FSR Campsite question

[brexton bum]

hypothetical question here fella's . forest service site is closed for the season gate locked. i'm walking beside the site, see an animal wandering about. Only good stalking route is right through the campground ,get almost all the way through but now the animal presents a clear broadside shot right across 2 picnic tables what are my options legally and morally.

[pmj]

Keep walking. No discharge of firearms in Forestry Service sites at any time.

[jeff]

well thats a tuff one , but im thinking thats a big negative .no way hosey

[Jagermeister]

I cannot preceive a problem with the gate locked and no one else around.

[Buckmeister]

If the gate is closed...then it's not an operable site? Just stirring the soup.

[jeff]

If the gate is closed...then it's not an operable site? Just stirring the soup.

yummmmmm ,,i love soup

[hunter1947]

To me this is a gray area myself I would not take the animal.

[XPEIer]

First, there is no such thing as a Forest Service campsite, they got out of recreation in 2005 and they are now all managed by Recreation Sites and Trails BC, www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca (http://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca),

Second, it is illegal to discharge a firearm, including bow on or into the developed portion of a recreation site or trail.

Search for BC Recreation Regulations...

xpeier

[Big Lew]

First, there is no such thing as a Forest Service campsite, they got out of recreation in 2005 and they are now all managed by Recreation Sites and Trails BC, www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca (http://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca),

Second, it is illegal to discharge a firearm, including bow on or into the developed portion of a recreation site or trail.

Search for BC Recreation Regulations...

xpeier

There's your answer.

[BearStump]

Closed for the season doesnt mean that noone is there.
I was hunting with my son a couple weeks ago, after trudging through thick bush for 2 hrs we came out into this desolate campground. So we decided to walk through the campground to get to another opening in the bush, and rest our legs a little bit. It startled the crap out of us when 500 yds later we walk right up on a guy doing off season maintenance. Could have been bad if we were actively hunting or shooting there.

[greenhorn]

Me... I wouldn't.

[Tack243]

Better to play it safe and not shoot in that area, shoot in the regular hunting spots where there are no other hunters in site......HAHAHAHA. If you can find one.
Cheers

[rocksteady]

Hypothetically speaking.......If there was a CO using one of the crappers (cause he had no ass wipe in his truck) and he stepped out, just as you were getting to the critter.......What would he say/do??? And what would be your defence???

[Jagermeister]

First, there is no such thing as a Forest Service campsite, they got out of recreation in 2005 and they are now all managed by Recreation Sites and Trails BC, www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca (http://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca),

Second, it is illegal to discharge a firearm, including bow on or into the developed portion of a recreation site or trail.

Search for BC Recreation Regulations...

xpeier(2) Unless authorized by a designated forest official, a person must not set a trap, discharge a firearm or shoot a bow or crossbow
(a) on or into the developed portion of a recreation site or interpretive forest site, or
(b) on or into any portion of a recreation trail,if a prohibition against doing so has been posted at the trail.

[XPEIer]

on or into any portion of a recreation trail,if a prohibition against doing so has been posted at the trail. You are correct, trails have to be posted at the trailheads, dont know how you would see the signs if you hike in through the bush.

Campsites do NOT have to be posted.

xpeier

[835]

You need to ask yourself a question...... How big is the rack??? And is any one watching???







Soup was burning,,needed another stir.

[ElectricDyck]

Not even allowed to gut an animal in a site as they don't want bears to start frequenting the area.

[Taurusguy]

I would just scare it towards an area where I could shoot it! Spot and stalk!

[brexton bum]

I guess that settles it. Thanx for the info guys didnt know where to look.

[guest]

Throw rocks at it till it's clear of any wrong doing, then bang flop, seriously though, .......... read the regs on the subject they are there right in front of you.

Ethics and logic might also play a role ....... the picnic tables might twig you to that. Not a good idea.

CT

[jonz]

Are there rec sites with gates? Provincial parks have them but I can't think of any gated rec sites offhand.

[XPEIer]

isnt Evely on the Ok Lake gated. The ones that have a tradition of being destroyed are, or if there are fees and they close the gates at night.