Finger Toes
Regular
- Location
- Yellowhead County
I think the minimum caliber for big game is .23 or bigger isn't it?
First Grizzly tag ever!
- Thread starter Gatehouse
- Start date
The only restriction on centerfire rifle cartridges in BC are for bison.
You can hunt grizzly and moose wiht a .204 Ruger if you wish.
Probably quite a bit of walking. I won't be able to climb too much wiht my injured knee. But you know this already, @$$hole
In Alberta, yes, but hunting regulations are a provincial matter.
its not really that different than sitting over a patch of blueberries or some marmot dens and waiting for a bear, which is legal in bc. food is food.
where is your draw GH?
scrammersam
Regular
- Location
- abbotsford, bc
grizzleys are far from endangered. well around here anyways. but they are limited entry to keep them that way. im sure if they were open season they would get wiped out in a few years
Montana is talking about opening a grizz hunt and Alaska never stopped hunting grizzlies...
- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
Ok, first off.....
We really need to have a thread based on Grizzly defense...
Good for you.... Hope ya get a freakin Monster
We really need to have a thread based on Grizzly defense...
Good for you.... Hope ya get a freakin Monster
Probably quite a bit of walking. I won't be able to climb too much wiht my injured knee. But you know this already, @$$hole
well hopefully your body allows you to hunt 100% on this hunt of a lifetime!
It sure would suck to have a major letdown on two 'hunt of a lifetime' hunts in one lifetime! 
well hopefully your body allows you to hunt 100% on this hunt of a lifetime!
Knee should hold up, but I will probably miss
April 1-June 10. I wil probably try for a mid/late May trip
Interesting...that would be most of BC...
What is the reasoning behind that? Prevent "defense" killings of grizzlies?
Knee should hold up, but I will probably miss
Does that bad knee have anything to do with the hospitalization on the last big hunt?
Yeah I think that would be the reason why not to bait around the G bear also I think the Govt thinks we're too dumb to know the difference betwen the bears.
Around here the best G bear hunting is always early, if you can get lucky and have a late spring with snow in the season things really look up for success rate.
Around here the best G bear hunting is always early, if you can get lucky and have a late spring with snow in the season things really look up for success rate.
Quesnel Highlands
Congratulations on the draw Clarke.
A few bits of advice:
Don't come up too early. That draw is a good one but quite often the bears are still denned up at the end of May. You should PM Drache who lives up there and have him keep an eye out on the rate of snow melt in the valleys for you. Also, quite often the southern slopes may be bare but the roads will still be buried in 4 or more feet of snow. It is a ##### to be able to glass feeding bears a mile away but have no way of getting to them. (ask me how I know about that!
)Second, realize they will not be as big as the coastal bears you are used to. A boar you would pass on at the coast may well be the biggest bear you will see here. Also, Bring a black bear tag. The largest bears you see may well be blacks not grizz. 7+ foot blacks are fairly normal with skulls that will break 20".
Finally, If you are so hard up for rifles that you are planning on using that Ruger thingamagig of yours I have a perfectly good '06 I can lend you.
PS, our Paramedic friend used to guide up in that country. Ask him about locations to start hunting at.
