Carrying a rifle in the Yukon
- Thread starter Grizzly Adams
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If you can fly your rifle for under $30 its cheaper than buying a can of bear spray when you get there. I thought about it when we went in June, but a short barrelled 12g...I ditched the idea because it didnt seem practical. Where are you visiting and what are you doing? We where there for 10 days in June, 3800km on the rental and camped every night except for 2, definitely one of the best road trips Ive ever been on.
one warning about having a rifle in the yukon for bear protection ... document very well your shots and events if needed. DLP can be hard to prove ... a shotgun will be less trouble with a small game hunting license ...
some cos can be tricky to deal with ....
some cos can be tricky to deal with ....
A week in early September, stay at a cabin with some side trips, lots of foot travel. I'll be taking bear spray, but would really be nice to have another option, if the situation calls for it.
Grizz
Hook up with a local with their resident card and grizz licence. Like was mentioned, can be tricky with co's and hard to prove. Grab a can of bear spray. I did a moose hunt there but have a buddy living there with all the right licences and I was under his special guide permit.
Thanks, Whitehorse is where I'll be going.
Friend has relatives there and hope to hookup with them. Basically, I need a break from around here, nothing high pressure.Grizz
Get a backpacker shotgunbwith 3" chamber.
Load with slugs or buckshot.
Shotgunbbreaks down into nice neat little package.
https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/dominion-arms-backpacker-single-barrel-shotgun-12-gauge/
Load with slugs or buckshot.
Shotgunbbreaks down into nice neat little package.
https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/dominion-arms-backpacker-single-barrel-shotgun-12-gauge/
this is not what i said ... trying to explain to a Conservation officer that you have a shotgun for bear defense can be interesting with some of the COs we have here ...
what you can do, what the law says and what someone enforcing the laws will do is three different things ....
I spent most of one summer in the Yukon when I retired. Just me with a camper on a pickup for the most part. Did a lot of grayling fishing up the Dempster Hwy. Six of us also that summer canoed the Snake and Peel Rivers down to Fort McPherson. So I got around. As medvedqc states far to much BS carrying a gun around for a just in case bear encounter. I had a large can of pepper spray and a walking stick with bells on it. Never seen a bear or anything else for that matter while on my own. When we were on the rivers we had two women along that never shut up so we only got glimpses of caribou and moose and we never seen or had issues with bears. One of the chatty women was my canoe and tent mate. She asked one morning why when I went out for my morning constitutional that I never took my bear spray,? I replied there was no need as the bears would never bother me. She asked why. I said because every morning before you wake up I wipe the backs and bottoms of your boots with cod liver oil. !!! She didn't know what to think or say. But I can tell you she never left the tent without her bear spray, and I know she never ventured far when she did go potty.
Go and enjoy yourself and don't get to wrapped up in bear defense as there are lots of American and German tourists for the bears to harass before they get to you.
Go and enjoy yourself and don't get to wrapped up in bear defense as there are lots of American and German tourists for the bears to harass before they get to you.
speaking of BS with a rifle i will tell a funny story about my wife parents that came with us on a floatplane in the middle of nowhere. the dad wanted a rifle just in case as a fool i buy a lee enfield for that purpose and got him a special permit that the mounted horse people can give you against some of our pesos ... called 5513 temporary borrowing a rifle for a non resident ... anyway to make the story short we saw one bear far away while driving in Alaska close to Haines ....
doesnt mean there is no bear but if you want really a firearm to protect you and or your property be aware of the consequences and explanations. having a firearm in the bush in the Yukon is legal but some enforcement people do not see it that way ...
doesnt mean there is no bear but if you want really a firearm to protect you and or your property be aware of the consequences and explanations. having a firearm in the bush in the Yukon is legal but some enforcement people do not see it that way ...
i do agree Paul but you had an hunting license ....
