If you bought a moose or caribou licence you MUST REPORT

[Redthies]

Stop reminding people. The ones that don't do it won't be able eligible to apply for LEH next year. Less competition for those of us that actually pay attention and read the regs.

Nice to see you are so helpful.

So in your scenario, all the people that DON’T do their reports now, will all be in panic mode and trying to get their reports done in order to be eligible for LEHs, thus putting even MORE pressure on the already overloaded govt website in the spring when those of us that did do our reports are trying to do our LEH submissions. That sounds like a GREAT plan.

That said, I do appreciate what you are saying about people needing to be responsible for their own shit, but we all know how people screwing up en masse leads to govt making new rules to help the incompetent.

[180grainer]

I don't know if it is true that Natives don't have to report (report to whom-where-when) if they harvested Moose or Caribou. (This statement really needs defining).
However if there is no reporting of any legal harvest, then Wildlife Managers can only assume like they have to regarding illegal kills.

Cheers

Seriously? Well I can tell you after filing a freedom of information act request in 1996 on the FN moose harvested in the Skeena region after an announcement of road closures due to cries from local bands, produced "no avaliable data". I'm surprised someone who claims to have been hunting for as long as you have isn't aware of the political landscape concerning hunting and your second class standing.

[Redthies]

And for those of you worried about “the man” knowing what you did this year, just tell them you didn’t hunt moose. I bought a tag so if I saw a spike/fork, I could take it. I didn’t actually target moose. It took less than 30 seconds to login to WILD, click on “view licenses”, and open the moose one and click “no”. It’s up to the individual to decide if they want to give out all the personal information on their hunting activities. Did you drive up to PG and look for moose? Sure. Did you also have a mule deer and white tail tag in your pocket? Of course you did. Would you have walked past that beauty 4x4 buck in hopes of maybe finding a pile of fresh moose shit? I doubt it. So you were HUNTING. Period. Just because you had a moose tag in your pocket, you most likely were NOT exclusively targeting moose, which is what they are asking for information on.

[J_T]

Seems a number of people on here didn't even know this was a thing. Don't any of you kind of wonder, or aren't you concerned, how this has been put in place, with punitive action for non-compliance attached, absent no formal informational process to ensure the vast majority of hunters were aware? Did you get any notice when you "bought" the tag, (which is how you could ensure all moose/caribou hunters would be informed)? Did you get notification in the mail after your purchase like they used to notify you of your LEH or how you used to receive your questionaires? They have your address!!!! Why would the Government not ensure "every" moose hunter understood pre purchase, that they were entering into or agreeing to a process that could potentially harm their hunting opportunities in the future? Didn't the NDP Government launch some BS campaign a while back indicating they were going to root out systemic racism? Well, guess who doesn't have to participate in this? This is the very definition of systemic racism. Government ordered segregation based on ethnicity.

I thought it was standard on here to harass people when they ask a question, and the answer is clearly found in the regulations. Nice green font, page 16, "Mandatory Hunter Report" All individuals who purchase a moose or caribou species licence are required to submit.....by January 15th.

Everyone usually barks back, "know your regs", "read your regs". In summary, EVERY hunter was notified and should have been aware. What your confirming, is that most hunters accept the regulations from year to year without really looking at new regs.
One also should understand, today's society is becoming more and more digital. Online self-reporting is quick, simple and more accurate than filling out a form that someone else has to enter into the system.

It is interesting how you were able to bounce from a resident hunter committee request for reporting to systemic racism. Life is pleasurable when we keep it simple.

[180grainer]

I thought it was standard on here to harass people when they ask a question, and the answer is clearly found in the regulations. Nice green font, page 16, "Mandatory Hunter Report" All individuals who purchase a moose or caribou species licence are required to submit.....by January 15th.

Everyone usually barks back, "know your regs", "read your regs". In summary, EVERY hunter was notified and should have been aware. What your confirming, is that most hunters accept the regulations from year to year without really looking at new regs.
One also should understand, today's society is becoming more and more digital. Online self-reporting is quick, simple and more accurate than filling out a form that someone else has to enter into the system.

It is interesting how you were able to bounce from a resident hunter committee request for reporting to systemic racism. Life is pleasurable when we keep it simple.

Glad you found it interesting. By some of the responses on here I'm not the only one that missed the memo. Glad you're supportive of more and more regulations for us to keep up on as we move forward. I am glad that the bulk of my hunting was done at a time you didn't have to digest a small phone book to understand you could shoot a deer or moose and that puntive action was reserved for those that pouched.

[RugDoctor]

Glad you found it interesting. By some of the responses on here I'm not the only one that missed the memo. Glad you're supportive of more and more regulations for us to keep up on as we move forward. I am glad that the bulk of my hunting was done at a time you didn't have to digest a small phone book to understand you could shoot a deer or moose and that puntive action was reserved for those that pouched.

From another thread, and applicable:

Re: Reading the Reg's. with a system.

I think people are starting to drift from unnecessarily ambiguous and complicated regulations imposed by an out of touch authority who ignores science in favour of identity politics and feelings, and are aligning more with personal ethics, morals, and a general sense of right and wrong. In some cases with even more restrictions on themselves than what comes in the regulations.

Right up until they get pulled over that is.

I applaud your vigilance and dedication to conform to the rules, and don’t mean this as a slight to your hard work, but it is pathetic that hunters have to put this level of study in each year just to comply with, “Just kill X# of this animal, do it ethically….and be sure to use as much as you can”.

I get it….some people can’t be trusted with the deeply serious matter of taking the life of an animal. They should be dealt with.

[180grainer]

I thought it was standard on here to harass people when they ask a question, and the answer is clearly found in the regulations. Nice green font, page 16, "Mandatory Hunter Report" All individuals who purchase a moose or caribou species licence are required to submit.....by January 15th.

Everyone usually barks back, "know your regs", "read your regs". In summary, EVERY hunter was notified and should have been aware. What your confirming, is that most hunters accept the regulations from year to year without really looking at new regs.
One also should understand, today's society is becoming more and more digital. Online self-reporting is quick, simple and more accurate than filling out a form that someone else has to enter into the system.

It is interesting how you were able to bounce from a resident hunter committee request for reporting to systemic racism. Life is pleasurable when we keep it simple.

I probably should mention that my position on regulations like this new one are designed to compensate for managing wildlife with the huge wildcard FN hunting presents. Unfettered hunting by FN has to be a huge problem for those that wish to manage wildlife in the province because by and large you have no clue what they're doing. The Government can claim all it wants that this is necessary to understand what "we" harvest and how many days it takes. But what it's more to do with is being the only group of hunters they can control therefore we take harsher and harsher regulations until this all comes to its natural conclusion of no hunting or hunting for people who can "pay". For me this is just another turning of the screw in that direction. So I appologize if my comments seem inappropriate.

[hawk-i]

Hawk. that would be a different report and not the required "Mandatory Hunter Report" form. The synopsis gives three options for meeting the reporting requirement:
1. electronically in WILD at your FWID,
2. in person at any FrontCounter BC office or
3. by Mail using an official Mandatory Hunter Report form.
All the details are on page 16 in the Synopsis. Anyone that purchased a Moose or Caribou species licence in 2024/2025 should read the details to ensure they do not commit an offence and lose their right to purchase licences in 2025.

Thank You !

[high horse Hal]

And for those of you worried about “the man” knowing what you did this year, just tell them you didn’t hunt moose. I bought a tag so if I saw a spike/fork, I could take it. I didn’t actually target moose. It took less than 30 seconds to login to WILD, click on “view licenses”, and open the moose one and click “no”. It’s up to the individual to decide if they want to give out all the personal information on their hunting activities. Did you drive up to PG and look for moose? Sure. Did you also have a mule deer and white tail tag in your pocket? Of course you did. Would you have walked past that beauty 4x4 buck in hopes of maybe finding a pile of fresh moose shit? I doubt it. So you were HUNTING. Period. Just because you had a moose tag in your pocket, you most likely were NOT exclusively targeting moose, which is what they are asking for information on.

Has always been my beef with the questionnaires. We can only guess how the figures are massaged into a management plan.
Does a one-day drive-by kill really get weighted differently than 60 days with a tag and no kill, or the dedicated camp-out hunt that gets a kill on day 14.
also what happens when one colours outside the lines by going north on an elk hunt for 10 days in the same spot for a planned in-season moose hunt later in one of the measly 2-day offerings, by definition that scouting for moose is hunting as well so 10 days hunting for only a 2 day offering

"just tell them you didn’t hunt moose" I lean the other way, hunted 60 days for each questionnaire species with no kills

[mike31154]

USOG utoob short, good firearms channel.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lth0g5m19jI