fort st john Deer.

[pappy]

You can gete maps in f.s.j. at McElhenney's that show crown and private land. there not cheap, there over two hundred bucks. its good to have when theres lots of farms around.

[brewski]

Thinking of heading up to the upper/lower Cache creek area to chase some Deer.Does anyone know how the access is to crown land in that area,need a spot to set up a wall tent.Any insight would be great.Thanks.

Lived and hunted this area for 30 years. with that said there are no wild deer on the upper or lower cache creek area. they all belong to the farmers. They are very protective of THEIR deer and very seldom will let others harvest them

[hunter fisher]

so where does a guy go for good crown land around fsj?

[natebavis]

Taylor , Braden road has easy access to crown. Seen moose/deer/elk .Hudson Hope, not to far from john

[Angus]

so where does a guy go for good crown land around fsj?

As mentioned there's plenty of Crown land accessed off the Braden, Septimus, Sanataa Roads to the southwest of FSJ. For most areas,you don't specifically need the big, expensive laminated map book. If there's a specific area you want to hunt, head to McElhanney in FSJ (250.787.0356) and request a specific area map. Just need to know what companies (oil and gas) are operating/developing those areas, or for better widespread coverage, go with a pipeline company (Pembina, etc.). Just ask what are the most recent maps for certain areas, and they will illustrate Crown and Private lands.

But be aware that a lot of Crown land is tied up with grazing leases, and the ranchers will have there cattle legally on there until October 15th (I believe), and typically still rounding them up until the end of October.

[f350ps]

so where does a guy go for good crown land around fsj?

I've got the map book from McElhenneys that shows all the crown and private. It even tells you who owns the private land, although that doesn't mean you can find where they live as we found out. Call me if ya want to borrow it! K

[BRvalley]

I believe the sanataa is part of the sunset community pasture and posted no hunting till oct 31, not sure on the boundaries...nov is big with the road warriors, lots of industry traffic as well