What would you ask a Conservation Officer

[Silvercore]

Thank you for all the suggestions. I will incorporate them into the podcast as best I can. I’m really looking forward to this one!

[MRP]

60 years of hunting and only seen a CO 4 or 5 times while out hunting.
But if you get to ask them that make up the laws, then I'll have lots questions.
Good luck on the podcast.

[Bugle M In]

Let us know when it’s on

[high horse Hal]

"Are you getting enough NDP support in the fight against invasive mussels from getting into and destroying our waterways"


are you getting enough ndp support for anything?


How often are you required to act as a peace officer instead of as a wildlife conservation officer?
What portion of your day is environment vs wildlife?


these guys have such a large umbrella over what they have for tasks, its amazing they even want to go to work in the mornings

[300H&H]

I would ask....
If I was hunting and killed a moose but only took the loins...would I get a fine or loose my gun and hunting privileges ?
If this is so, WHY do you not also treat First Nation hunters the same ?

A little back ground to my question...
I was hunting close to Meritt on a FSR, and saw a truck approaching...we both stopped and talked about what we have seen.
He told me he stopped and talked to a truck with 4 FN hunters from the LML. They boasted they had killed 4 moose that morning. He looked in the bed of the truck and saw 2 hind quarters.
When asked where the rest was, they said the rest is for the coyotes.

[Silvercore]

Silvercore Podcast 112 is set to release Tuesday Sept 12. Many of the questions posed here and elsewhere were asked. The CO, a friend, is an army vet, member of the Ojibwe Bear Clan and an all around great person. Given his background, he has a very unique perspective. This episode marks the first time a CO (at least in BC, perhaps Canada) has done a podcast and answered questions from the public. Thank you for helping with this project.

Travis Bader

[caddisguy]

Silvercore Podcast 112 is set to release Tuesday Sept 12. Many of the questions posed here and elsewhere were asked. The CO, a friend, is an army vet, member of the Ojibwe Bear Clan and an all around great person. Given his background, he has a very unique perspective. This episode marks the first time a CO (at least in BC, perhaps Canada) has done a podcast and answered questions from the public. Thank you for helping with this project.

Travis Bader

Looking forward to that. Thank you Travis for putting these together and engaging HBC members.

[Silvercore]

Looking forward to that. Thank you Travis for putting these together and engaging HBC members.

If the reception to this podcast is well received by the public and CO service, I will be recording another with a deeper dive into specific questions. Any help from the listeners to share and help promote this episode in a positive way will help a great deal to seeing this as a reality.

[elch jager]

Had a nice chat with CO Chaytor in Region 3, spring a couple seasons back.

He was the kind of guy that you would be happy to have around your campfire and pick his brain for hours.
Avid hunter - very experienced and happy to share advice. Very professional, and a really nice guy.

# 1 call he gets is for problem Grizzly

#1 charge he delivers is illegal possession of black bear galls and penis...

We did not talk about the issue of FN abuses... but avoiding comment was as good as saying it is a big issue that frustrates the CO service.

[Bugle M In]

Yup, the CO’s can’t comment on the FN issues publicly or give their personal opinion.
Unless you are good friends with them they won’t talk.
But yes, the lack of comment says it all.
Same when I talked to a R3 salmon Bio.
He didn’t want to talk about his thoughts either.
Buy when I brought up the Skeena closure of the past, he finally broke and and totally “political”!