Leh is out

[monasheemountainman]

Check your grizz applications

[srupp]

Hmmm well timed Ben.im already getting phone calls from successful tag winners.
Congrads to all.
Cheers
Srupp

[monasheemountainman]

No tag for me but good luck to the rest of you lucky sob's

[butcher]

Dallfreakinsheep 6-29 yahoo!!

[WesHarm]

Grats butcher!!!!

[Fisher-Dude]

I guess I will be working up a load for those 200 grain A-frames in my cupboard. ;)

[monasheemountainman]

I guess I will be working up a load for those 200 grain A-frames in my cupboard. ;)

Congrats what region?

[monasheemountainman]

Dallfreakinsheep 6-29 yahoo!!
Congrats! Love to do that hunt someday

[willyqbc]

5-15B draw for me! We have a place out at Quesnel lake so its pretty handy to hop in the boat and head up the north arm!!

Chris

[sako79]

Nothing for me congrats to all the successful

[horshur]

Dallfreakinsheep 6-29 yahoo!!

Congrats Geoff.good luck.

[todbartell]

Got drawn 6-16B Meziadin. Where is that? :mrgreen:

[leadpillproductions]

0 for 4 in our house

[Buck]

Looks like spring fishing for me drat

[Fisher-Dude]

Congrats what region?

Kootenays.

[Ltbullken]

Drew griz!! Time to check zero on the 168 gr TSX! Hopefully my foot heals up in time!! :-0

[Brew]

I can't seem to find out where the results are. I signed in but can't seem to find where to go to check.

Figured it out.

NIL

[Good2bCanadian]

Yeeeehaaaa!

Our group of 5 have 2 draws and 2 unsuccessful so far. Just waiting to hear on the 5th guy.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

I can't seem to find out where the results are. I signed in but can't seem to find where to go to check

Click on 'LEH History'.
Left side near bottom

[swampthing]

Got mine too. Good thing, hunt is already planned!!

[Bear Brawler]

I got skunked, boo hoo.

[Seth]

Sweet f*ck all for my group. NDP better not ruin my future chances!

[Dougielightning]

One for me and one for my daughter. Gonna have to pull up our big boy/ girl pants lol. Best of luck to the rest of you

[Rackmastr]

Dallfreakinsheep 6-29 yahoo!!

Wow....awesome man!!

[Rackmastr]

Drew a Region 4 Grizz tag by Revelstoke, super excited!

[moosinaround]

I got mine, 7-23c, my son got his, 7-39! Gonna burn some fuel this spring I guess! Long ways up north for a grizz, but they are there! Bring on the 2017 adventures!! Hopefully the ole 375 will bark! Moosin

[KevinN]

Drawn 5-08C. Pretty excited.

[Wild one]

Drew grizz no bow this round now the ? Muzzleloader or rifle

maybe just bring both

[Cat catcher]

Drew a sheep and grizzly, I need to buy a lotto ticket.

[Trekker]

Monashee Grizz for me woot

[palmer]

4-01....Here we come...lets hope the snow melts fast

[Rackmastr]

4-01....Here we come...lets hope the snow melts fast

What a tag to have!!

[palmer]

What a tag to have!!

We have two Myself and my daughter

[j270wsm]

4-01....Here we come...lets hope the snow melts fast

melting like crazy over in the elk valley

[604ksmith]

Grizz in 7-38, Sheep in 6-20A !!

[Rackmastr]

Grizz in 7-38, Sheep in 6-20A !!

Fun area to hunt grizz in for sure, good luck with both tags!!

[2chodi]

So, one week from the submission deadline to the draw completion — sounds like a success to me.

[604ksmith]

Fun area to hunt grizz in for sure, good luck with both tags!!

Thanks, now I have to plan to get it done!

[604ksmith]

So, one week from the submission deadline to the draw completion — sounds like a success to me.

Absolutely! Much improved.

[Wild one]

So, one week from the submission deadline to the draw completion — sounds like a success to me.

It was a shock to hear they were out figured it would be early March

[Wentrot]

3-37 which also includes 3-42. Total noob to this game but figured I had nothing to lose by putting in. Happy to be drawn!

[Ride Red]

SFA for me. Good luck to those drawn.

[Kopper]

Monashee Grizz for me woot
Cool draw to have. Good luck.
Really digging the online leh, super easy to do and clearly efficient.
7-54 for this guy. Saw too many in the fall, hopefully that holds for the spring.

[snipersights]

Well no luck this year. I wish all of you the best and hope the ndp doesn't screw it up in the future. Guess I'm gonna have to go out and shoot some cougars this weekend to make up for it. Best wishes men and ladies give em hell.

[Bigbruin]

Is there a link?

[swampthing]

Cool draw to have. Good luck.
Really digging the online leh, super easy to do and clearly efficient.
7-54 for this guy. Saw too many in the fall, hopefully that holds for the spring.

you must be a computer rocket science dude. I was ready to climb a tower with a rifle by the time I figured all that crap out! Very stressful for a "pen n paper guy".

[Wild one]

you must be a computer rocket science dude. I was ready to climb a tower with a rifle by the time I figured all that crap out! Very stressful for a "pen n paper guy".

Its less stressful to get the wife to check for me lol

Try it less swearing involved and nothing gets broken

[dellis]

Drew a grizz tag. Be packing the single shot 45-70 with 500 grain cast bullets:)



Darcy

[xfactor]

Got it! 7-52...any one care to share intel;)

[untilthelastbeat]

5-15 c for me. Stoked!

[Bigbruin]

Got it figured out. Spatsizi Sheep for this dog!

[calvin L]

Well time to dial in the bow . I drew a g bear tag in reg 4

[HarryToolips]

Wahoo I drew for griz region 3-35/3-36....dumb question: they must still be sending us a paper authorization?

[Brno22F]

2016 was my lucky year.
so far 2017 is a bust.

[325]

I'm going grizzly hunting again!!

[Surrey Boy]

Congratulations to all LEH winners!

I don't apply because it means more to you than it does to me, so I hope you all enjoy your hunts.

Grizzly and goat photos are much admired by this HBCer.

[bcshadow]

I am in shock..... just checked and have been drawn for a hunt in 5-15d in a year with significantly lower permit allocations compared to last Spring.

[blu-nsr]

Congrats to everybody who has pulled tags so far!! Just wondering, has anybody else had trouble with the BC hunting website? I've been trying to check all day and it just keeps going to error!!!

[SaintSix]

No luck for this guy. Going to have to sit back and admire the photos coming in this spring. Maybe go poke a Blacky with bow? Good luck to all who drew a tag!

[DDD]

Heading up Quesnel Lk as well.

[Caribou_lou]

Congrats to everybody who has pulled tags so far!! Just wondering, has anybody else had trouble with the BC hunting website? I've been trying to check all day and it just keeps going to error!!!

don't they send results to your email?

[srupp]

Hmmm been waiting..my hunting partner drew the coveted Cariboo highlands grizzly tag..Hmmm mm. ..

Srupp

[Steelpulse]

3-37 which also includes 3-42. Total noob to this game but figured I had nothing to lose by putting in. Happy to be drawn!

I didn't get that draw Adams lake nice area, we had a pretty good plan of attack, mostly the very north of the region I think is going to have best populations of grizz. We regularly hunt 37 it would be uncommon for a grizz down there. Good luck

[Steelpulse]

Also drew my first sheep in atlin 625D pretty stoked, looks like some other open seasons as well will be fun, a good google earth session tonight

[srupp]

Some nice bears have come out of there.
Srupp

[604redneck]

I drew grizz for the 3rd year in 5 in region 4. Can't wait to get out there with monasheemountainman and a few others. This year old growly is mine.

[monasheemountainman]

Ol growly is gonna get it bud

[shortrange]

No spring grizz for me. Good hunting to the winners in the LEH.

[roymil]

So fish man you leaving the heat at home and bowing it?

[Headsup]

Saw a hog of a grizz, up there last spring black bear hunting.

[toad]

6-20 sheep

[bacon_overlord]

3-37 which also includes 3-42. Total noob to this game but figured I had nothing to lose by putting in. Happy to be drawn!

Got same draw.. from what Intel I've heard lots of action up there and in the Tum Tum behind Adams.
Better get my 175 partitions cranked up and dialed in!

[Wentrot]

Got same draw.. from what Intel I've heard lots of action up there and in the Tum Tum behind Adams.
Better get my 175 partitions cranked up and dialed in!

Seems to be what I have heard thus far as well. Tum tum lake area.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Dallfreakinsheep 6-29 yahoo!!

Congrats!! You stole my draw you $#@%^&&^&!!:D
I'm sure you'll make it count!!

[northof49]

None for me....good luck to others tho

[pg83]

Saving my luck for a Rosie!

Congrats to all.

[Darksith]

nadda :(
At least the wife will be happy lol...wanted to save it for the fall anyway

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Well time to dial in the bow . I drew a g bear tag in reg 4

Cool!!
I'll get the 'Skull Smasher' dialed in!!

[cbarclay]

Wahoo I drew for griz region 3-35/3-36....dumb question: they must still be sending us a paper authorization?

I was trying for that draw! Best of luck to you.


And yes, they still send the paper authorization as you need that along with your annual license and species tag while hunting.

[Xenomorph]

I'm in disbelief, I've been drawn.

[Xenomorph]

Drew griz!! Time to check zero on the 168 gr TSX! Hopefully my foot heals up in time!! :-0

Congrats man, same here.

[longrifle]

NIL hunter...

;)

'rifle

[shaner338]

3 out of 3 caribou mtns.

[srupp]

3 out of 3 caribou mtns.

Hmmm going to be a extremely crowded zone this spring....yikes..
Srupp

[shaner338]

Yes, sounds like it will be a busy area for sure.
Probably the busiest it's ever been....
I guess we should know that by the amount of authorizations. Lol

[Drillbit]

I am in shock..... just checked and have been drawn for a hunt in 5-15d in a year with significantly lower permit allocations compared to last Spring.

Me too.

See ya out there!

[srupp]

Yes, sounds like it will be a busy area for sure.
Probably the busiest it's ever been....
I guess we should know that by the amount of authorizations. Lol

Hmmmm was really surprised in a way on the increased allocations..on one hand the harvest success rate is high..and anecdotal evidence is of extremely high bear populations..encounters as well as some incredible ages of harvested bears..26..27..28 ..29..30 year old grizzly ...however with potential for 30 feet of snow in places..it makes the hunting seasons short..while bears ..some bears out in late April..access is very limited..some areas have lots of bears but limited hunter interest in hauling a 200 pound skull..hide..paws out 8 to 10 km. The outfitter limits his area and is predictable. ..
A few areas are really sleepers up in Bettis old area..couple areas one can drive a car set up a chair and spot bears..others require a small boat nearer Ghost lake itself .
The very northern part of the zone gets very limited pressure..yet has the most access..and plenty of bears. .size may be slightly smaller on average.
One area will be a mere 10 km from where numerous groups will jockey for position, and try and outdo the outfitter..yet the other area will certainly have 6..or more bears in each of 4 valleys..and no hunters..
These overlooked, seldom talked about..and even less hunted areas hold bears dying of old age..no one seems to go for gold.
The last crew were in the valley for under 3 days..and did left because there were too many grizzlies..and felt it was too dangerous..they connected a few days and valleys later..lol.
Hint look at the area and look for areas you havnt heard anyone talk about...pretty much every creek river on Quesnel will hold spring bears..as will every vally up over Cunningham pass.every one.
Across from Mae ford lake..Kimball..Black Stewart.
Should be no reason for one or 2 hunters to connect with 25 year old bruins...9 foot interior bears..however these ancient monarchs..need years to get that old..that doesn't happen in the heavily hit areas..
Best of luck to all grizzly hunters..you already are successful just by drawing the tag.
Cheers
Srupp

[markomoose]

Can't figure out the online crap.Forgot the ten passwords a guy needs know.Still like the old system!Slow and methodical like me.I'll just wait beside the mailbox?Wish me luck.

[srupp]

Can't figure out the online crap.Forgot the ten passwords a guy needs know.Still like the old system!Slow and methodical like me.I'll just wait beside the mailbox?Wish me luck.

Good luck.
Cheers
Srupp

[elch jager]

Got same draw.. from what Intel I've heard lots of action up there and in the Tum Tum behind Adams.
Better get my 175 partitions cranked up and dialed in!

Seems there will be a few of us in 3-37... my first ever Grizzly application was successful...

If any seasoned G-bear veterans have some general advice on the area... sounds like up behind Tum Tum will have more hunters than bears....

[albravo2]

Got drawn 6-16B Meziadin. Where is that? :mrgreen:

Just northeast of Hope, but all the smart hunters access from the Lillooet side;-)

[Trevorg]

Got 5 15 c for bear and 6 20 for sheep. Should be a fun spring.

[Five]

I pulled a grizz, not bad for my first LEH entry

[BCrams]

Cool!!
I'll get the 'Skull Smasher' dialed in!!

You just about lived up to that reputation in 2014 !!

[Trigger Happy]

Yeehaaa 7-23 A grizzly for me, got chased last year by 3 of them there, too bad not in season at the time

[bcshadow]

FYI, received a "form email" today, part of which states:

"Please note that this email is not official LEH Authorization documentation. If you were successful in the LEH draw, you will receive your LEH Authorization package by mail in 1 to 3 weeks"

[bacon_overlord]

Seems there will be a few of us in 3-37... my first ever Grizzly application was successful...

If any seasoned G-bear veterans have some general advice on the area... sounds like up behind Tum Tum will have more hunters than bears....

Just checking out 3-42 and 3-37 a bit more on google earth... Tum Tum river valley from Tum Tum lake to Adams is about 67km long, and 6km wide.. roughly. Granted there are only a few main access points, but we should be able to sneak away from the crowds from time to time I hope. LOL. There were 20 tentative authorizations.. so might be a few hunters around, as well a black bear chasers, but probably won't be like Tunkwa in October.

[butcher]

Hopefully they'll have the main tum-tum road repaired this spring. Access will be limited depending on snow melt anyway.

[bcmulie]

Well time to dial in the bow . I drew a g bear tag in reg 4

Congrats Calvin! I drew one too - 4-38. Where is yours?

[nmannas]

Sheep in 620A for me. If anybody is in that same area looking for a +1 give me a buzz.

Congrats to everybody who got theirs!

[bloody bellies]

We will be in 6-29 as well, my son drew sheep, then we will see for fall grizz. Lucky bugger has drawn cow moose, 2 doe tags, and now sheep in the last 4 years. 2 weeks around the tetsahenini is pretty hard to beat. good luck with your hunt Butcher.

[srupp]

We will be in 6-29 as well, my son drew sheep, then we will see for fall grizz. Lucky bugger has drawn cow moose, 2 doe tags, and now sheep in the last 4 years. 2 weeks around the tetsahenini is pretty hard to beat. good luck with your hunt Butcher.

629 along the northern boundary..highest concentration of grizzlies in BC..Blanchard west...
Highest concentration of dalls in BC..RESIDENT SHEEP...
Congrads
Srupp

[Thadk]

Drew grizz in 4:19, prepairing for a rough hunt!

[markomoose]

Anyone get their paper copy in the mail yet?Still waiting.

[Backwoods]

7-50 spring grizz! Good luck to all!! Should be a great year

[RadHimself]

4-19 is rugged, i love it

[elch jager]

Just checking out 3-42 and 3-37 a bit more on google earth... Tum Tum river valley from Tum Tum lake to Adams is about 67km long, and 6km wide.. roughly. Granted there are only a few main access points, but we should be able to sneak away from the crowds from time to time I hope. LOL. There were 20 tentative authorizations.. so might be a few hunters around, as well a black bear chasers, but probably won't be like Tunkwa in October.


The successful status of my Grizzly LEH is so far unchanged....

Got to wonder about the management strategy being used though. After carefully reviewing the LEH allocation projections, I applied for an LEH that showed 20 authorizations and a success ratio of 2.5:1... pretty high odds. So, I was not too surprised when I was successful.

This week, I decided to review the Big Game Harvest statistics ('76 - '13) and discovered that there has never been a single Grizzly bear kill reported between 2010 and 2013 in these WMU's ( both 3-37 and 3-42)... in fact the only Grizzlies taken here at all were 2 back in 2003... 2 by resident hunters... and another 2 by Non Resident hunters - one in 1992 and one in 2005.

So it seems to me to be a bit odd that the wildlife managers are steering would be Grizzly hunters into an area of very, very low productivity. Or is it just very very high difficulty? Is this to take us out of the game? Promote the agenda of the anti hunters? Just a ploy to sell 20 more species licenses?

If there are truly that few grizzlies in this wmu, why not just pull these units out of the draw?

Seems to me that the harvest stats are more important than the allocation projections when determining where to apply... Are there data available for 2014 - present harvest?

[bighornbob]

The successful status of my Grizzly LEH is so far unchanged....

Got to wonder about the management strategy being used though. After carefully reviewing the LEH allocation projections, I applied for an LEH that showed 20 authorizations and a success ratio of 2.5:1... pretty high odds. So, I was not too surprised when I was successful.

This week, I decided to review the Big Game Harvest statistics ('76 - '13) and discovered that there has never been a single Grizzly bear kill reported between 2010 and 2013 in these WMU's ( both 3-37 and 3-42)... in fact the only Grizzlies taken here at all were 2 back in 2003... 2 by resident hunters... and another 2 by Non Resident hunters - one in 1992 and one in 2005.

So it seems to me to be a bit odd that the wildlife managers are steering would be Grizzly hunters into an area of very, very low productivity. Or is it just very very high difficulty? Is this to take us out of the game? Promote the agenda of the anti hunters? Just a ploy to sell 20 more species licenses?

If there are truly that few grizzlies in this wmu, why not just pull these units out of the draw?

Seems to me that the harvest stats are more important than the allocation projections when determining where to apply... Are there data available for 2014 - present harvest?

The number of tags issued is not the number of bears they want killed but the number of hunters needed to take out the number of bears in a given unit. So for example in Unit A, the ministry knows that they can sustain a harvest of two bears. Based on historical data they know that 30% of the hunters that get drawn don't even go buy a grizz tag or even attempt a hunt for what ever reason. Historically they also know that 60% of the guys will be unsuccessful. So they will crunch the numbers and figure they have to release 10 or so tags to hopefully get two bears killed.

That is why the anti's who apply and get LEH's don't actually save the bears. The Ministry has their agenda of how many bears should be killed. If all the tags go to anti's for a few years and no bears are killed, the ministry ups the tags until the bears are killed.

Conversely it can come back and bite the ministry in ass. Say they release 10 tags to hopefully get 2 bears killed. Well you get a bunch of very keen and dedicated hunters that all get LEH'S and you throw in a early spring which opens up a few more roads and slides. Now you see 5 bears killed where the ministry only wanted to see two killed. After that you will see the number of tags in that unit dropped the next year. They may only release 5 tags to see 1 bear killed as two many were killed the year before.

BHB

[wsetter]

Lucky enough to draw 7-02 Grizz!