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Slee
07-08-2009, 10:32 AM
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/

behemoth
07-08-2009, 10:36 AM
Hip Hip Hoooooooray!!!

lunatic
07-08-2009, 10:37 AM
Yep!, checked an hour ago...nothing.....but up now!

3006pg
07-08-2009, 10:39 AM
its about time haha

Steeleco
07-08-2009, 10:42 AM
Damn, I checked only 20 min ago and NADA, Thanks

brotherjack
07-08-2009, 10:48 AM
Spike/Fork moose in Region 4 -- right on. Also notice they dropped the bag limit on wolves for some MU's. Also, right on!

Not much else new that I care about...

rishu_pepper
07-08-2009, 10:53 AM
5-point caribou in the August season... :( (7B)

Huey
07-08-2009, 10:55 AM
Swwwwweeeeeeet! This means we are that much closer to opening day! Grrrrrr too bad about reg 5....

Steeleco
07-08-2009, 10:58 AM
I may as well just read last years book, I see "0" changes to introduce new hunters or any of the other double speak they did last year.

I didn't a see an open season on politicians mind you :twisted::twisted:

jml11
07-08-2009, 11:08 AM
I may as well just read last years book, I see "0" changes to introduce new hunters or any of the other double speak they did last year.

Except for the major changes to the Mule Deer Seasons in Region 5 as promised. But as you said even this change won't do anything for hunter recruitment.

todbartell
07-08-2009, 11:16 AM
Whitetail season in 7A extended 10 days to end at same time as mule deer http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

hillclimber
07-08-2009, 11:30 AM
a few changes to the bear seasons in region 3 and 8

palmer
07-08-2009, 11:37 AM
Was disappointed not to see the opening of the road closures in Region 4 as was talked about earlier. There was lots of talk about Dog Creek in 4-14 but nothing came of it....

Gateholio
07-08-2009, 11:38 AM
Hmm, looks like they closed off between Whistler and Pemberton during Jan 15-Mar 31, I suppose due to the olympics and Paralymics..

Jelvis
07-08-2009, 12:06 PM
excellent --- I just checked reg 3 and looks as good as ever -- well done --
no changes for deer or moose it seems but ah whitetail buck open too --
It's huntin time -- soon --
Jelvis -- I can see em now --

Stone Sheep Steve
07-08-2009, 12:15 PM
a few changes to the bear seasons in region 3 and 8

Didn't notice any??:???:

SSS

Fisher-Dude
07-08-2009, 12:18 PM
a few changes to the bear seasons in region 3 and 8

No changes to any seasons in region 8. Ya better read 'em again.

Another year with deer being harvested by wolves, bears, and vehicles in region 8 instead of hunters trying to feed their families. The region 8 game management "plan" is a f'in disgrace. :neutral:

Edit - nice goat pic on the cover though.

Brambles
07-08-2009, 12:37 PM
BULLSHIT

Look at the "hunting in BC parks" section. Its says refer to the MOE or the specific parks page on the BC parks website.

And you go to the parks website and it says to consult the hunting and trapping synopsis. What a f$^King JOKE.

I wonder if this is the start of getting SCREWED

Sitkaspruce
07-08-2009, 12:53 PM
Interesting that deer on the Island start a week later than last year. It used to always be the 10th, then has moved around, last year it was the 6th, now it the 12th.

Goos luck to all this season!!

Cheers

SS

hillclimber
07-08-2009, 12:54 PM
Didn't notice any??:???:

SSS

i thought it opened up sept 10th last year instead of the 1st like last year but whatever last season is old news.8)

jasper
07-08-2009, 01:14 PM
ugg i live in region 5 not liking the new mule deer season maybe ill wait till nov 21 to start hunting them 10 days with no one chasing them around they will think they season was over catch one of the big guys off gaurd

duckhunt
07-08-2009, 01:24 PM
yyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

jml11
07-08-2009, 01:38 PM
i thought it opened up sept 10th last year instead of the 1st like last year but whatever last season is old news.8)

New reg changes are in Green, if it ain't green it didn't change!

wolverine
07-08-2009, 01:40 PM
Let the planning begin! Man, this is like the 20th of December when you're a kid. So close yet so far. The next couple of months will take forever to go by! :)

boxhitch
07-08-2009, 02:46 PM
No time for changes. The excuse will be it was an election year.

Wolves in reg. 9 may have to do.

PGK
07-08-2009, 03:01 PM
Whitetail season in 7A extended 10 days to end at same time as mule deer http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

Yeaaaa brutha!! Ten more days to put the hurt on!!

NO sharptail season in 7-10 or 7-11 though. LAME!

Nice to see some expansion of the elk seasons in 7-50. Not nearly enough yet though!

Timbow
07-08-2009, 03:28 PM
Jeeez....two hits for Region 5. No early season for four point out 5-15 for alpine hunting and the closure in November.

Well I can bet that 7A will be hammered by the locals living in the northern area of 5.

What gives with 5 not having a moose season (immature). We have a healthy population compared to other regions as 3 and 4 and they have one.

Maybe I am dreaming and will soon wake up from this nightmare....

steelheadSABO
07-08-2009, 03:42 PM
;( region 5 mule deer is messed up im gonna buy a whitetail tag also

Squirrelnuts
07-08-2009, 04:34 PM
Yup. 7's gonna get lit up for deer this year. But at least the guides in region 5 will get their "quality hunts", and that's all that matters.

There better be a f*cking pile of doe LEHs released in 5.

Fisher-Dude
07-08-2009, 04:38 PM
Yup. 7's gonna get lit up for deer this year. But at least the guides in region 5 will get their "quality hunts", and that's all that matters.

There better be a f*cking pile of doe LEHs released in 5.

Reg 5 doe LEHs were cut at least 50% this year. :icon_frow

Stone Sheep Steve
07-08-2009, 04:40 PM
Wolves in reg. 9 may have to do.

eeeeeexeleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeent8).

SSS

Slee
07-08-2009, 04:41 PM
Are the deer population down that much in region 5? or is it for this better trophy thing??

Fisher-Dude
07-08-2009, 04:42 PM
Are the deer population down that much in region 5? or is it for this better trophy thing??

It's 100% for trophy hunts for guides and to chase residents from the bush so the guides can sell "quality hunts" to foreigners (and David Heitsman).

Squirrelnuts
07-08-2009, 04:46 PM
Every day I'm swerving around deer on the way to the bush. Every single day. They're like f*cking rabbits out there, (except I see more deer than rabbits). Something's seriously f*cked up here.

Slee
07-08-2009, 04:47 PM
But wont it make better hunting for everyone if the large bucks have a chance to breed the does without any hunting pressure durring the rut?

Stone Sheep Steve
07-08-2009, 04:48 PM
But wont it make better hunting for everyone if the large bucks have a chance to breed the does without any hunting pressure durring the rut?

And you prefer to see more moose LEH's in the Koots than a GOS on immies??

We need to work on you:???:.

SSS

Fisher-Dude
07-08-2009, 04:51 PM
But wont it make better hunting for everyone if the large bucks have a chance to breed the does without any hunting pressure durring the rut?

No. It doesn't matter how old the buck is that does the breeding. His genetics are exactly the same as a two year old as they are when he's a five year old. All that is needed is a sperm supply, and at 19.3:100 buck:doe ratio in region 5, we're statistically right on the provincial target of 20:100. There is no conservation concern and there is no biological advantage to having larger bucks breed does.

Slee
07-08-2009, 04:55 PM
No. It doesn't matter how old the buck is that does the breeding. His genetics are exactly the same as a two year old as they are when he's a five year old.


I didnt think of it that way..... makes sence now......

MidnightRun
07-08-2009, 05:44 PM
p.12

2. Forest and Range Practices Act

....While travelling on a Forest Service
Road, operators of ATVs are required
to hold a valid driver’s licence, carry
a minimum of $200,000 third-party
liability insurance and wear safety
helmets.

What is a safety helmet?

Fisher-Dude
07-08-2009, 06:11 PM
p.12

2. Forest and Range Practices Act

....While travelling on a Forest Service
Road, operators of ATVs are required
to hold a valid driver’s licence, carry
a minimum of $200,000 third-party
liability insurance and wear safety
helmets.

What is a safety helmet?


I've seen nothing in the FRPA that says a helmet is mandatory while on ATVs.

http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/freeside/--%20f%20--/forest%20and%20range%20practices%20act%20%20sbc%20 2002%20%20c.%2069/05_regulations/15_70_2004.xml#FOUND-NOTHING

reach
07-09-2009, 12:17 AM
Reduced bag limit and shorter season for deer on the Sunshine Coast. I wonder why? Is there a conservation concern?

Trophyslayer
07-09-2009, 12:25 AM
thats great im still all hot and botherd about LEH

lunatic
07-09-2009, 08:51 AM
I've seen nothing in the FRPA that says a helmet is mandatory while on ATVs.

http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/freeside/--%20f%20--/forest%20and%20range%20practices%20act%20%20sbc%20 2002%20%20c.%2069/05_regulations/15_70_2004.xml#FOUND-NOTHING



Same rules as what apply to snowmobiles. Check the link.
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hth/engineering/.../Guide-for-Safe-Travel.pdf

4ptbuck
07-09-2009, 09:00 AM
Anybody noticed that a spike-fork moose now does not include a calf less than 1 year in age. I always had an issue with age referanced restrictions. How the heck would you know it's a moose less than a year, or a bear less than 2 years?

MidnightRun
07-09-2009, 09:24 AM
Same rules as what apply to snowmobiles. Check the link.
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hth/engineering/.../Guide-for-Safe-Travel.pdf

Not true...the following exerpt is from the Guide-for-Safe travel


An ATV operator must hold a valid driver’s
licence and carry a minimum of $200,000 third-party liability
insurance. Remember, safety helmets are mandatory when
operating two- and three-wheeled ATVs.

Definately does not include 4 wheeled ATV's, the hunting regs must have erroneously taken some liberties by broadening the requirement or ?

GoatGuy
07-09-2009, 09:32 AM
Pretty disappointing when the new and improved definition of spike-fork makes the "Major Regulation Changes" part of the synopsis.

Sign of the times I suppose................................

boxhitch
07-09-2009, 09:38 AM
Reg 5 doe LEHs were cut at least 50% this year. :icon_frowBut they will pat themselves on the back when they increase opportunity next year.

Slee
07-09-2009, 09:38 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisher-Dude http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?p=478931#post478931)
Reg 5 doe LEHs were cut at least 50% this year. :icon_frow




Actually 33%. :evil:Last year Reg 5 LEH’s(antlerless) 3757-This year 1243 less(3757 minus2514)
One consolation- In 5-03 (where we deer hunt) MOE has increased the #’s from 275 to 297:-?(must be a typing error!)
Four of us applied-3 in Oct. & 1(me) in Nov. (Probably 50% that one of us will get the LEH)



Hmmmm So it looks like all these rock solid #s you beak off about arn't so rock solid.......

Pretty weak Fisher-dude.

boxhitch
07-09-2009, 09:41 AM
Pretty disappointing when the new and improved definition of spike-fork makes the "Major Regulation Changes" part of the synopsis.
...Whew !! I bet they needed a break after making that decision. It will all be blamed on the pause taken due to the election, and the uncertainty of who had jobs. Another year wasted.

Stone Sheep Steve
07-09-2009, 10:04 AM
Hmm, looks like they closed off between Whistler and Pemberton during Jan 15-Mar 31, I suppose due to the olympics and Paralymics..


Trapping included.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/0910/docs/Trapping_Regulations.pdf

Wolves will be happy that Proguide66 is out of action for a year. Too bad as the deer would like some help.

SSS

Stone Sheep Steve
07-09-2009, 10:08 AM
Here are the maps for the G-bear closures:-?.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/news/

SSS

lunatic
07-09-2009, 02:19 PM
Not true...the following exerpt is from the Guide-for-Safe travel


An ATV operator must hold a valid driver’s
licence and carry a minimum of $200,000 third-party liability
insurance. Remember, safety helmets are mandatory when
operating two- and three-wheeled ATVs.

Definately does not include 4 wheeled ATV's, the hunting regs must have erroneously taken some liberties by broadening the requirement or ?



Oops, missed the 2 or 3 wheeled part. I'll have to check on this and see if it now applies to 4 wheeled atv's.

landphil
07-09-2009, 03:53 PM
I read: There is NO OPEN SEASON FOR ANY WILDLIFE.

Did you guys see that? I guess I'll see you at the mall this fall:grin:

Fisher-Dude
07-09-2009, 04:30 PM
Actually 33%. :evil:Last year Reg 5 LEH’s(antlerless) 3757-This year 1243 less(3757 minus2514)
One consolation- In 5-03 (where we deer hunt) MOE has increased the #’s from 275 to 297:-?(must be a typing error!)
Four of us applied-3 in Oct. & 1(me) in Nov. (Probably 50% that one of us will get the LEH)

Hmm all the areas I hunt are in half or more this year. :( Guess some other areas must have held their numbers. Regardless, opportunity is slashed while deer get splutched on the highway and farmers lose money to crop depredation. Makes no sense except to keep resident hunters from beating the guide outfitters to the top of the next ridge. :neutral:

dana
07-09-2009, 04:50 PM
I still don't know what the hell they are doing in Region 5. Why the hell get rid of the early Sept1-9 4 point hunt??? I betcha more than just residents are pissed off at that one. They just went and F**ked the outfitters too. In a lot of that highcountry that used to be open, Sept 10th is wayyy to late. The heavy snows hit and the bucks bail. Hard enough not battling the weather on Sept 1.

PGK
07-09-2009, 05:03 PM
Not. Enough. Bucks. In. Region. Five.

Stop the bullshit about the managers being in bed with the outfitters. It's not happening. Period.

Stone Sheep Steve
07-09-2009, 07:46 PM
I heard the guy in Reg 5 is not really a big fan of hunting. :roll:
Ever wonder why there are so many deer in Reg 5???..while we're paying out ~$750,000 each yr to the ranchers???

Making more sense all the time.

SSS

Fisher-Dude
07-09-2009, 07:48 PM
Not. Enough. Bucks. In. Region. Five.

Stop the bullshit about the managers being in bed with the outfitters. It's not happening. Period.

Nineteen.Point.Three.to.One.Hundred

Lots of bucks in region 5, and as Tom Ethier (your boss's boss's boss) said to me: "there is not a conservation concern."

GoatGuy
07-09-2009, 09:00 PM
Not. Enough. Bucks. In. Region. Five.

Stop the bullshit about the managers being in bed with the outfitters. It's not happening. Period.

hahahahahaha

horshur
07-09-2009, 09:16 PM
if they ain't in bed with the outfitters.........then are you not worried that supposedly well trained and schooled bios ****ed it up that badly just by incompetence instead.....the conspiracy theory at least suggest they may have some redeeming qualities at least.

GoatGuy
07-09-2009, 09:45 PM
Not. Enough. Bucks. In. Region. Five.

Stop the bullshit about the managers being in bed with the outfitters. It's not happening. Period.

I can't quite recall the words when local hunters had to PETITION the ministry in Region 5 to get a spike-fork season which was then improperly consulted on and squashed by FN.

What were the words? Something to the effect of "not over my dead body."


That was after the moose GOS was moved to LEH, after the broken promise that the GOS would return, after resident hunter harvest went from 1800+ to <600 in one year. That was also after outfitter quota was increased and outfitter's were allocated moose out of resident only areas but before the moose harvest plateaued to higher than the 25 year average for outfitter quota, while resident harvest was around 60% of the 25 year average.

That was also after basically all of the antlerless harvest was canceled - that alone allowed another 3000 people to go hunting.

That was also after non-resident hunters were back at or above the 25 year average AND resident moose hunters were at 45% of the average.

So lets see resident moose harvest and hunters cut by 50% or more - non-resident= no change, and actually an increase.

Sounds fair to me.

Can't wait to see how those appeals go.:roll: That'll be another beauty.

Bones050806
07-09-2009, 10:05 PM
Gonna be more than one or two dead cow moose on the ground in Region 4 from trigger happy idgets who think twigs are antlers

Fisher-Dude
07-09-2009, 10:18 PM
Gonna be more than one or two dead cow moose on the ground in Region 4 from trigger happy idgets who think twigs are antlers

Yeah, you're right, those guys from the East Kootenays don't know the difference between cows and bulls. It'll be brutal. Better cancel elk season and deer season there too, just to be safe. :roll:

horshur
07-09-2009, 10:39 PM
I wonder if them boys have the formula altered since the regulation change........can see it now can't you???? Dramatic decline in hunter harvest in 09 in region 5 thus verifying the suspicions of regional MOE bios who are now feeling smug for there quik action.

Fisher-Dude
07-09-2009, 10:46 PM
Andy, maybe that's what PGK's summer job is at the Williams Lake MoE office. ;)

bayou
07-10-2009, 05:04 AM
[quote=Fisher-Dude;479628]Yeah, you're right, those guys from the East Kootenays don't know the difference between cows and bulls. It'll be brutal. Better cancel elk season and deer season there too, just to be safe.
Actually its the guys from the coastal areas and okanogan that cant tell the difference, same ones that cant count points on an elk.

hunter1947
07-10-2009, 05:57 AM
Gonna be more than one or two dead cow moose on the ground in Region 4 from trigger happy idgets who think twigs are antlers


And that goes for 5x5 bull elk ;-).

hunter1947
07-10-2009, 05:59 AM
Spike/Fork moose in Region 4 -- right on. Also notice they dropped the bag limit on wolves for some MU's. Also, right on!

Not much else new that I care about...


Dropping the bag limits for wolves in some areas is a very good idea for sure.

hunter1947
07-10-2009, 06:04 AM
Its upsetting that they did not have a 3 point or better sort season in some of the areas in the EK http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon9.gif.

Guess I will just have to put the klm on in order to find a 6 point.

hunter1947
07-10-2009, 06:07 AM
It's 100% for trophy hunts for guides and to chase residents from the bush so the guides can sell "quality hunts" to foreigners (and David Heitsman).


You got that right FD ,we are second on the list ,in other words put on the back burner http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon13.gif.

hunter1947
07-10-2009, 06:10 AM
Anybody noticed that a spike-fork moose now does not include a calf less than 1 year in age. I always had an issue with age referanced restrictions. How the heck would you know it's a moose less than a year, or a bear less than 2 years?


A bull calf moose in its first year of growth does not have antlers.

Slee
07-10-2009, 09:03 AM
Has anyone gotten a hard copy from a vendor yet??

gary murray
07-10-2009, 09:53 AM
I checked ServiceBC when you first notified us that they were online but they only had the fishing regs sitting on the racks still but that was 2 days ago.

Kirby
07-10-2009, 11:32 AM
Not. Enough. Bucks. In. Region. Five.

Stop the bullshit about the managers being in bed with the outfitters. It's not happening. Period.

Thick. Headed.

Kirby

jml11
07-10-2009, 01:19 PM
Regardless, opportunity is slashed while deer get splutched on the highway and farmers lose money to crop depredation. Makes no sense except to keep resident hunters from beating the guide outfitters to the top of the next ridge. :neutral:


I heard the guy in Reg 5 is not really a big fan of hunting. :roll:
Ever wonder why there are so many deer in Reg 5???..while we're paying out ~$750,000 each yr to the ranchers???

Making more sense all the time.

SSS

And then you read this blurb in the front of the regs (page 2) by Minsiter of Environment Barry Penner:


"Non-migratory elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer causing
damage and economic losses to the agricultural industry are
now filling the freezers of resident hunters. The Provincial Agriculture

Zone Wildlife Program (PAZWP) is providing guidance to
standing regional initiatives such as those in the Kootenays and the
Peace that bring landowners and hunters together, which creates
additional, high-quality hunting experiences on private agricultural
land."

Seems we have forgotten about Region 5 eh Barry?

rocket
07-10-2009, 07:09 PM
got my hard copy of regs today from gov building reg 5
and reg 5 deer hunting sucks

Stone Sheep Steve
07-10-2009, 07:38 PM
And then you read this blurb in the front of the regs (page 2) by Minsiter of Environment Barry Penner:


"Non-migratory elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer causing
damage and economic losses to the agricultural industry are
now filling the freezers of resident hunters. The Provincial Agriculture

Zone Wildlife Program (PAZWP) is providing guidance to
standing regional initiatives such as those in the Kootenays and the
Peace that bring landowners and hunters together, which creates
additional, high-quality hunting experiences on private agricultural
land."

Seems we have forgotten about Region 5 eh Barry?


We've got good new, progressive bios in Reg 4 and 7B. Still need an over-haul in Reg 5.

SSS

PGK
07-10-2009, 11:43 PM
Hey, I'm a fish guy. And my boss is in Kamloops, NGO. Lots of guys on the outside seem to have all the answers though, let's believe them. Woohoo. You both got my PMs. The numbers are sound. If you want to go all conspiracy theory on my ass, go nuts. I'll believe what I can see and hear, not what somebody tells me to see and hear

mark
07-11-2009, 07:43 AM
A bull calf moose in its first year of growth does not have antlers.


Not many, but some do! All they have to do is scratch the velvet off them tennis balls and its defined as an antler!

Good to see they made a regulation change to exclude calves. (my thread accomplished something) :grin:

500grhollowpoint
07-11-2009, 12:06 PM
Good to see they made a regulation change to exclude calves. (my thread accomplished something) :grin:


Didn't you know the government always consults message boards before posting the regs? :cool:

mark
07-12-2009, 09:19 AM
Didn't you know the government always consults message boards before posting the regs? :cool:

yer a pretty funny guy!
Actually I sent the link, to my thread on the subject, to the right people to read. It proved there was a grey area in the definition. They emailed me back and said it would be addressed, and it was! :smile:

Jelvis
07-12-2009, 09:27 AM
I remember that mark -- hey you molded government hunting regulations.
hbc member changes the way things are run in the hunting and trapping synopsis -- nice observation and good smarts --- mark knows stuff --
Jel --hbc member helps clarify bc hunting reg's -- good going --

mark
07-12-2009, 09:37 AM
I remember that mark -- hey you molded government hunting regulations.
hbc member changes the way things are run in the hunting and trapping synopsis -- nice observation and good smarts --- mark knows stuff --
Jel --hbc member helps clarify bc hunting reg's -- good going --

Its a start....now if only, the rest of our "whinney threads" would cause the gods to make some changes for the better!

Fisher-Dude
07-12-2009, 09:47 AM
yer a pretty funny guy!
Actually I sent the link, to my thread on the subject, to the right people to read. It proved there was a grey area in the definition. They emailed me back and said it would be addressed, and it was! :smile:

Yup, the boys in Victoria saw how confused everyone was and all the different interpretations that even some COs had, so they clarified the definition of "spike/fork" to encompass the definition of "buck/bull".

Now, maybe we need to send the HBC data on "Who's in favour of 3 point elk seasons in the EK" to the right people to get what 75% of the people want too. :p

Brambles
07-12-2009, 10:49 AM
Now, maybe we need to send the HBC data on "Who's in favour of 3 point elk seasons in the EK" to the right people to get what 75% of the people want too. :p

Yeah but what are they going to do when they find out that 75% of the people want you to quit yappin:lol:

gr8d8b8
07-12-2009, 10:57 AM
Wow, 7B deer are going to get a bit of a slaughtering, they are wide open for september!

Fisher-Dude
07-12-2009, 11:45 AM
Yeah but what are they going to do when they find out that 75% of the people want you to quit yappin:lol:

If we ever get that season back, what will I have to chirp about? Damn, it would be QUIET here with only you and Toddler squeaking about your little girly-man guns. At the rate the MoE is going, I'll have lots to yap about for several years! :p

jml11
07-12-2009, 08:04 PM
Wow, 7B deer are going to get a bit of a slaughtering, they are wide open for september!

How do you figure?

There are no changes from last year (or the year before that IIRC). Open for 4 points of better Sept 10-Oct 5 but only in the northern and very inaccessible portions of 7B, the peace river area is closed in september, except for bow hunters.

Oh, and have you been to the peace and seen the number of deer there?? There is a major issue with range damage from deer and elk, therefore there are very generous seasons in November. Quite frankly I haven't figured out with they even bother with antler restrictions for deer up there, at least for white-tailed deer anyways.

Fisher-Dude
07-12-2009, 08:27 PM
Wow, 7B deer are going to get a bit of a slaughtering, they are wide open for september!

Bow harvest in that early season is relatively small. Not many bow hunters are skilled or lucky enough to sneak up within range in an alphalfa field. :-P

And in the antler-restricted seasons, it's biologically impossible to "slaughter" deer. In fact, with whitetails, the population is impossible to control with buck harvest alone.

leadpillproductions
07-12-2009, 08:30 PM
Bow harvest in that early season is relatively small. Not many bow hunters are skilled or lucky enough to sneak up within range in an alphalfa field. :-P

And in the antler-restricted seasons, it's biologically impossible to "slaughter" deer. In fact, with whitetails, the population is impossible to control with buck harvest alone.
WE HUNT ELK AND MOOSE IN SEPT WAIT TILL NOVEMBER FOR DEER

Jelvis
07-12-2009, 08:31 PM
The deer hide in the yellow canola and you could'nt see them never mind sneeking up in a canola field, there like oil they slip right through ya, lol.
Jelly canola fields hide the deer they lay right in it -- lol -- unreal --

leadpillproductions
07-12-2009, 08:32 PM
That said there is a monster mulie that i see in sept and don't see him in nov he may have a bad sept

GoatGuy
07-12-2009, 11:03 PM
Hey, I'm a fish guy. And my boss is in Kamloops, NGO. Lots of guys on the outside seem to have all the answers though, let's believe them. Woohoo. You both got my PMs. The numbers are sound. If you want to go all conspiracy theory on my ass, go nuts. I'll believe what I can see and hear, not what somebody tells me to see and hear

It's what you can't see or hear that you're missing.

Fisher-Dude
07-13-2009, 05:41 AM
It's what you can't see or hear that you're missing.

Really? You mean they don't involve the summer students from the fisheries programs in the closed-door love-ins with GOABC? :shock:

Whodathunk?

gary murray
07-13-2009, 10:54 AM
Just picked up my hard copy of the regs today from ServiceBC.

PGK
07-13-2009, 12:37 PM
Really? You mean they don't involve the summer students from the fisheries programs in the closed-door love-ins with GOABC? :shock:

Whodathunk?

You mean today's court proceedings over which the goabc is trying to rape the moose bio for lowering their quotas by half? What?

GoatGuy
07-13-2009, 12:51 PM
You mean today's court proceedings over which the goabc is trying to rape the moose bio for lowering their quotas by half? What?

we'll see how it turns out.

todbartell
07-13-2009, 01:12 PM
Has anyone gotten a hard copy from a vendor yet??

got mine today up here

jml11
07-20-2009, 12:23 PM
first corrections and updates online:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/0910/docs/CorrectionsPoster.pdf

nothing major, but they did clarify a Region 5 Mule deer omission