Killed/hunted with your M14/M305/M1A ...
- Thread starter Otokiak
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Don't tell this poor guy polar bears aren't evil. I bet he wished he was packing an M14
PS sorry for the Hijack
Any other pic of the same story?
aftermidnight
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- West Kelowna BC
whats out of context is.. its that the GUY is chasing the BEAR.. thats what you get for leaving your Rum&Coke chilling in the snow... lol
The thread is interesting and seeing that it got diverted to polar bear hunting I thought I would post this article about this years hunt. Not sure if you know or not Otokiak, but it looks like your allotment stayed the same this year.
Nunavut has decided to leave unchanged the number of polar bears it allows to be killed each year in one of the largest areas of the territory, rejecting calls for tighter restrictions on hunting to allow the carnivores' populations to recover. The Ministry of Environment has left unchanged the annual quota of 105 polar bears from the Baffin Bay region.
The outgoing Environment Minister Olayuk Akesuk accepted a recommendation from the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board not to cut the Baffin Bay polar bear quota — also known as the total allowable harvest — for this season.
Territorial government staff had wanted to cut the quota to 64 bears or less. They've argued for the past three years that the harvest there is too high, in part because of hunting in nearby Greenland.
"Combined harvest in the Baffin Bay should not exceed about 90 animals, and presently with the combined harvest from Nunavut and Greenland, it's 176," Drikus Gissing, Nunavut's director of wildlife management, told CBC News on Tuesday.
"So it's a significant overharvesting that's taking place in this population."
But at a public hearing held in Pond Inlet in April, dozens of hunters from Pond Inlet, Clyde River and Qikiqtarjuaq told the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board that the polar bear population in Baffin Bay is on the rise, not decreasing.
The hunters also argued that the government's bid to reduce the polar bear hunt was based on outdated information.
Gissing said the minister agreed to keep the quota unchanged this year in Baffin Bay partly because of the hunters' concerns, and partly because of the amount of time it took for the wildlife board to render a decision.
The government submitted its proposal to the board in 2007, and a decision came about a year and a half later.
I will leave the politics to others
There was also a show on CBC a few years back showing how important the polar bear hunt was to the community bringing in tourist dollars. They stated the typical hunt brought in about $10,000 and profiled an American who had paid $5,000 more for a gold leaf blaser in 338 win mag and then comparied it to the guide who had a 303 for about $150. The funny part to me was that the American had another $1500 invested in winter clothing and by day two ended up wearing the cariboo clothing the outfitters were wearing because it was much warmer
right now I am looking at the lee enfield Mk4 1* or the M305 as a back up rifle to my regular hunting rifle. and the reason I posted on this thread.
Nunavut has decided to leave unchanged the number of polar bears it allows to be killed each year in one of the largest areas of the territory, rejecting calls for tighter restrictions on hunting to allow the carnivores' populations to recover. The Ministry of Environment has left unchanged the annual quota of 105 polar bears from the Baffin Bay region.
The outgoing Environment Minister Olayuk Akesuk accepted a recommendation from the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board not to cut the Baffin Bay polar bear quota — also known as the total allowable harvest — for this season.
Territorial government staff had wanted to cut the quota to 64 bears or less. They've argued for the past three years that the harvest there is too high, in part because of hunting in nearby Greenland.
"Combined harvest in the Baffin Bay should not exceed about 90 animals, and presently with the combined harvest from Nunavut and Greenland, it's 176," Drikus Gissing, Nunavut's director of wildlife management, told CBC News on Tuesday.
"So it's a significant overharvesting that's taking place in this population."
But at a public hearing held in Pond Inlet in April, dozens of hunters from Pond Inlet, Clyde River and Qikiqtarjuaq told the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board that the polar bear population in Baffin Bay is on the rise, not decreasing.
The hunters also argued that the government's bid to reduce the polar bear hunt was based on outdated information.
Gissing said the minister agreed to keep the quota unchanged this year in Baffin Bay partly because of the hunters' concerns, and partly because of the amount of time it took for the wildlife board to render a decision.
The government submitted its proposal to the board in 2007, and a decision came about a year and a half later.
I will leave the politics to others
There was also a show on CBC a few years back showing how important the polar bear hunt was to the community bringing in tourist dollars. They stated the typical hunt brought in about $10,000 and profiled an American who had paid $5,000 more for a gold leaf blaser in 338 win mag and then comparied it to the guide who had a 303 for about $150. The funny part to me was that the American had another $1500 invested in winter clothing and by day two ended up wearing the cariboo clothing the outfitters were wearing because it was much warmer
right now I am looking at the lee enfield Mk4 1* or the M305 as a back up rifle to my regular hunting rifle. and the reason I posted on this thread.
My Norc M-14 is completely box stock other than the checking for tightness/tweaking done yesterday at the M-14 clinic here in Edmonton with the guru Hungry in attendance. (My M-14 needed nothing done to it, tight right out of the box. 
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So far, its only paper targets that have died, but next fall...whitetail is on the menu
)So far, its only paper targets that have died, but next fall...whitetail is on the menu
I do not live on Baffin Island ... I live in the KIVALLIQ REGION just above Churchill, Manitoba on the West coast of the Hudson's Bay ... our quota is 8 ... and only for defense kills ... no allowable hunting this year as the territorial gov't and local HTO's argue and fight about a study that was done recently ... what a bunch of crap ... not one elder or our local HTO was consulted by these folks from the south who did this study on polar bears in our region ... all they did was fly around this summer tryna count how many they could find ... F'N CRAP ... angry doesn't begin to describe how I'm feeling ...
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
p.s. this thread was started to see what other fellow CGNer's hunt with their M14's ... to answer the newbie Beer Drinkers question ... as I hunt alot with mine ...
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
p.s. this thread was started to see what other fellow CGNer's hunt with their M14's ... to answer the newbie Beer Drinkers question ... as I hunt alot with mine ...
the fact that they've put a hold on free hunting probably indicates that numbers are getting into the red and continued hunting would push the population past the point of no return within a few years ?
im not up on Canada's conservation policies so its just a guess.
but here the only reason they stop anything being killed/hunted is because of low pop. numbers , or rapidly decreasing numbers
im not up on Canada's conservation policies so its just a guess.
but here the only reason they stop anything being killed/hunted is because of low pop. numbers , or rapidly decreasing numbers
No it means the tree huggers have too much time and money available to push the governments into doing what they want over time. Animal populations are irrelevant.
Dimitri
and when they are next to extinction will population levels be irrelevant ?
im not saying they are endangered right now or that they shouldnt be hunted.. but alarm bells are ringing for someone somwhere that has a bit of power whether they are correctly informed or not
No I am saying population matters little to have something stop being hunted with animal rights groups in the mix.
Heck they got the spring bear hunt canceled when the population was high enough, now its way too high with bears going into school yards at recess looking for food.
Dimitri
