first moose kill by a pretty lady!

Nice vid. What rifle and load was she using? Where on the moose did the 1st round hit? Did any of the other shots hit?

How do you like that ATV? I've gotta get me one of those!
 
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Nice vid. What rifle and load was she using? Where on the moose did the 1st round hit? Did any of the other shots hit?

How do you like that ATV? I've gotta get me one of those!
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it was a 30-06 , around 300 yards, the first shot hit the front chest, through heart and lungs and found bullet in back ribs,the other 2 dropped close to a foot hitting top of leg, 4th shot hit bottom of shoulder, first shot killed him but didnt know it yet, tracks r slow but awsome in snow
 
Nice moose,and overall a pretty good video,but I would either remove the video,or edit it to remove the parts that show her illegally shooting off of a motorized vehicle,before someone sends a copy to the authorities,as happened with the duck shooters.Not that your girlfriend is in the same class as the duck shooters,but why post evidence that can later be used to charge and convict her?
 
Only using the vehicle as a gun rest is legal if you are not parked on a public road or maintained logging road or public trail. You can not shoot across a road or right of way for vehicles. I see nothing wrong in the video. Nice video, nice moose and great gal.
 
Only using the vehicle as a gun rest is legal if you are not parked on a public road or maintained logging road or public trail.
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B.S.

Below is the link to the B.C.regulations.Go to page 18,then number 1.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/

I don't know how to copy and paste from a pdf file,but it plainly states that it is illegal to shoot wildlife from a motor vehicle or from a boat with a motor in B.C.An atv is considered to be a motor vehicle.

Then there is the matter of the federal firearms regulations,which do not allow a loaded firearm,on or in a motor vehicle(whether you are on a public road or not).The gun was obviously loaded,or it would not have fired.
 
I still think it would be a B.S. charge "shooting from a vehicle" She is not on the seat , machine is turned off and she is using the machine as a rifle rest. I still don't see a problem. She is not in operational control of the ATV and she is not riding as a passenger with a loaded gun shooting on the ATV. If she was charged for shooting like that; I would say that BC has some ####ty laws that should be clarified better.
 
Actually there is one thing I see that concerns me that they might get charged for if they were hunting where I do; but I won't pass judgment on it until I can read thru BC's hunting regs. The laws hunting big game may be different there.
 
I still think it would be a B.S. charge "shooting from a vehicle" She is not on the seat , machine is turned off and she is using the machine as a rifle rest. I still don't see a problem.
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As long as the shooter or the gun is resting on the atv while the shot is fired, it is illegal.You may not see a problem,but it's a matter of the law as written,not what you think is right or wrong.

She is not in operational control of the ATV and she is not riding as a passenger with a loaded gun shooting on the ATV.
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A vehicle does not have to be in motion,or even have the engine running for a person to be charged and convicted with having a loaded firearm in or on a motor vehicle.
 
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If I am kneeling on the ground using My ATV fender as a rest I am shooting from the ground! using the ATV as a rest. Maybe I am wrong but I will use a rest to shoot when I can but I will not shoot a gun while sitting on an ATV either in the driver or passenger position. " From a vehicle" to me means to be sitting on or in the vehicle, maybe this is one of those grey area's that we should get clarified better somehow.
 
If I am kneeling on the ground using My ATV fender as a rest I am shooting from the ground! using the ATV as a rest.
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If you are using a rest,you are shooting from that rest,even if you are kneeling on the ground

" From a vehicle" to me means to be sitting on or in the vehicle, maybe this is one of those grey area's that we should get clarified better somehow.
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The word sitting does not appear in the prohibition.

I suggest that you go to the link below,download the Guide,go to page 18,then go to number 5.It is quite clear in it's wording.You can't have a loaded forearm in or on a motor vehicle of any kind.It's even illegal to have a loaded firearm in or on a sleigh or bicycle according to the regulations.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/

As far as the Federal Firearms regulations go,it is illegal to even place a loaded rifle on or in a motor vehicle,even if you yourself are not in or on that motor vehicle.If you took the course to obtain your FAC or PAL,you should know that.
I have been dressing out an animal in a field with our guns laying on the boxcover of my truck,and had a Conservation officer come along and ask to check to see if they were loaded,after he checked our licenses.He made sure that we knew that it was illegal to have a loaded gun on or in a motor vehicle.
 
There was quite a discussion on HBC about this. Have a read.
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In the first statement the person was very positive and "matter of fact" about his response,that being that it was illegal to lean on the motor vehicle.Apparently he thought that the wording was quite clear.In the second statement,he used the words "probably",and "possibly" it was legal ,no doubt because he was advised that a good lawyer "may possibly" be able to make some kind of defense.However,it would be up to the judge to make a decision,and I for one would not want to go to court with a defence based on "probably" or "possibly".

As such,you "may" be able to avoid being charged and convicted under the B.C. regulations.

However,even if you avoided being convicted under the B.C. regulations,you could still be convicted for violating the federal firearms regulations.Again,it would be up to a judges interpretation of the law.
 
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