BC whitetail hunting
- Thread starter OT_man
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Anyone know how to forward that to the deer out in my back forty.
Someone has gotta tell them. They don't exist! LOL!
They are like efffin rats, everywhere. Still more Mulies than WT here, but a few weird looking gaits seen every year, and a fair few flagging tails as they bugger off....
I have a strong suspicion that if clues were dynamite, the guys that colored in that map would be pretty safe specimens! LOL!
there is small groups of them here around 100 mile . I see them around ruth lake but never in a legal shooting situation as they habituate to the farm fields and bands of trees that are too close to homes and occupied outbuildings. I see them occassionally over by bridge lake too but never went after them in the huntable areas.
Oddly enough a white tail doe was hit by a truck about 100 yards down the road from me yesterday so the fires have probably pushed a few north out of the vidette/deadman valley, another area I have bumped into the odd group of white tail.
I would try up north between chetwynd and ft st john or perhaps the south west corner of the province.
Oddly enough a white tail doe was hit by a truck about 100 yards down the road from me yesterday so the fires have probably pushed a few north out of the vidette/deadman valley, another area I have bumped into the odd group of white tail.
I would try up north between chetwynd and ft st john or perhaps the south west corner of the province.
this is incorrect but I will let you go investigate or yourself.
seeing as someone from the internet police showed up LOL
OP if you can prove BC residency for 6months you can use your Manitoba Hunting credentials to aquire a BC hunter number. A call to Frontcounter BC /BC Access and they will fill you in on the needed details.
The WT deer were here before that.
The map is probably as good a place as any to start, but finding the deer is better.
The Northern Reaches of Eastern BC are essentially an extension of the Northern Boreal and prairie country, I would expect to find the same deer there as anywhere across the strip of the Boreal.
I have not spent enough time in the South East corner of the province to tell you anything about what to expect there.
If I was coming in blind I would start with the map areas that are moderate to plentiful and cross reference that with google earth looking for agriculture and the Regional District land ownership maps looking for Crown Land near farms. And of course comparing that with the regulations for open seasons and no shooting areas.
And pick the area closest to wherever I am at.
They may have been grrr before that but they are aggressively expanding their range.
I live in the very south east corner of the province snd the WT hunting here is something to be desired. With very liberal seasons, especially for does, our population, in my area has been decimated. I forgot to mention the wolves as well. The days of seeing 100+ a day are gone. We used to never shoot small bucks till the last day, now your lucky to see one.
Good luck.
wrenchbender4
CGN Regular
- Location
- SE of Western canada
We have WT here in the east kootenay. Their is lots but not big. Rifle season starts on the 10th. The bigger prise here is the elk.
For someone who isnt familiar with the Province or the area its likely to much effort just a week before hunting season.
Rob
pete dobinson
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Courtenay BC.
For a big BC whitetail bucks the Peace region of BC would be the best bet. Boundary area in the south and the east Kootenays would also be a good area. I saw a few whitetail in Barrier area as well.
