No surprise here I guess.... https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-bans...mmediately-1.3726358

This, is only the "thin edge of the wedge" and I have predicted this and further such chicanery for decades.

It has to do with resource issues FAR beyond current popular and media concerns and also the disgusting pampering of a tiny minority in contemporary Canadian society.

We may very well see the end to sports hunting as we have known it and this is NOT paranoia, as the forces we face are large, have VERY deep pockets and oftimes OWN the morally bankrupt media.

CBC......it is to laugh, a foreign network of largely pinkos and scumbags.

As always in any "conservation" plan, the Natives get a By, so what's the point of even having a plan ? Of course, we have the usual excuses once again.

Grizz

One of the benefits of having your hunting rights protected in the constitution Grizz. We need to keep our eye on the real issue here and it sure ain't FN hunters. Like SNAP says, this is but thin edge of the wedge,.

http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/...6/html/reg2-eng.html

seems i spoke few months ago about the COSEWIC and there we go ...

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Originally posted by sheephunterab:
One of the benefits of having your hunting rights protected in the constitution Grizz. We need to keep our eye on the real issue here and it sure ain't FN hunters. Like SNAP says, this is but thin edge of the wedge,.

it has become customary, here in Alberta, at least, to open government meetings with a thank you to Natives, for allowing us to live on their lands. It's a thicker wedge than we realize.

Grizz

Hunters are so easily distracted from the real issues that we can have an impact on.....not much wonder stuff like this keeps happening!

Dang. Once it's gone it usually never comes back. This really sucks.

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Originally posted by sheephunterab:
Hunters are so easily distracted from the real issues that we can have an impact on.....not much wonder stuff like this keeps happening!

Indeed....

Very sorry hearing this news. Bears have long been the poster child to the anti's. Unfortunately it's likely not the end of it. These things have a way of spreading to other places.

It’s sad that these decisions are based solely on political/anti-hunting ideology. No science based evidence was even considered when making this new law. We must, as hunters and conservationists, stand up for our rights, stand together for our sport, and show the people making these decisions that we are serious!!

Coyotekiller82........the writing has been on the wall regarding grizzly hunting in BC for several decades. It was simply a matter of time. Pretty much all sides of this issue freely admit that the current harvest level of grizzly bears in BC is sustainable, and that the trophy hunting is not detrimental.

The problem is it has become socially unacceptable. The few hundred grizzly hunters are grossly outnumbered by the rest of the population that has been convinced that the hunt simply should not be allowed. Most of the indigenous people want the grizzly hunt stopped and this is not the end of it.

Now we have a TV hunting show host in the crosshairs on social media for killing a mountain lion and it is all over the news in Canada.

Could cougar be next? Sure it can. Science does not matter any longer. Cougar are another species that is basically a "trophy" animal. Just about no one kills them for meat. Do some eat the meat.......sure. But, just as is the case with grizzly, the hide and skull are the primary reason for the hunt. The same reasoning that has been used for grizzly can easily be used to attack the cougar hunts in Alberta and BC.

Everyone needs to be on their toes. Unfortunately it now appears that we have reached that tipping point where the mind set of the people has been successfully engineered by the anti-hunting lobby groups so that they now have the upper hand. They know exactly how to target certain species and hunting methods, and how to use social media to manipulate things very quickly.

Yup......what skyline said!

Good luck boys up North
Feeling for ya, some things are no better down here just below the border