BCWF gives hunters the middle finger

[Fella]

anyone else just a little bit pissed that the fed is partnering with Raincoast?

[300rum700]

No not really. It's time all conservation agencies in BC start seeing eye to eye.

[Scotty76]

YES, and no... sometimes you have to partner with the enemy on some issues, doesn’t mean that they fully support everything they do? All I see on forums and on Facebook is fighting and pointing fingers at each other (hunters/ hunting groups) we will keep falling behind if we don’t set some of our differences aside and work together (I don’t support raincoast/ pacific wild/ or any of those “conservation” groups) We should work together as hunters and outdoorsmen. The BCWF, BHA, and I have faith in safari club international, need to come together. Stop with the BS drama. I bet someone is going to chew me out on even this. Good for the BCWF and BHA hosting a caribou movie and talk in region 2 the other day. Who else is doing those things? Ya I also fully support Steve and the war on wolfs. He’s the one who inspired me to get my trapping license. Everyone has different opinions and ways of helping hunting. Let’s support each other? **** I sound like a hippy mother trying to get help the cousins get along.

[Redthies]

How do you see that as “giving hunters the middle finger”? There is nothing to do with hunting, and keeping developers from building on wildspace is the absolute opposite of what you’re saying.

There is a fine line between the true hunter/woodsman and the environmentalist. People who hunt are interested in preserving wild spaces and getting away from the crush of the city and large population centers. Same goes for environmentalists. The only difference is, we as hunters want to (hopefully in a respectful manor) harvest the bounty of the wild spaces whereas environmentalists prefer to get their protein from tofu grown on former South American rainforest lands.

[303savage]

environmentalists prefer to get their protein from tofu grown on former South American rainforest lands

TOFU is made not grown

[adriaticum]

That's politics. Sometimes you have to align with organizations you don't agree with if the goal is the same.

[POPS]

That's politics. Sometimes you have to align with organizations you don't agree with if the goal is the same.

I think FESTUS on ''GUNSMOKE'' visited on that very subject,just to study that particular study...GOOD POST!!!

[Deaddog]

Bottom line is the individual with the massive ego ( paid staff ) would rather work with raincoats and mid level bureaucrats than stakeholders of same mind . Ask yourself why the executive of the fed was unaware of the attack on cattleman and I will bet we’re not aware of joing with raincoast ( which by the way may be a good move to solve that particular issue ). Bottom line is hunters are no longer in charge of the fed, and we can excpect more of back door goat bullshit as we continue

[bearvalley]

In a few words why dont you tell BC hunters what is going on?

Is this few enough words for you.......

..........back door goat bullshit

[Ourea]

The media attention this will gain for conservation of habitat is a good thing.
I am sure the Fed will benefit as a result.

It is a simple reality that you have commonalities with your foes.

Having said that, on the hunting front it is no mystery there is quite a wedge.
Perhaps some limited partnerships on shared core value initiatives may allow for more tolerance from some of these groups with respects to our hunting heritage.

Reality is these groups are far better organized and far more savy on messaging.