British Columbia - Proposed regulation changes

less and less hunting opportunities for the non-aboriginal hunters...the 400meter closure along Hwy 37 is total bullshyt....this will close down a large portion of the Bell-Irving river and has absolutely Sweet F**k All to do with the transmission line.

The transmission line along the Bell-Irving is on the East side of highway 37, the river is on the West side...so why the F**k does the proposal say along both sides of Hwy-37....absolutely nothing has changed along the West side of Hwy 37.

It would be interesting to know where this proposal came from.
 
hawk-i said:
It would be interesting to know where this proposal came from.
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It's there in the proposal:

Rationale:
· The completion of the Northwest Transmission Line and the Red Chris Mine extension power line right-of-ways (RoW) have resulted in the removal of timber and other vegetation that formerly provided wildlife with security screening along this section of highway, as well as providing a default backstop to any discharge projectiles from firearms, thereby affording some public safety.

· There has been little to no road deactivation undertaken associated with construction roads used for the power line construction, so vehicle access to hunting areas in close proximity to the highway are now very plentiful and public safety risk is correspondingly increased as a result.

· There are concerns that the newly cleared area (that will now be permanently managed as young seral stage area) will:

-Regenerate into vegetation types that will attract wildlife (such as moose and bear) to the highway corridor and RoW;

-Pose a risk to public safety, to those other vehicles travelling along this highway as significant portions of it now no longer have roadside vegetation that will function as a backstop to bullets;

-Result in increased wildlife harvest in an area currently managed as general open seasons;

-Result in changes to licensed hunter opportunity if localized harvest becomes unsustainable, and possible impacts to First Nation ability to exercise their aboriginal right to hunt for food.
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Thanks for the link.
Nice to see regions 4 and 8 are showing some concern for the White tail.
Looks like region 3 is still intending to exterminate them and all the little Mule deer they can.
 
blacklab said:
Thanks for the link.
Nice to see regions 4 and 8 are showing some concern for the White tail.
Looks like region 3 is still intending to exterminate them and all the little Mule deer they can.
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In region 3 the logging trucks are killing more animals than hunters. Drive the road between vidette and chasm during oct/nov, it's getting disgusting. Also, when it comes time to dig all that area up again to twin than LNG pipeline that cuts thru there.... They are gonna totally destroy that area once again.
We'll be like the rest of the provinces pretty soon and good hunting in BC will be but a memory.
 
scott_r said:
Give it time and all of B.C will be closed to hunting, way to many hippie tree huggers influencing politics.
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Naw , I think we woulda seen that influence come with an NDP provincial govt..... It's worse than that I'm afraid.
We have greedy Liberal industrialists lining up left and right feeding at the trough that is BC's natural resources and keeping the public out of the way and not seeing what they are doing is their motivation.
These people don't give a damn wether there are deer, moose, sheep, bears, salmon , steelhead , as these creatures stand in the way of billions in profits from the lands they inhabit. Don't kid yourself, this IS the new reality.
 
Great to see extended motor vehicle closures in the Shulaps and Cayoosh ranges.
 
The population in that area must be greater than downtown Van if you cant shoot off the side of the highway with in 400 yards of road. There are so many people in that region it must be impossible to not have more vehicle accidents then firearm accidents. LOL. The only thing it does is stop road hunters. If they drive that far what is another 400 yards into the bush to shoot game. We have the 400 thing along Highway 16 from Prince Rupert to the Alberta border. In a lot of the areas the farms along the highway are less than 400 yds.
 
scott_r said:
Give it time and all of B.C will be closed to hunting, way to many hippie tree huggers influencing politics.
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Think again, sport hunting culture has arguably its deepest roots here in BC out of any province. BC also has the largest hunting / outfitting industry in Canada. There's a statue of the Chadwick ram proudly on display for instance where we used to live. People make the mistake of thinking "Greater Vancouver" speaks for all of BC. Anything but.
 
golddust said:
The population in that area must be greater than downtown Van if you cant shoot off the side of the highway with in 400 yards of road. There are so many people in that region it must be impossible to not have more vehicle accidents then firearm accidents. LOL. The only thing it does is stop road hunters. If they drive that far what is another 400 yards into the bush to shoot game. We have the 400 thing along Highway 16 from Prince Rupert to the Alberta border. In a lot of the areas the farms along the highway are less than 400 yds.
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I really don't care about the hyw., the ridiculous part IMO is, it stops hunting on a large portions of the river that has absolutely nothing to do with the transmission line as stated.

As far as safety is concerned its already illegal to discharge a firearm along or off a highway.
 
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