24 hour GOS only
24 hour GOS only
"A good day hunting is mud on your truck or blood on your hands"
“Some people go to church and think about hunting……………others go hunting and think about God!”
It's actually called the 375 "ouch and ouch"!!
"Not asking for any spots or anything like that............................................"
Is the moose population as high as the good old days when every outfitter had a 1080-laced bait pile going all winter and glyphosate wasn't sprayed on all the moose food? No
Is it low enough to warrant what's going on with the season amendments? No.
I spend a hell of a lot of time in the bush on my trap line all winter when the moose are most conspicuous. From what I can see the numbers are definitely on the upswing again.
I do agree that there is quite a bit of anti-local sentiment in this area. I've always opposed that sentiment and argued that "hunting trips are a fantastic way to explore this great province". Even though it can get frustrating at times when we are bombarded with hunters up here, I think it's overall a positive thing when everyone is allowed to come try their luck and enjoy time hunting with friends and family. I will say it is going to ramp up the frustration level if it goes to LEH though, as us local people will more often than not have to take a back seat to others coming in to hunt in our back yards. I've talked to lots of friends who are also landowners and the general opinion is that people who currently to give permission to hunt moose will likely not be so generous to non-locals if they are having to deal with long waits to shoot a moose on their own turf. Honestly, I think the idea of going LEH isn't what's angering most people here, it's the arbitrary 50% reduction in harvest that is.
I think the idea of going LEH isn't what's angering most people
Just wait till they apply for an LEH and most of them don't get a moose tag, for years and years and years.
Well at least the wait would be cut in half if the LEH was administered properly, not 'harvestable surplus X 0.5'
I agree it will be upsetting. I live in the bush half an hour northeast of FSJ. Prime moose habitat. I live a very 'live off the land' lifestyle to which hunting and trapping are central. All year there are moose browsing in my yard morning and night but I know that my area is going to be one hell of a longshot to get drawn in. So when I have an empty freezer and someone comes banging on my door and says "Hi, I'm Rick from Victoria, can I shoot the little bull moose in your back yard?" it's going to be tough to be gracious.
If they are so worried about the moose the biologists should have figured it by now that the rapidly growing grizzly population accounts for a big part of any so called decline. I've hunted the same area for 22 years in 7B and never saw a grizzly until the last 7 years. On last years hunt I saw 7. During that hunt I saw 9 cow moose and only one with a calf. Again a result of government BS laws.
Just more ministry cluster f**k.
Nothing has changed.
And I don’t expect it to do so but only expect it to get worse.
What of who has changed in government of within the ministry to make anyone
think it is getting better.
Gas prices alone have just created a whole new LEH anyways.
Lots of folks cancelling trips already from whom I talk with
We all know that the government isn’t going to make the needed changes. I hate to say this but, nothing is going to get any better, until we start doing what needs to needs to be done. It’s a moral/ethical line that I haven’t crossed yet but it’s getting harder and harder to watch the game populations decline.
Improving habitat costs money
Reducing Industries effect on wildlife cost money
Predator reduction programs costs money
Taking away resident hunters right to hunt, free
Managing wildlife to zero, again free.
Which of these will the gov't go with.
Member of the CCFR, but not a "Violent Extremist"
I am no expert on moose but it seams to me that the Tri Palm rule is a very affective way to keep moose populations Stable. Maybe just leave it open for locals the same and make it LEH for the outa region hunters?
Even if tou go with a group of four and get one moose. You Still had a fun trip and Killed less moose.. Some kind of compromise to maintain sustainability.