Hunters take aim at green groups

[sherlockbonez]

Able to recognize and admit one's mistake is a sign of maturity.

 

[rem338win]

Able to recognize and admit one's mistake is a sign of maturity.

Tell me about it. Grade 7 is a pain in the ....

 

[kayaker1]

I have never been a big fan of foreign people coming to Canada to hunt, I think the resources should be saved and used by Canadians only, not sure how that effects our tourism or economy but its just kinda a weird feeling that I have, just doesn't seem right

Of the 350-500 bears killed in Canada each year about 100 (IIRC) were taken by foreigners. My friend did his masters thesis on the polar bear hunting inductry in NWT. The US listing of the bears on the ESA effectively destroyed many livelihoods. The Inuit guides kept dogs etc for hunts (hunters cannot travel on motorized craft) and now many had to get rid of these dog teams as there are virtually no more US hunters. They also used the guided hunts to get their kids out on the land and learn about polar bears and hunting, the meat was used in the communities, the income was far more than would normally earn

These will be interesting reading:
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic59-1-21.pdf

Recent research book on polar bear hunting - http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/cci//pdf/FreemanFoote-InuitPolarBears1.pdf

 

[Arctic]

Why is it that everyone in the world wants to control the North and its people without an inkling of their culture of mode of life?
Now, if Branson and the PETA crowd could boast of surviving in the North on their own for 6 months, maybe we'd consider listening to them!!