In Ontario, they wouldn't be considered lazy... They'd be considered poachers.
I'm not familiar with BC regs though. Is there no mention of road proximity?
Blind magazine truck hunting question.
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In Ontario, they wouldn't be considered lazy... They'd be considered poachers.
I'm not familiar with BC regs though. Is there no mention of road proximity?
I agree with you 100%! If you only walked here you would see only a partial amount of the game that we typically see. 99% of the animals we take are spotted while driving. But do spend a ton of time walking and stalking game. Just how it works out.
In Ontario, they wouldn't be considered lazy... They'd be considered poachers.
I'm not familiar with BC regs though. Is there no mention of road proximity?
Actually, they wouldn't be. Look down there at the bottom: "NOTE: The restrictions above do not apply to unmaintained roads."
In BC, there are literally thousands of kilometres of such roads (18,000 km just in the Southern Interior Forest Region alone) . When British Columbians speak of "road hunting" they are not speaking of "shooting from public roads."
Which illustrates the point I am making; without ever having hunted in BC, it is incredibly presumptuous and ignorant to judge the way we hunt.
In the minds of Easterners, there we are ripping along a county road and then hammer the brakes and jump out and blast a deer. In reality, we are on a single-lane, unmaintained, gravel/grass/rock road, doing 10 km/h, with tree branches often scraping the #### out of the sides of our truck. Often, if you don't have 4x4 you are f*cked. Anyone who has experienced it would never think "oh shame, shooting from a road!" Nearly every goddamned harvested grouse in the province is shot on one of these "roads".
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Its the same here in AB!
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Touched a nerve I guess.
Maybe next time I have bullets zinging over head I should send some back? That will get a reaction I am sure.
I enjoy people telling me to go hump myself as a rebuttal.
Actually there is so much to
Be seen on foot as opposed to driving.you really do see and experience it all , well except hearing Paul Harvey.
Maybe next time I have bullets zinging over head I should send some back? That will get a reaction I am sure.
I enjoy people telling me to go hump myself as a rebuttal.
Actually there is so much to
Be seen on foot as opposed to driving.you really do see and experience it all , well except hearing Paul Harvey.
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I see you have your answer to the game warden rehearsed. Road hunting ethics and legalities aside, in most provinces it's illegal to hunt from a vehicle. However, if you happen to see one "on the way to where you were going", then it's a different story as you weren't using it for what's defined as hunting.
Why not park your truck, get out and walk to find your quarry....?? Shooting from a truck is not hunting, no matter how one dresses it up. It's how I've been hunting for over 40 years.
my Argument exactly man!!
'dinted my truck, had to chainsaw trees off the road, got bogged, broke down" I hear from the drive by hunters down here lol, an I laugh an think why didn't you park the truck, get out an walk over the log. hop thru the mud and get a breathe of some fresh crisp eucalypt bush!
That's livin!
Although , im one that isn't familiar with the many roads through the forests in BC, an maybe that's the way its done there, little bit lazy, these roads sound great to stroll down an shoot one of the abundant game animals running around along them.
each to their own, no hard feelings
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Oh I'll bet all the hunters in BC and AB just LOVE you fellas lumping them in with you road hunters.
But I'll back off a bit. I'm not looking to pick a fight. Ethics aside, what I guess I'm really trying to say is that you're missing out on the soul-freeing spirit of hunting. If your body's able, get out there and get dirty. You're missing so much of what hunting really is if you can't hear nature above the sound of your truck idling and branches scraping down the side.
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Actually I know of a few fellows in their 80's would laugh at some of the statements in here about justifying shooting from the road or driving to find animals.Age and disabilities don't stop many people and they still get out there.
But I guess today's new terms need to be well identified.
Spotting game = driving grids in Superduty
Outdoors type = Camo seat covers in Superduty
Hunting hours = until coffee in morning , after coffee in afternoon
Going Hunting = touring back and forth on a road near a clearing or open field multiple times waiting for game to show, hopefully close to road(This is done if your spotting is successful)
But I guess today's new terms need to be well identified.
Spotting game = driving grids in Superduty
Outdoors type = Camo seat covers in Superduty
Hunting hours = until coffee in morning , after coffee in afternoon
Going Hunting = touring back and forth on a road near a clearing or open field multiple times waiting for game to show, hopefully close to road(This is done if your spotting is successful)
I know those guys (troopers) too. But there are also others who have lost their mobility, suffer from poor eyesight, etc who just cannot do it anymore. The terrain in this province is particularly challenging, and can be tough for able-bodied folks, let alone for those who are not. They may not be the guy pulling the trigger anymore but they want to take part in the hunt as much as is possible. And if that means sitting in a truck on a backroad with binoculars while their buddy goes for a walk, so be it.
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And that is perfectly alright.
A fellow I know , his father passed last moose season, 84 I believe , just didn't feel right , stayed in cabin in afternoon instead of going on the hunt.
He went peacefully at his favorite spot.
Just don't want to see the abuse of truck hunting lead to people that have special circumstances loose their ability to go hunt.
A fellow I know , his father passed last moose season, 84 I believe , just didn't feel right , stayed in cabin in afternoon instead of going on the hunt.
He went peacefully at his favorite spot.
Just don't want to see the abuse of truck hunting lead to people that have special circumstances loose their ability to go hunt.
No rehearsal necessary. This is 100% within the law.
OK, you still aren't getting it. I'm not a road hunter. I spend far more time hiking and in my blind than I do in my truck. I'm not missing out on anything.
But if I see a legal animal while working my way through an FSR on the way to/from my chosen spot, I'm going to whack it. It's 100% legal and anybody in their right mind who wants to put meat in the freezer does it.
There are some people who never get out of the truck except to shoot an animal. I am not one of those people and I don't hunt with those people, but I also don't judge them; they are legally hunting.
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One way or another, you've got to get into the bush to the spot you want to hunt. Not infrequently, animals present themselves while we are on our way in/out.
Are you saying you would let these animals walk? In my neck of the woods, a deer in the freezer... end of.
No. It is illegal to shoot from a vehicle. If it ever became illegal to hunt from a vehicle in BC, there'd be a hell of a lot of deals on used quads. And, for the record, I don't own a quad. I put quad hunters and truck hunters in the same category - guys that never get off/out of the vehicle. I am not one of them and I don't hunt with them, but I also don't really care what they do because it is 100% within the law.
Either way, whether you are a full-time truck/road hunter, a part-time truck/road hunter, or someone like me who will always take an animal if it presents itself regardless of whether I am hiking or driving - a removable magazine is the most convenient way to remain legal in the vehicle and be ready to shoot when the opportunities are there.
For this reason, I would suggest the OP get an affordable bolt action rifle with a removable mag. If that's not in the cards, then a few people in this thread have offered other workable suggestions.
For this reason, I would suggest the OP get an affordable bolt action rifle with a removable mag. If that's not in the cards, then a few people in this thread have offered other workable suggestions.
Road hunting is one hunting method in the western provinces of Canada, especially in the prairies, which I have experienced/witnessed people do. I hunt in the bush because that this where the abundance of big game are hiding or living their routine life. There is much to see, hear, smell and feel while walking on game trails, cut lines, edges of meadows and bush lines.
Where is the act of hunting or hunting skill while driving a vehicle up and down grid roads or trails? Why waste expensive gas and ware and tare on a vehicle? Why not "always" show a child the fair chase pursuit of game on foot, reading sign, etc.? Are road hunters hunting or just out to kill something?.......personally, I want to earn my game that I harvest.
Where is the act of hunting or hunting skill while driving a vehicle up and down grid roads or trails? Why waste expensive gas and ware and tare on a vehicle? Why not "always" show a child the fair chase pursuit of game on foot, reading sign, etc.? Are road hunters hunting or just out to kill something?.......personally, I want to earn my game that I harvest.
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