hey trapman:Hunter4life223 and Panhead I think we all know Gcreek is not a wolf hugging anti, his letter that was submitted awhile back was great ,maybe its in the way his thoughts are delivered. I do not personally know Gcreek but spending my younger years growing up in the Chilcotins ,I can see him being a very hard working rancher getting on in his years and being a little stuck in his ways like a lot of use are. When people are attacked, I know thats a harsh word but calling some one a lair ,scammer or a fake takes things to another level which we should not be going and we have all done it sometime in our life .Gcreek you always bring up the money and you cant believe its not about the money. Well I am hear to tell you its not ,point in case. There are 2 main groups that target wolf Trappers with private lines and LPP trappers. I have chosen to trap wolves for myself not for the cattleman's association, my reasons are as follows
1- I can trap anywhere in the province where wolves are having a effect on unguents (permission must be given by trapline owner )
2- we do not have all the red tape involved in trapping wolves as the LPP program does
3- I can try to help mitigate a wolf problem before it becomes a problem
4- I miss the old days of great hunting in our great province
That's why I trap wolves for myself
I could be wrong and I am sure someone will tell me if I am the LPP trappers can not do this
1- A LPP trapper is a business person , there is a problem they have the skill to solve the problem and the get paid for what they do
2- there must be a proven incident between livestock and wolves before the can start trapping
Is there a place for both of us ,hell ya we are both trying to solve the same problem , LPP TRAPPERS PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY the way we are doing it more for growing ungulate so we have more opportunity to hunt and show our kids what hunting is all about . For you it is a buisness to earn money and believe me at 750 per wolf you are not getting rich , I know how much work goes into each wolf my hat is off to you .
In closing I would like to thank everyone for their words of encouragement ,pat's on the back and what was donated to me. This season I received $1250.00 , $200 in gas cards and $50 in timmys cards. and here is were it was spent.
- $200 to my son , 11 trips to the trap line hauling bait (told everyone in his grad 8 class he was a professional wolf trapper because he was paid)
- $668.31 for snaring supplies
- $200 for fuel ( I threw in the other $1800 or so )
- $200 to lease a trapline for the purpose of trapping wolves
- timmy cards while they didn't last long
So we still have $181.69 in the bank for the start of next year
11 wolves divided by $1068.31= $97.11 per wolf
Sure hope you think you got your moneys worth
thanks for the summary; covers the waterfront
chris
ps. next year please allocate some of my $$ to a well deserved beer (and hot chocky for the young man)