triplenickel
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Would be nice to see this attitude towards all these tame deer running around our small community's.
I joke with buddies that come hunting season I'm just going to use an apple and a hammer in the back yard. Lol
Would be nice to see this attitude towards all these tame deer running around our small community's.
I find the results of that poll a little surprising. Before I would consider the results of the poll even semi valid I would have to see how the poll question was worded. Considering the poll was paid for by the Commercial Bear Viewing Association, I have a suspicion the question was carefully crafted to get the kind of poll results they were paying for to support their businesses. Many polls are designed with ambiguous or slanted wording to get a high percentage of respondents to vote the way the organization paying for the poll desires. Many polls are not worded in a straightforward or concise manner. For me to take this polls results as valid I would have to see exactly how the question was worded. Any polls results can be skewed simply by the way the question is framed. I'm not saying that was the case here, but that is often the way organizations with an agenda to push get the results they want. They often tailor the poll question in their favor, to claim they have a higher degree of support than they really have. I don't know if that was the case with this poll, but I am a little skeptical of the results.NOT MY OPINION but here's an article copied from castanets news service about this topic:
No divide on grizzly hunt
Photo: The Canadian Press
David Wylie - Mar 30 10:23 am
A new poll finds most rural British Columbians oppose the trophy hunting of grizzly bears.
The telephone poll conducted in January by Insights West found 74 per cent of voters "in five rural ridings with strong hunting traditions are opposed to the trophy grizzly hunt."
"This poll categorically shows that there is no urban-rural divide on the issue of grizzly trophy hunting, something that has been asserted endlessly by politicians," says Julius Strauss of the Commercial Bear Viewing Association.
"British Columbians want an end to trophy hunting by a clear majority, even in deeply rural ridings with strong hunting traditions. It's time government policy reflected that reality."
Those who oppose trophy hunting of grizzly bears stands at 81 per cent in Kamloops North Thompson, 79 per cent in Boundary Similkameen, 78 per cent in Fraser Nicola, 66 per cent in Cariboo North and 65 per cent in Kootenay East.
"Few voters who cast a ballot for either of the two major provincial parties in 2013 are satisfied with the status quo on grizzly trophy hunting," says Mario Canseco, vice-president, public affairs at Insights West. "Voicing support for the current state of affairs is not bound to be a winner with voters at their doorstep."
The poll conducted on behalf of the Commercial Bear Viewing Association conducted from Jan. 24 to Jan. 31 has a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percentage points.
AGAIN NOT MY OPINION just an interesting article.
Has anyone seen this new doc called "The Grizzly Truth"? I have not yet but do plan to watch it next week at some point
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thegrizzlytruth
Based on the trailer is seems to address a lot of the issues surrounding the grizzly bear hunt in BC so should be worthwhile viewing for open minds on either side of the issue.
...Based on the trailer is seems to address a lot of the issues surrounding the grizzly bear hunt in BC so should be worthwhile viewing for open minds on either side of the issue.
I find the results of that poll a little surprising.
Hugger Propaganda disguised as "informational".
Sorry - I personally know of couple of the contributors.
And from that, I can cite the story line without ever seeing it.
Suggest if you do watch it, keep in mind exactly where these anti's are coming from...
... On the grizzly topic specifically, I hear from outfitters and BCWF people that the BC populations (and the hunt) are sustainable and I hear from groups like Grizzly Bear Foundation and Pacific Wild that the hunt is contributing factor to the BC Grizzly Bear demise.
I am personally against the hunt of any animal large or small, cute or ugly, that will negatively effect ecosystems or will jeopardize sustainable populations of that species.
Lastly, please do not kid yourself and try to convince others that the reason you hunt grizzlies is the same reason you catch salmon.
Sadly we stretch nets across the spawning rivers which is IMHO the same as using CIL Wobblers.Like I said - If the excuse is "making money" - it seems bear viewing generates more income/tax. As for the "science" - do we really need to do a grizzly cull?
We institute cultural values into our resource management all the time. We could simply dynamite and snag fish - it'd be a more effective way of getting fish. Why don't we?
... Having said that - I don't believe trophy hunting is respectful neither - and as far as I can see - not necessary.
Correct me if I am wrong but given declining numbers of resident grizzly hunters isn't trophy hunting simply a management tool that happens to put a few bucks into the economy.
Ban trophy hunting and our tax dollars will end up paying someone to hunt them in order to manage their numbers.
Political popularity and scientific fish and game management do not go hand in hand. Leaders need brass balls or ovaries and that is in short supply. They act according to which way the wind (polls) blow.