Your Sheep Hunting Days Are Done!!

[willyqbc]

Resident hunters are allocated only 67 rams per year (37%), out of an Annual Allowable Harvest of 181 rams for all of 7B. The fact that BC residents have historically harvested almost 50% of the sheep in past years obviously means nothing.

I have to think there is some misinformation here...Allocation policy states we will have a minimum of 50% share on any category A species in a region

from the policy

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TEP 4 – MINIMUM SHARES

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A) RESIDENT HUNTER MINIMUM SHARE

If, for any reason, the above steps lead to an allocation decision in which resident hunters are allocated
less than a 50% share of a category A species allocation in a region, the Director shall increase the
resident share of the AAH to 50% and decrease the guide outfitter share accordingly.

Chris

[Gateholio]

We need some official documentation on this before everyone goes off half cocked...

Wait for th eofficial stuff, and then if it is true, we need to blast our MLAs.

Just wait for the official word...

[TPK]

Seems that enough folks are hearing the same thing, I'm assuming it is correct.

[The Hermit]

As I understand it the G/O may only take a maximum of 25% of the five year allocation in any given year.

The policy does limit the G/O share to a max of 50%. Where did you get this information 40incher?

[Mr. Dean]

I thought I read something about three years of harvest in one year...

[Gateholio]

Here are some graphs I was sent to post:

[wetcoasthunter]

Excuse my ignorance here guys, not too familiar with the sheep hunting. As resident hunters do you have to notify the ministry if you were successful? If not how can these numbers mean anything?

[bigwhiteys]

Wetcoaster,

If you shoot a ram it must go in for compulsory inspection and the horn will be plugged with an ID. It wasn't always this way but it is now.

Happy Hunting!
Carl

[40incher]

Unfortunately, this decision has in fact been made. Just phone MOE in Ft. St. John.

The promised 50% (and more recently 60%) minimums mean nothing, as everyone will see. As usual, resident hunters will get the short end.

MOE publicly stated that we should not worry because the starting point would be 75/25, leading the less jaded to think this new policy was OK. Then they said the allocation split for 2007 to 2012 would be 60/40 in favor of BC resident sheep hunters in 7B (not 40/60 as some would like us to believe), and 55/45 in Region 6.

So go ahead and call MOE, followed by your MLA.

[Mr. Dean]

So go ahead and call MOE, followed by your MLA.

Find your MLA using this: http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm