When I was in my 20's I used to hike in the bush with an AK - folder, 30 round mag- I'm guessing that wouldn't go over well these days. Tried an M14 for a while - that gun is ugly in the bush. I wish I'd had a 12 1/2 inch 870 in those days, got to be the perfect bush gun.
Trappers are they allowed to carry a pistol.
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Just wanted to add on the little experience I have with wilderness carry stuff in my region here in BC. I know directly about 3 local people who got one:
1. "trapper" who got a carry permit for a .22lr pistol to assassinate poor little furry creatures. I say "trapper" because he does have a permit/license for trapping, and a line somewhere, but he certainly doesn't make a significant living from it. He subsidizes his trapping hobby as a heavy equipment operator.
2. geologist who got the permit to carry some sort of wheel gun - I believe .357 (definitely not .44mag).
3. "prospector" who got the permit for his 1911 (yup, wimpy .45acp). Again, this gent has a day job (some sort of administrator) and his prospecting is really a hobby. He hasn't found anything in the last 5 or 10 years, if ever. He does a lot of his prospecting around Nelson...perhaps he is very worried about being attacked by stinky hippies.
So - 22lr to kill critters has definitely been issued at least in BC to a registered but non-professional trapper. There aren't really caliber requirements - only suggestions. And you have to remember that the government doesn't get to tell you who you are or what you consider your profession to be - you tell them. So, if you are a prospector then you are a prospector, regardless of your day job. It isn't entirely true for "regulated" professions and trades, which includes "trapper" here in BC, but it is certainly true that you don't need to be a professional geologist or whatever to get a carry permit. Just fill out the form with conviction! And pass the proficiency test.
1. "trapper" who got a carry permit for a .22lr pistol to assassinate poor little furry creatures. I say "trapper" because he does have a permit/license for trapping, and a line somewhere, but he certainly doesn't make a significant living from it. He subsidizes his trapping hobby as a heavy equipment operator.
2. geologist who got the permit to carry some sort of wheel gun - I believe .357 (definitely not .44mag).
3. "prospector" who got the permit for his 1911 (yup, wimpy .45acp). Again, this gent has a day job (some sort of administrator) and his prospecting is really a hobby. He hasn't found anything in the last 5 or 10 years, if ever. He does a lot of his prospecting around Nelson...perhaps he is very worried about being attacked by stinky hippies.
So - 22lr to kill critters has definitely been issued at least in BC to a registered but non-professional trapper. There aren't really caliber requirements - only suggestions. And you have to remember that the government doesn't get to tell you who you are or what you consider your profession to be - you tell them. So, if you are a prospector then you are a prospector, regardless of your day job. It isn't entirely true for "regulated" professions and trades, which includes "trapper" here in BC, but it is certainly true that you don't need to be a professional geologist or whatever to get a carry permit. Just fill out the form with conviction! And pass the proficiency test.
In Alberta in order to get a carry permit ...trapping has to be your sole source of income[stupid ...........as you can't have another job] It is little more than an excuse to deny a permit.So animals get clubbed instead but the world is a safer place.For protection against wildlife it must be at least .40 caliber ,in a passtime that puts you at risk [rancher etc] they left out hunter and there is range qualification................Harold
wayupnorth
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that is not true..... not even close.
one of the Paramedic's i use to be partnered with has his and he only traps as a hobby that was passed down from his grandfathers trap line.
also i have only met one native fella who traps as his sole income, everyone else i know who has a trap line does it as a winter hobby and they all have either had or have ATC. so i dont know where you are getting your info from but you are way off the mark.
the alberta paper work also says nothing about that either.
on a related note can anyone live off of trapping?
wayupnorth
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i saw furs for sale at the local pawn shop for next to nothing last winter, prices where so low.
you couldn't shoot your own and prepare it for the price they where selling for.
*sad face*
you couldn't shoot your own and prepare it for the price they where selling for.
*sad face*
My father in law and his friend own a trapline in northern Alberta. My father in law doesn't have his restricted firearms license but his trapping partner does and has approval to carry on the trapline. For the income being related to the atc there trapline is just a hobby and the furs barely cover costs so definitely not a major part of there income maybe a thousand a year profit.
