GOS moose in Region 5

[rageous]

What scientific wildlife management decision is there for no GOS immature bull moose season in region 5?

[RyoTHC]

You like to chase unicorns? ^^

[chinooker]

The same one that shutdown GoS in 7b. They had spike fork season for one year, way back.
The outcry from the Indians shut it down.

[dakoda62]

Indians will never allow a GOS.

[wideopenthrottle]

is that one of the areas where most bulls get 3 tines in their second year....we got a 2x2 out of an area where i was told only 1 in 6 will have less than 3...not sure if it is genetics or nutrition or BS but that is what i was told about the area we were in....supposedly came from a biologist????

[250 sav]

The same one that shutdown GoS in 7b. They had spike fork season for one year, way back.
The outcry from the Indians shut it down.

Exactly politics not science

[srupp]

actually not as rare as one supposes..usually see at least 1 each year.
native bullshit supresses all hunting here..
steven

[randymac]

Used to go moose hunting GOS in region 5 with my buddies when we were all younger and dumber. Then region 5 went Leh with no gos even for spike fork. This was an earlier example of the government (liberal at that time?) selling out us OWG's

[HappyJack]

Same goes for the atv/orv ban in Region 5 areas, doesn't seem to be any reason, if you can road hunt with a truck why not with an atv?

[Bigdoggdon]

Region 5 used to have a week long any bull GOS that shut down in the late 90's and went to LEH only. In 2004 they brought back a spike/fork GOS . However there were mass protests and blockades by local first Nations. There were reports of some hunters being forced to cut their tag (without a harvest) at gunpoint.
After a week or so of unrest the government shut down the opening mid season and haven't entertained the notion of opening up a GOS in region 5 since