Lower Mainland man fined $7,500 for killing bear near Pemberton

[Gateholio]

Lower Mainland man fined $7,500 for killing bear near Pemberton - The Squamish Reporter (https://www.squamishreporter.com/2021/11/10/lower-mainland-man-fined-7500-for-killing-bear-near-pemberton/?fbclid=IwAR2ssy6NPUNVVDo5dkhp8lz_mmjm4Dhsa3LpdS74 6z0l6xTMn4T1wa3RqUg)

A Lower Mainland man has been handed a $7,500 penalty and two-year hunting ban for killing a black bear on cultivated land without permission.

[goatdancer]

That's w.ay better than the usual smack on the peepee. Still not enough.

[Treed]

I’d like to know a little more about this individual. Is it so hard to cultivated field? A fence? There are a gazillion black bears around. Why on private property? Or had he never left the lower mainland before??

[Drillbit]

Id guess no mentor ship there, from the little amount of info provided

[Gateholio]

From what I recall this happened down Pemberton Meadows road. A few more km's and they would have been on the Hurley FSR and into legal shooting zone. It's not like there is a huge shortage of bears around that you need to shoot one out of a field.

[adriaticum]

good, f'n rats

[Deer_Slayer]

Notice they don't post his name. When they don't post the name it means he isn't a white guy. If he was white his name would be mentioned 50 times in the story and he would lose his job. My bet he is from Richmond !!!

[Deer_Slayer]

To the average guy, but these pricks laugh at the fines.

[MichelD]

That first field on the right just after the bridge past the hops farm often has bears in it. I saw two one day. In another news story I just found on the 'net, the CO service supplied a photo of that field.

[Hunter gatherer]

I live in Lillooet and you would be surprised at the attitude some city boys have. Some feel once they leave the lower mainland everything is crown. Rancher friend called the CO on one fellow. The guy actually tried to tell the CO everything is crown. He just didn't understand.

[Deer_Slayer]

I used to live in the Kootenays and was surprised at the attitude the local hunters had. Best guys I ever met out hunting were guys from lower mainland. News alert...you yocals are no better than any other hunter in BC.

[Redthies]

Notice they don't post his name. When they don't post the name it means he isn't a white guy. If he was white his name would be mentioned 50 times in the story and he would lose his job. My bet he is from Richmond !!!

I called the RAPP line one day after coming back in the south side of Pemberton Valley and watching a guy in leather loafers and more or less a business suit walking the road with a rifle with the price tag still hanging off the trigger guard. He was being followed about 50 yards back by a guy in a Lexus SUV. Not going to mention the cultural background of the individuals, but they have a hankering for gall bladders. I was highly sceptical about their legality.

I enjoy hunting with anyone from any place in the world as long as their ethics are up to snuff, the fact they left out his name is a shame. It would be great for people to know what their fellow hunters are up to.

[Gateholio]

I’m sure his name could be found by searching court records. This seems like a boring task so I’m not volunteering. :)

[Beachcomber]

Name is not out yet:

"Information about the case was posted by the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ConservationOfficerService/photos/a.282020058506219/6514694858572010) on November 10. A written decision for the case has not yet been posted on the Provincial Court of British Columbia website (https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/judgments-decisions), and the name of the offender was not provided by the BCCOS."