Regulations 2020-2022

[hawk-i]

I read the cell trail cam one as saying you can't use it for fall hunting between those dates.
Seems pretty clear to me...

And a step in the right direction!

[Island Idiots]

I wonder if once the greens are not part of a minority govt and the ndp
had a majority if regulations based on science would return. Doubt it but the liberals will not win the next election. All I can hope for is a majority NDP gov at
this point.

[KodiakHntr]

Am I the only person bummed out that it is no longer legal to hunt a big game animal with anything other than a rifle, shotgun, muzzle loader or bow? I am actually serious... hear me out.

I mean, admittedly I can't even kill a deer with a rifle to save my life, but I always liked the idea of spear hunting some day. Now this is no longer a legal possibility.

Was spear hunting that much of a problem that animals were actually being injured / lost / wasted?

I wrote in about this regulation change requesting any sort of data supporting a need for the change. Never received a reply, so I am guessing the answer is just more feel-good political pandering (ie: make people thing there is a problem... bambi suffering... make being think you saved bambi... win votes, yay)

Fairly certain you nailed it. For me, spring black bears are the ultimate spear hunting game animal.
Spears are ridiculously effective when you think of them like ultra short range archery tackle.

[huntingfamily]

I wonder if once the greens are not part of a minority govt and the ndp
had a majority if regulations based on science would return. Doubt it but the liberals will not win the next election. All I can hope for is a majority NDP gov at
this point.

Gawd that's depressing...

[Island Idiots]

It’s very depressing. Soon BC will be a hunting no go zone. Time to jump
on the train going east.

[barongan]

thanks for sharing, very helpfull

[j270wsm]

[QUOTE=rocksteady;2185396]No, i am saying it was put there legally, prior to the new reg, so it was legal then, and probably still us now, as long as no more salt is added.[/QUOTE

BUT OFFICER.....” I bought that pot when it was legal “. Why are you confiscating it and charging me??

It will be the same argument if your caught hunting over bait no matter when or who placed it.

[rocksteady]

[QUOTE=j270wsm;2185668]

No, i am saying it was put there legally, prior to the new reg, so it was legal then, and probably still us now, as long as no more salt is added.[/QUOTE

BUT OFFICER.....” I bought that pot when it was legal “. Why are you confiscating it and charging me??

It will be the same argument if your caught hunting over bait no matter when or who placed it.

Hunting over bait for ungulates is legal.

[nelsonob1]

[QUOTE=j270wsm;2185668]

No, i am saying it was put there legally, prior to the new reg, so it was legal then, and probably still us now, as long as no more salt is added.[/QUOTE

BUT OFFICER.....” I bought that pot when it was legal “. Why are you confiscating it and charging me??

It will be the same argument if your caught hunting over bait no matter when or who placed it.

That analogy is not correct. The rule does not speak to hunting. It speaks to baiting. There is no rule against hunting over bait. There is a rule starting July 1, 2020 on placing bait.

There is no ambiguity in this. The rule says what it says and you can't be prosecuted because of what you may have lawfully done in the past or someone else has illegally done in the present.

[huntingfamily]

If it is illegal to bait, how can you hunt over bait?
If there is bait and you are hunting over it, I'd say you're pooched.