Quote Originally Posted by bighornbob View Post
One of the main reasons Nevada banned trail cameras?

Since 2010, trail cameras have been a topic of discussion in Nevada. The regulation was discussed in dozens of open meetings, including County Advisory Boards to Manage Wildlife, the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commission, and the Legislative Commission. The use of trail cameras, the technology associated with them, and the issues surrounding the use of them have all continued to escalate.
Proponents of the regulation raised several significant issues of concern including the growing commercialization of animal location data. New internet businesses have begun buying and selling GPS location data of animals captured on trail cameras. Also, saturating all or most available water sources with trail cameras in a hunt unit not only disrupts the animals ability to obtain water as camera owners come and go from waters that have as many as 25 or more cameras, but also creates hunter congestion and hunter competition issues. The accessibility to our public lands combined with our wildlife’s dependence on our extremely limited water sources make for some real challenges for both wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts. Proponents of the regulation were quick to point out that whether enhanced, protected, or human created water sources (guzzlers), the waters’ primary purpose is to assist in herd health and herd growth, not for placement of a technological device at an animal concentration site that potentially makes it easier to kill trophy animals.

That being said, i can see why they banned them. Different area different problems. One has to look at each area and assess what makes sense for that area. None of those concerns apply to BC. If we want to start comparing rules and regs of our neighbors. Alberta and Sakatchewan allow baiting of bears but we dont. Should we allow baiting because they do, or should they ban it because we have.

BHB
X2 ... well said sir.

If you follow American hunters at all on Instagram you will see how insane wildlife hunting, photographing, watching is down there, not to mention shed hunting.

They have people that do nothing but shed hunt with special Instagram accounts dedicated just for that. They travel from state to state hitting wintering grounds and picking up sheds. So much so, that they have it banned in certain states until late spring when the animals are likely to have left the area and wont be disturbed.

Its popular even in areas that are draw only as people like to get footage of animals in hopes they will draw a tag.

How many full time mule deer photographers or shed hunters do we have in BC? Do you know a single person who exclusively shed hunts?

I dont. It's simply a different place with different culture and practices and a significantly higher population than up here.