Hunting allocations favour tourists over local hunters

By Judie Steeves – Kelowna Capital News Published: April 07, 2009 10:00 PM Updated: April 07, 2009 10:18 PM B.C.’s resident hunters are losing out to non-residents in the way the provincial government is allocating Limited Entry Hunting (LEH) permits, and it’s going to get worse if hunters don’t stand up for their rights. That’s …

First 3D Shoot With Traditional Gear

well, I took my recurve bow to the Chad Davis Memorial 3D shoot at the Abby Fish and Game Club this weekend. It was my first 3D archery shoot with traditional gear so it was a challenge, I did good on the first 20 targets, but when I started up the mountain doing the steep …

Kill the long gun registry

By: Chris Selley National Post April 10, 2009 http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/04/10/chris-selley-kill-the-long-gun-registry.aspx Here’s a very illuminating paragraph from the Toronto Star’s editorial board this week: It’s hard to make the argument for the gun registry any better than Steven Chabot, president of the association of chiefs of police, who wrote in a letter to Harper last month: "All …

Myths of Gun Control Lecture

The myths of gun control A presentation by Dr. Gary Mauser SFU Professor emeritus 6:00pm — in room B101 Abbotsford campus University of the Fraser Valley April 20th 2009 You are invited to listen to Professor Mauser dissect the myths about firearms and gun control. Does the long-gun registry help police combat criminal violence, as …

Grizzly Bear Hunting Fact Sheet

I just got this email sent to me by a fellow member of BC wildlife, it is very informative and all true: Grizzly Bear Fact Sheet Grizzly Bear Numbers   The current conservative population estimate is 17,000 grizzly bears in British Columbia.   These figures have been established through extensive inventory work by grizzly bear …