Purple shoulder
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- Location
- Winnipeg MB
Has anyone showed any intrest in your concepts of "hunting"? There might be a message to take away from that. I personally would not be intrested in a canned hunt.
$5000 to spend, what to do?
- Thread starter freddyfour
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Has anyone showed any intrest in your concepts of "hunting"? There might be a message to take away from that. I personally would not be intrested in a canned hunt.
I can't imagine how "free" I would feel once more and more "heroes" save the deer population and I am forced to pay 5000 dollars to go deer hunting in my own province. But only once every 10 years though because the genetics and population within the fence need to be maintained to bring in top dollar. This type of deer shooting should be illegal. I cannot morally call it hunting.
If it were me choosing how to spend 5000, I would I would buy a boatload of hmr, 22lr and 22-250 ammo and find the most gopher infested pastures in the country and a nearby bed and breakfast or hotel. I would spend 2 weeks calling coyotes in the morning, and shooting gophers all afternoon. A few days here and there in-between I would drive to the nearest lake, rent a boat and preferably a guide and do some walleye fishing. Splurge on myself for the 2 weeks, hit the local bars in the evening and likely my 5 grand would get eaten up. I would have to take a buddy for sure.
Can I get mine leashed up and walked over to me so that I don't have to walk?.... Walking makes me tired....
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
umchorn is a self proclaimed PhD level scholar on an undergrad degree (not kidding!), the most conservation minded land holder in the province of Manitoba who owns an area measured in percentage points, knows more about BC wolves than the BC wildlife biologists do, is a professional hunter which means nothing close to what you envision, and many other incredible things.
In short, consider your source before gobbling up the argument hook, line, and sinker please jp. Lets not forget the Hanson buck, the #1 all time typical, hailed from Saskatchewan.
- Location
- South Ontario
If it were me I'd take that 5K and grab a few Ozs of gold! watch the margins. Flip it and then take a real trip down to Africa and blast some real big game!
Trimmer 905
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
From "game farms" as cited,whether they happen to be "canned hunts" or not,CWD was directly traced back to them both in Saskatchewan and northern US resulting in a North American outbreak of this devastating disease among cervids. That's why no other province allows them to operate. Personally,I beleieve that's a very good thing and Sask. should follow suit,immediately. Any claims of some altruistic purpose of "genetic preservation for posterity" is simply someone's self-serving pipedream. The "bad" far outweighs any "good."
Sorry,I didn't mean to de-rail this thread,so,if anyone would like to discuss this further,let's start another.
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Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
And Ontario's population sprawl decimated a thousand times more wildlife over the last couple centuries. And let's not forget if not raising native species, large tracts of land are swept clean to replace with cattle, or crops. Native species farming isn't inherently evil. The armchair experts of CGN, and I include myself, really all need to cool their jets and just discuss the happy aspects of hunting sometimes, for in Canada we have it better than anywhere else in the world. A good rule of thumb I'll try and subscribe to myself here (I just slipped in the first sentence of this post), would seem to be just discuss the issues closest to you, that you have the most understanding of. If it's in the next province... Let alone two or three over, well... This should start a new crap storm.
I would suggest looking at hunts offered in the western U.S. as a viable option. There are deer, elk and antelope available at prices significantly lower than similar hunts here in Canada. It's a sad truth that I can drive to Montana or Wyoming to hunt mulies/antelope far more cheaply than I can hunt them in my own country. Easier to get tags also.
freddyfour
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Brant County, Ontario
I have to admit, every time I see an episode of Canada in The Rough in 'The Rock' I am amazed how beautiful that place is. It seems though like a lot of there hunts there are from the truck. Maybe it is just some of the ones they go to, but if I am spending money to be guided I don't really want to be driving around in shotgun. I would love to hear from guys who have been there about how there hunts where.
That is curious, I wonder why so many Americans come up here to hunt then? Also wonder if they are still cheaper with our dollar tanking?
Have you done one? I'm curious how it is done, is it an actual hunt or just driving around hammering pigs?
I have just never been caught the waterfowl bug, not sure why but it just doesn't get me excited.
Do you eat cats?
I have tried that but she usually just punches me in the face and goes back to sleep........Hunting it is
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The local guide is up to $7500/moose in our area. If you do plan a hunt in BC you will get to see some pretty impressive country. That photo is a coastal spring run steelhead. (depending on the stream, they are running right now) They are tidal and the sea lice are still hanging off them when you tie into one. Best game fish in the world (according to me). Wide variety of terrain in BC from desert to mountain top to spruce jungle to prairie. Alberta has some pretty nice country to offer as well but the fishing is not on the same level.
The local guide is up to $7500/moose in our area. If you do plan a hunt in BC you will get to see some pretty impressive country. That photo is a coastal spring run steelhead. (depending on the stream, they are running right now) They are tidal and the sea lice are still hanging off them when you tie into one. Best game fish in the world (according to me). Wide variety of terrain in BC from desert to mountain top to spruce jungle to prairie. Alberta has some pretty nice country to offer as well but the fishing is not on the same level.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
There's a reason why BC is potentially the most expensive place to hunt in the world, it is utterly unlike anywhere else. A lot of places have hunts, only a select few have truly extraordinary experiences. But I'm naturally biased.
