservation officers. So I turned to the chief wildlife conservation officer of British Columbia, who was also a panel member, and asked the obvious question: “Do conservation officers receive a longer and more thorough training, including in policing matters, than does the RCMP?” He answered in the affirmative. Consequently, it should not surprise if chiefs of police reduce a complex policy issue to simplistic terms. Moreover, the demands by the Chiefs of Police would maintain extended policing power over law-abiding citizen, the ones they need to worry about least, but which are the easiest and safest to intimidate. Hardly something we should all pay for!

Moreover, where are voices on the radio or TV of criminologists such a Professor Gary Mauser of Simon Fraser University who have studied firearm registries, and can speak to some real data?

As noted, the long gun registry has serious non-policing implications. It and the strenuous process for getting a weapons acquisition certificate discourages weapon ownership and hunting. It turns people away from the out of doors, from the utilization and enjoyment of wildlife. That is, it helps to create more and more people that do not go outdoors to hunt, who are no longer interested in wildlife or concerned about wildlife habitat or about public land. In the proportions we fail to recruit hunters, we - as a public - loose interest in and a hold on our public lands. And that prepares the field for private interests, large corporations, to step in and lease or acquire such lands for commercializing hunting. Wildlife is far too good a creator of wealth for the private sector to ignore. Consequently, the more we discourage hunting by Canadians at large, the more we weaken our hold over public land, and the greater the certainty that wildlife becomes a private resource. That it has been all too often in the long history of wildlife ownership and management. The ownership, use and enjoyment of wildlife and public lands is relatively rare, and a great privilege easily squandered. The unfortunate long gun registry does a long ways towards Canadians abandoning wildlife, making it ultimately a plaything of the elite. The registry in question is a joke to the rich and powerful with their squads of lawyers, but onerous to those of lesser means. It aims its blow at the littler man, not the rich and mighty in this land. They will always have access to wildlife, but not Canada's common person. The registry is very discriminatory against the common man. Apparently our socialists friends have missed that. When grizzly bears become private property, the environmentalists will have no say in its conservation. Environmentalism is potent only over resources we hold in common. Denigrate hunting, denigrates public ownership and use of wildlife, as does denigration of access to firearms. And that leads to the privatization of wildlife and land. So the lessons of history.

Dr. Valerius Geist
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science


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20ft Alumaweld Intruder
 
MAYBE a hunt for elk in sept then my usuall trip to sask for whitetail thats it as I or any of my many friends didnt get 1 single draw!!!!!REALLY SUCKS!!!!

Blue Wolf Charters
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Good post Cuba!

I, and others' concerned about declining new-hunter recruitment numbers, have long been very concerned about this issue.

There are very powerful forces at play out there who have and are committing substantial resources to campaigns aimed squarely at ending all hunting. And, same as the spineless government of the day who caved in to the anti-smoking lobbyist's (which in a heartbeat relegated Canada's smoking pubic to second-class citizens), all it will take is another sympathetic-***** Premier or Prime Minister to side with P.E.T.A. or one of these other lunatic outfits and presto, no more hunting.

The importance of joining and supporting local Rod & Gun clubs and the BCWF can not be overstated.

I'm happy to say my Son is finally ready and eager to hunt for his first time.

"Some could care less if there's any fish left for our kids!"
 
quote:Originally posted by Little Hawk

Good post Cuba!

I, and others' concerned about declining new-hunter recruitment numbers, have long been very concerned about this issue.

There are very powerful forces at play out there who have and are committing substantial resources to campaigns aimed squarely at ending all hunting. And, same as the spineless government of the day who caved in to the anti-smoking lobbyist's (which in a heartbeat relegated Canada's smoking pubic to second-class citizens), all it will take is another sympathetic-***** Premier or Prime Minister to side with P.E.T.A. or one of these other lunatic outfits and presto, no more hunting.

The importance of joining and supporting local Rod & Gun clubs and the BCWF can not be overstated.

I'm happy to say my Son is finally ready and eager to hunt for his first time.

"Some could care less if there's any fish left for our kids!"

In our local club,we're unable to keep up with the demands from the public for CORE and PAL training.Every course is filled to the max and the instructors usually take a break over the summer just to get some well desrved rest.We're getting hunter recruitment from somewhere,at least in my little part of the world.
Dave
 
I leave next week for a Mountain Goat hunt. I've always wanted one, have tried unsuccessfully before, but have high hopes this time. Now that I've turned 60 I want to get one before I get too old to climb the hills.
 
X2 on the Goat Hunt, Looking for another Billy, rounded 50 yrs. this year, 10 less the Porky, body hurts all over just thinking about it already. May take a buck if any 4 pts. jump out in front of us in the alpine!
Then the rest of the season is Deer and Bears.
HT
 
ive all but given up hunting over the last few years. I much prefer beef to any wild game and I was throwing alot of game away after being in the freezer too long.

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Fill the dam tub!
 
Heading up Tuesday am with my son for his anual youth hunt.....

Then October for my deer hunt.... sure miss moose hunting, but not having an LEH since 96 keeps me closer to home!

Mike
 
Stopped in Kamloops at the Moment. Went for my anual early season moose hunt on the Alaskan Highway. Got our 2 immature bulls in short order and one nice 4 yr old black bear. The moose population is looking great. Scouted for some goats and sheep for a few buddies. Looking pretty darn slim from what I can tell. I know a guy when was up near Nelson and said it was horrid. I hope all of you who are going for sheep and goat have some success!

Im waiting till wednesday when bow deer season opens here in Kamloops. It will be my first ever bow hunt! Ive been scouting this one 5x5 mulie. Hes an absolute hog! Hope I see him opening morning:D

Will post pics when I return to Vic on the 8th!

Good Luck to all!

PLeasman- if you can get yourself to the Pink Mountain area for the aug 15th opening you can take any bull without LEH!

IFL- Are you in victoria? Id love for you to try some of the moose I got this year, its like eating veal! Ive never had a bad early Aug moose from northern BC! But have had some horrible october bulls!

-Steve
 
Hoping to get out this year for the first time since '05. Always bought a licence though. Probably more for birds and maybe a deer if one staggers out in front of me but since it's been a while and I'm new to the CR area I want to get my bush-legs back before I dive in again.

At least the wife and son may be getting the PAL and Core training this year.

Nice post Cuba, you have my support.

Extinction is Forever
 
I hear ya B-blaster. I once took about 8/yrs off from hunting back in the late 80's and when I finally got out again I realized then how much I missed it and vowed that I would do all I could to get out every year.

For me, time in the bush is better than any prescribed therapy known to man. It's a time of getting back in touch with what it really means to be a human, a time of rejuvenation, endless laughter, eating like a king, and bearing witness to the awesome beauty and spectacle that is Mother Nature.

"Some could care less if there's any fish left for our kids!"
 
I totally agree Little Hawk, I too took 9 years off and will not do so again. There is no rush like grunting a bull moose into 50 yards, or stalking a trophy deer from 1 mile away.
With me its not the killing that is a rush, its the before and after, just like hooking a big hog, the excitement during the fight and the high fives after netting it, not bonking it on the head.
 
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