Good observations, we spent some years in Northern Alberta and experienced the same, it was a surprise, but I gladly went out with locals as that was the way there. It’s trucks, and if roughing it quads and side by’s, some blinds with propane heaters. Then I spent a year in the foothills around Millarville, we still own land there we rent out, and I hunted our own place for whitetail so can’t comment on the general area and methods. But there’s a lot more gunfire in season there than I’ve ever heard elsewhere, which struck me as odd as fantastic mountain hunting was just a short drive away.
We lived in Grande Cache for awhile and Wilmore was much like BC hunting, horses and boots as no powered transport is allowed in Wilmore. Outside the park it very much was not like BC with guys looking for sheep and elk around the mine, it was the Wild West, and I just avoided it and only went in there once. I like the BC mountain way from my small sampling of methods personally, much less of a rush, longer trips, in places pretty enough you can happily justify not shooting and still call it a great trip if you only have your own tag to fill.
