Those of you who like shooting the end of 64th street in Boundary Bay please take a moment and consider this:

While unpacking after a fair day of hunting in the parking lot we were met by one of the residents of the gated house that is right next to the dyke. While our conversation was cordial he had this to say:

1. He either owns or knows the owner of the house to the east which has the pond next to the Howeling Nursery and he claims they spend $100k a year to replace windows due to shot

2. He claimed that a lady on the dyke that day had been yelling at hunters because she said she had been rained on by shot

3. He said because authorities have been unable to enforce the 150m shooting away from the dyke rule and hunters themselves have not been policing themselves, that he is pushing for a ban on hunting in the section adjacent to that property.

While we ourselves could only speak for our own behaviour - we had to admit that we've seen our share of unethical hunters. In fact coming out that day I had to clean up a couple spots where hunters in the usual places - had just left their carcasses and spent hulls all over the ground.

That resident said several times he wasn't against hunting but said that bad hunters are going to screw it up for us.

This comes as no surprise. We might shake our heads at unethical behaviour but in the end, some bad apples are going to result in bans such as this.

NOTE on the Fraser Valley Special Area map where it says you must be at least 180m before you can take shots toward the shore. And it is 150m away from the dyke before you can take any shots whatsoever.
http://wwwt.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlif.../FVSAH2015.pdf



If you see hunters who are out of bounds, calling the Conservation Office is only going to help if they happen to be in the area. You have to go have words with them.

That stretch of foreshore is quite productive for public land that is so accessible. It will be a shame if it goes away.