Resolution to Raise the Age Requirement for Big Game Hunting Wildlife

[Gateholio]

Just to clarify about age limits and firearms use...

There is no age limit for shooting a firearm when being directly supervised by a PAL holder.

[sed8ed]

Why not simply propose that a tag must be purchased prior to putting in for an LEH draw for that species? Raise the cost and less people will try to play the system but raise it in a way that benefits all.

This way, if one family wants to put in for a group moose draw then they need to purchase 4 tags plus 4 LEH entries, vs myself, my two buddies and my wife who all will go on the hunt together.

The only other proposal I would get behind is LEH priority for residents of the region, ie Region 1 resident gets region 1 rosi elk priority, Region 7b resident gets region 7B elk, moose and caribou priority.

[180grainer]

We are getting worked up about this bullshit, while long gun registry keeps expanding.
Times have changed.

Death by a thousand cuts. Some of which we do ourselves.

[RyoTHC]

The problem is people try to cheat or abuse the system in bc by getting kids ,wives grandparents or anyone Thats passed the core and have gotten a hunter number to put in for LEH hunts so they have better odds of getting drawn even if those people dont even hunt .(all you need is a hunter number ). The other issue is a great many dishonest applicants seem to think that once someone in the family or group gets drawn then its a free for all for the group from people shooting on the kids tag or Dad doing the oh so popular but illegal "follow up shots and then pretending they are doing the right thing " I am always amazed at the excuses people use like " its okay cause its family or we have a gentleman's agreement , or it was a bad shot so im just making sure it doesnt suffer " ) . When people try to cheat the system or find an angle the system eventually catches up and puts in more rules and regulations. More rules will be coming down the pike in regards to this sort of thing .

I’ll be the one to say it.
BCs laws regarding harvesting an animal are ****ing stupid.
a tag is a tag. If they issue a tag for an animal they expect it to die.
if the tag is cut after the animal is dead it should be legal. Like most provinces that have common sense.

in no world should it be illegal for another licensed hunter to put down an already injured and shot animal.
anime who thinks otherwise is an idiot IMO.

Ethics out weigh this stupid law.
if I was hunting with someone that wounded a game animal and couldn’t finish it themself, and I had the opportunity I would take it and wouldn’t feel an iota of guilt.

when my kid starts hunting, if he injured an amimal with a bad shot you better believe I’m about to take the responsibility to finish what he started.

[358mag]

This is one of the dumbest resolutions I have ever seen. Just a bunch of salty people who are looking for anyway to up their odds in the field or LEH. People who are jealous when they see pics of kids with their game, cause they probably can’t kill anything themselves. Guys that can’t shoot elk and moose from the truck anymore cause game numbers are down. Instead of looking for ways to screw youth over, should be looking for ways to put more animals on the mountain. It is not BCWF as a whole, it’s a couple rod and gun clubs on the island that proposed this. So if you are against it, contact your local club and tell them to vote against it. I honestly can’t see anyone other than a couple salty clowns voting for this.

I always thought BCWF was all about "Hunter Opportunity" Seems like the shoe is now on the other foot .

[Gateholio]

I always thought BCWF was all about "Hunter Opportunity" Seems like the shoe is now on the other foot .

How many times does it need to be said that this is just a proposal. It is not a BCWF policy. And it probably won't be.

[Bullreaper]

I always thought BCWF was all about "Hunter Opportunity" Seems like the shoe is now on the other foot .

I was at my local clubs meeting last night. None of them seemed to be on board with it. The president of the neighbouring towns club just put a post on FB scalding it as well. So pretty sure region 4E of BCWF will not be voting in favour of it.

[HarryToolips]

It takes a pretty poor dad to shoot their child’s tag. Maybe you’re not a parent but from where I’m sitting it’s always been” child’s tag is their own”. I’m there to help locate,assist and pack the animal out.

Bingo.... teaching youth hunters improper ethics if you're filling their tag(s)...

[Sausage]

I’ll be the one to say it.
BCs laws regarding harvesting an animal are ****ing stupid.
a tag is a tag. If they issue a tag for an animal they expect it to die.
if the tag is cut after the animal is dead it should be legal. Like most provinces that have common sense.

in no world should it be illegal for another licensed hunter to put down an already injured and shot animal.
anime who thinks otherwise is an idiot IMO.

Ethics out weigh this stupid law.
if I was hunting with someone that wounded a game animal and couldn’t finish it themself, and I had the opportunity I would take it and wouldn’t feel an iota of guilt.

when my kid starts hunting, if he injured an amimal with a bad shot you better believe I’m about to take the responsibility to finish what he started.

Please tell me you are not being serious? I think you are confusing Morals with Ethics they are two different animals. Things can be morally wrong but ethically right .
The govt doesn't issue a tag expecting an animal to die for every tag issued .Illegal Party hunters and Poachers use that justification all the time to shoot on someone else's tags and "claim" it was wounded or what difference does it make who shoots it they have ruined it for legitimate hunters .
If a person cant shoot hasn't practiced and expects to rely on a backup shooter then they need to work on that (barley hitting a paper plate at 100yds yet willing to take a 400yd shot is all to common) .
If its wounded then track it and make every reasonable effort to find it and learn from your mistake . Even a licensed hunter shooting backup when they are not in possession of a valid species authorization/tag for that animal is shooting on another persons tag and considered poaching. it would be considered by definition unethical as is having to lie to the inspector ,CO, LEO or even worse teaching a child to lie to them. Thats like the second and third item on the "Its unlawful" list! .The only scenario in which a person can do that is outlined in the dispatching dangerous animals section of the regs . Im curious in what other jurisdiction in Canada is a person allowed to shoot on someone else's tag without official designation?
Whether I agree or disagree morally with the laws has no bearing on what is and what isnt considered ethical. Anyways we seem to be getting a bit off topic , as for the age being changed for kids .I dont think any kid is gonna care if they can only hunt deer and small game for the first two years as long as they get to hunt something they are happy (at least mine feels that way),only the people that use the kids tags or leh application are going to be really put out. The whole LEH system needs to be tuned up changed but thats a whole nother matter

[walks with deer]

Be nice if we could figure out how to put more moose or elk in the bush instead of devolving into a this spiralling mess of removing, segment by segment, ourselves from our heritage and nature.

Yes ding ding ding..