DarekG
03-29-2019, 12:01 PM
Hi all,
Went to get my license and a bear tag for the season today and had two odd things happen.
Firstly they were unable to give me a license until I had confirmed my BC residency with Services BC. Apparently this is new and they are "randomly" targeting people for it in BC for any BC Services claims such as hunting, fishing licenses, etc. however when I drove to the local office it was full of confused hunters. I was also confused as I had just filled out this stupid provincial government's spec tax paperwork confirming that I am a resident here and my primary residency. On top of that I had just filed and received my income tax return from the CRA. Government at work.
Secondly - When I was renewing my license they asked something I was never asked before "Do you hunt with a bow?" and I answered "Maybe." I'm just curious why they are collecting this information. The tinfoil hat part of me is wondering if they are collecting the percentage of bow hunters versus rifle hunters to further the anti-firearm sentiment by being able to say "Look, you don't need guns for hunting as 40% of BC resident hunters use bows." or something along those lines.
Is this new? Has anyone else noticed or have I just not been paying enough attention when I renew each year?
Went to get my license and a bear tag for the season today and had two odd things happen.
Firstly they were unable to give me a license until I had confirmed my BC residency with Services BC. Apparently this is new and they are "randomly" targeting people for it in BC for any BC Services claims such as hunting, fishing licenses, etc. however when I drove to the local office it was full of confused hunters. I was also confused as I had just filled out this stupid provincial government's spec tax paperwork confirming that I am a resident here and my primary residency. On top of that I had just filed and received my income tax return from the CRA. Government at work.
Secondly - When I was renewing my license they asked something I was never asked before "Do you hunt with a bow?" and I answered "Maybe." I'm just curious why they are collecting this information. The tinfoil hat part of me is wondering if they are collecting the percentage of bow hunters versus rifle hunters to further the anti-firearm sentiment by being able to say "Look, you don't need guns for hunting as 40% of BC resident hunters use bows." or something along those lines.
Is this new? Has anyone else noticed or have I just not been paying enough attention when I renew each year?