Lawless-Jacobson lake FSR hunting restrictions PLEASE HELP!!

[avidhunter0]

Hi all, im am quite confused and would really appreciate some help.
In the synopsis it says "Motor Vehicles for Hunting closed access Lawless - Jacobson Lake FSR (MU 8-5)south of the point where it crosses VuichCreek."

Does this mean i am not allowed to use Lawless in order to get to Tulameen if I am transporting firearms with intention to hunt near Tulameen?


and can someone also please help me identify where this location is as it is not mentioned in the Backroads map book.

thanks a lot, really don't want to have an error

[Iron Glove]

Hi all, im am quite confused and would really appreciate some help.
In the synopsis it says "Motor Vehicles for Hunting closed access Lawless - Jacobson Lake FSR (MU 8-5)south of the point where it crosses VuichCreek."

Does this mean i am not allowed to use Lawless in order to get to Tulameen if I am transporting firearms with intention to hunt near Tulameen?


and can someone also please help me identify where this location is as it is not mentioned in the Backroads map book.

thanks a lot, really don't want to have an error

Chris, I've PM'd you, hope it helps.

[Dash]

I'm actually curious about this as well..

[Steeleco]

We transport to Tulameen all the time and noticed this over the weekend. IG care to share for all?

[Iron Glove]

We transport to Tulameen all the time and noticed this over the weekend. IG care to share for all?

No, I want everyone to get stopped and fined. ;)
As I see it, the problem is that the Regs refer to "Lawless - Jacobson FSR" whereas the road is referred to as the Tulameen River FSR ( not to be confused with the "Tulameen River Road" ) on most maps. There is a vehicle / hunting restriction on the "Tulameen River Road" at Vuich, been there for years and is well signed, there are no restrictions on Lawless or Tulameen River Road.
When you go to Tulameen from the Coq., you take either the left fork which is Britton which then turns into Lawless and leads into Tulameen or the right fork which is Tulameen River FSR then turn onto the Tulameen River Road ( not FSR ) before you cross the Tulameen river to head into Tulameen. The Tulameen River FSR continues South past Vuich and Jacobsen Lake, it will not take you to Tulameen.
Too many damn things there called "Tulameen" there. :wink:
Heading up to Tulameen in a couple of hours but I'll be going via #3, don't want to get my truck all dusty.

[Leaseman]

Vuich Creek is 40K plus in....signs posted, big parking area on the right where guys would drop off horses etc... cabins on the left that were built and used by who are in Tulameen. If looking at your maps, it is pretty close to treasure mountain where the silver mine is.

After Vuich creek, the road goes for miles and miles, but, no firearms are to be transported by any motorized vehicle, no game either. Moose, deer, elk and both black and griz back in there....

That being said, if you have driven that far, you have passed tons of producing areas! :wink:


I have hunter that whole area since the very early 80's....do your homework and you will find game!

[Ohwildwon]

Hunted up Lawless this week..

There is a "no vehicle restriction" around the 20k mark, obviously because of the massive forest fire of 2002..

Yet there are plenty atv tracks running through the ditch where the signs are, WTF?

[va7bkl]

As earlier indicated, the no vehicle area starts just past the road to the mine. If you don't know where that is, look up Vuich Falls, its close to there. There are ATV tracks at the closure sign because its closed for motor vehicles for the purposes of hunting. It is still open to recreational vehicle use...for the most part. There are a few branch roads asking you to not drive up because of environmental reasons. But generally speaking, the closure only relates to the aid of hunting.

[Ohwildwon]

As earlier indicated, the no vehicle area starts just past the road to the mine. If you don't know where that is, look up Vuich Falls, its close to there. There are ATV tracks at the closure sign because its closed for motor vehicles for the purposes of hunting. It is still open to recreational vehicle use...for the most part. There are a few branch roads asking you to not drive up because of environmental reasons. But generally speaking, the closure only relates to the aid of hunting.


Nope, this is hell and gone north east of there, adjacent (west) of mt spearing.

The 2 small signs {one in a tree, one in the excavator made ditch itself) do not distinguish between hunter, non hunter...

[stejacr]

I hunted in there last week and was checked by the CO from Merrit. The signs
are bs! The CO was also questioning the private property signs that got posted
last weekend on a portion of the Rabitt mt road that is part of the snowmobile
club. Looks like some jerk offs are laying claim to thier own hunting area.

[Ohwildwon]

I hunted in there last week and was checked by the CO from Merrit. The signs
are bs! The CO was also questioning the private property signs that got posted
last weekend on a portion of the Rabitt mt road that is part of the snowmobile
club. Looks like some jerk offs are laying claim to thier own hunting area.

Thx for the info!
Those signs are very authentic looking, ie BC gov blah blah, should have photographed them..

[hparrott]

Thx for the info!
Those signs are very authentic looking, ie BC gov blah blah, should have photographed them..
Right from the Wildlife act: Lawless-Jacobson Lake FSR28Effective year round, in that portion of M.U. 8-05 being the Lawless-Jacobson Lake Forest Service Road (B.C. Forest Service Project No. 5104-05) southeasterly of the point where it crosses Vuich Creek. Written in the regs for the last several years as well. Saw lots of vehicles in there hunting in there the other day and that's why I brought this old post up. The rules are there despite the old decrepit sign. It was unfortunate to see so many hunters in there on atvs and driving around when this is in the regs. Only takes a few to ruin it for all.

[MichelD]

I met a C.O. in there once. He was responding to a report of quad hunters in there.

He got really excited when he saw me on foot in a turnout, then was disappointed when he saw my bicycle.

I've cycled in with a trailer and camped out there too.

Like anywhere else, you're not going to see much from a vehicle even if you do break the law and drive in. You've got to get in the bush.

But yeah, it pissed me off too, to cycle in there 5 km uphill then meet some nitwit who can't read the regs who drove in.

[Leaseman]

That area has grown up huge!

Use to take horses down there years ago......

Did a summer drive way down there once, so nice country but waaaaaay to far to do any kind of hunt....some nice meadows 50-60 k down, IIRC!

[dino]

No one gives a heck anymore about anything, especially un enforced rules and I dont blame them. Its everywhere you look, the government does it, the corporations do it without impunity so why should anyone else do it.

[hparrott]

No one gives a heck anymore about anything, especially un enforced rules and I dont blame them. Its everywhere you look, the government does it, the corporations do it without impunity so why should anyone else do it.


lol....point proven

[Sniperdan]

I drove through there recently and was also confused. I was unable to find Vuich Creek or even Jacobson lake in real life or in the mapbook. Now that I have accessed google, I found Jacobson lake which is way south of where I went through. I crossed over from Tulameen to Britton Creek and out to the Coquihalla hwy. If I am to understand this post, the road I was on is not affected by this closure which confused the hell out of me. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding now is that the south fork at the 8km mark from the Coquihalla rest area is the road in question but does not become closed until it crosses Vuich creek around the 40km mark?

[Leaseman]

I drove through there recently and was also confused. I was unable to find Vuich Creek or even Jacobson lake in real life or in the mapbook. Now that I have accessed google, I found Jacobson lake which is way south of where I went through. I crossed over from Tulameen to Britton Creek and out to the Coquihalla hwy. If I am to understand this post, the road I was on is not affected by this closure which confused the hell out of me. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding now is that the south fork at the 8km mark from the Coquihalla rest area is the road in question but does not become closed until it crosses Vuich creek around the 40km mark?

You got it right!!

[hparrott]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7137&stc=1 There is a sign there at where the rd. crosses Vuich creek. 39km to be exact

[Sniperdan]

Thanks for clarifying guys. That helps clear up a lot of confusion.

[natebavis]

I hunt this regularly. Hike in only.