loyle
10-11-2020, 05:27 PM
Hey!
New hunter here. My brother and I are slowly getting into hunting. We went out last year and got our first MD near Merritt. Probably mostly luck. This year we wanted to do something more remote/alpine like. Everything I read says get away from roads and get away from people. Obviously a tough thing to do in most parts of the southern interior but we were thinking about heading out to Granby Provincial Park. We are planning to hike in for a couple nights and tent it.
I am mainly wondering :
1. For that area what are the best tags to purchase? We thought about getting a Black Bear, Mule Deer, Whitetail and Elk. Figured that way we were pretty well covered for whatever we saw.
2. Any tips for that Region? Tell me about your honey holes :grin: Joking.
3. I am trying to better understand a deers seasonal movement patterns. This seems like a pretty tough question to answer. Really what I am saying is that we don't really know where to even start. I have read that you should find places with good food/water/shelter. I feel like in the mountains in BC that is pretty abundant almost everywhere. I have also read Mule Deer tend to prefer higher ground where whitetails end up in the valley bottoms. Our plan is to just get up high and do a ton of glassing. I guess if I am just looking for someone to either confirm or deny our thought process here.
4. Lastly what sort of changes would we expect to see in the deers behaviour/locations and how would our strategy change if we went out for a week on Tuesday, October 13th - Tuesday October 20th. And then again for a week in November. Obviously I would expect the rut to be in full swing in November but what does that mean for our hunting strategy?
Thanks!
New hunter here. My brother and I are slowly getting into hunting. We went out last year and got our first MD near Merritt. Probably mostly luck. This year we wanted to do something more remote/alpine like. Everything I read says get away from roads and get away from people. Obviously a tough thing to do in most parts of the southern interior but we were thinking about heading out to Granby Provincial Park. We are planning to hike in for a couple nights and tent it.
I am mainly wondering :
1. For that area what are the best tags to purchase? We thought about getting a Black Bear, Mule Deer, Whitetail and Elk. Figured that way we were pretty well covered for whatever we saw.
2. Any tips for that Region? Tell me about your honey holes :grin: Joking.
3. I am trying to better understand a deers seasonal movement patterns. This seems like a pretty tough question to answer. Really what I am saying is that we don't really know where to even start. I have read that you should find places with good food/water/shelter. I feel like in the mountains in BC that is pretty abundant almost everywhere. I have also read Mule Deer tend to prefer higher ground where whitetails end up in the valley bottoms. Our plan is to just get up high and do a ton of glassing. I guess if I am just looking for someone to either confirm or deny our thought process here.
4. Lastly what sort of changes would we expect to see in the deers behaviour/locations and how would our strategy change if we went out for a week on Tuesday, October 13th - Tuesday October 20th. And then again for a week in November. Obviously I would expect the rut to be in full swing in November but what does that mean for our hunting strategy?
Thanks!