I was able to get my printed Limited Entry Hunting Regulation Synopsis for 2012-13 yesterday at a local sporting goods store. They were behind the counter and I had to ask, which tells me the BC Government has printed very few and told the outlets to hand them out sparingly. The Closing Date *** Applications [...]
New Notification – Changes to the 2012-2014 BC Hunting Regulations
BC Regulations, British Columbia, Cariboo, Kootenay, Lower Mainland & South Coast, Management Units (MU#), MU#1 Vancouver Island, MU#2 Lower Mainland, MU#3 Thompson-Niclola, MU#4 Kootenay, MU#5 Cariboo, MU#6 Skeena, MU#7A Omineca, MU#7B Peace, MU#8 Okanagan, Okanagan, Peace & N/E BC, Skeena & North Coast, Thompson & Nicola, Vancouver Island
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Apr 282012
Note*** these are notifications sent to me from the Minister FLNRO. I am not responsible for any typo errors or changes that might occur in them when the BC Hunting Regulation Synopsis is published. Please read them and thoroughly understand the Hunting Regulations Synopsis before going hunting. It is the Hunter’s responsibility to have a [...]
For the last few hours I have been getting updates on the changes made to the Hunting Regulations in British Columbia. So many updates – 70 at the time I write this – that it just isn’t possible to list them all. I will try to sort it all out over the next few days [...]
Understanding the habits and movement patterns of wild turkeys in a given area is a key to being successful at getting yourself one. Knowing where they roost, where they go to feed, as well as where they strut, take dust baths and what paths they like to travel between each of those locations are all [...]
How do you practice? Do you go to the range and set up your target and ‘practice’ hitting the bull-eye for an hour or two and call it a day? Do you practice from different yardages? Do you practice from different positions or stances? Do you wear heavier clothing to simulate colder weather situations, whether [...]
I received a letter from Tom Bell, Regional Director BC Parks dated 4 April, 2012 – Gimli Ridge is Not Closed about the Gimli Ridge/Mulvey area of Valhalla BC Provincial Park. He mentions that the BC Parks/Fish & Wildlife Branch have withdrawn the proposal to close the area to the discharge of firearms and hunting. Proposal [...]
With more fresh snow on the mountains as well as being the opening day of wild turkey season it seems fitting that we have a wild turkey stew from the tom my son got last season slow cooking in the crock pot for supper tonight. But before the stew went in the pot I was up and gone [...]
Apr 082012
Changes to the Canadian Firearms Program On April 5, 2012, Bill C-19, Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act, came into effect. The key changes are as follows: Removal of the requirement to register non-restricted firearms Destruction of the existing non-restricted firearms registration records Allowing the transferor of a non-restricted firearm to obtain confirmation of a transferee’s [...]
Davide Pedersoli & Co., the replica gun company, has done it again! A new product in their Special Editions line is announced. Among the new products Davide Pedersoli introduced in the 2012 you can find three interesting side by side shotguns: the “Cavalry Shotgun”, the “Plains Shotgun” and the “Baker Style Coach Gun”. The single [...]
Each year the East Kootenay Wild Turkey Association (EKWTA) and the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) field requests from turkey enthusiasts wanting to release turkeys into the wild or on private land. Releasing wild turkeys is a romantic image one can conger up from reading sporting literature. It did, however, result in the successful recovery [...]
