[Huntwriter]

In less than 4 months the hunting season opens for most of BC. What are your hunting plans?

Mine are the usual, going for mule and whitetail deer. I've secured access to private land that has both species. Scouting on that land starts next week and by the end of July my stands will be up. Having failed to bag a bear during the spring season I will try for them again in the fall. Time permitting I might go for a moose, elk and fall turkey as well. Of course no hunting season of mine would be complete without duck and geese hunting...so I try to squeeze that in too.

[morris]

Depends on the LEH draws which should be out tomorrow or early next week! IF the LEH Gods smile on us it will be a group hunt to 5-13A in the first week of October, if not then we need to get together as a group and figure out a "Plan B"

My son just did his CORE this spring so some Youth Season hunts are definitely in order this year!

[morris]

Well we got out Plan A! LEH was favourable to us this year with 2 group Moose draws! So we have the opportunity for 4 Moose out of Region 5-13! Time to start planning....we are gonna need a bigger trailer!

[Huntwriter]

Congratulations on your LHE draws. I got nothing this year, again. However, I did secure permission from two landowners to hunt on their land. One of the places is just crawling with big whitetail deer.

[johnk]

Our LEH type draws are decided a little later here in Alberta so if I get drawn it is bull moose in early October and if not then I probably take a week and go back to Tunkwa area and help some friends punch their tags!

[Huntwriter]

johnk, on 29 June 2011 - 09:16 AM, said:

Our LEH type draws are decided a little later here in Alberta so if I get drawn it is bull moose in early October and if not then I probably take a week and go back to Tunkwa area and help some friends punch their tags!

It's always good to have plan B. I've no luck whatsoever with LEH draws. In over 10 years of applying I got nothing. Been seriously considering to quit applying for LEH altogether. It's not that I need it really, not where I am living. BTW Tunkwa Lake area is only an hour drive from me and is known for some great hunting and big deer.

[Belle]

Planning on Moose, Bison and maybe some Elk. We were lucky enough to get a shared moose (2 cow tags), a Bison tag for myself and 3 of of the kids with us got youth LEH Elk. The only thing that could hold me up is some neck surgery that is going to lay me up over the summer, even if I can't shoot in the fall I will be there.

[Trevor Shpeley]

Still hoping to re-enter the hunting world again this year. I have my hunters number still but I need to take that course which is identical to the one I took years ago to get the hunters number.

Doh! I hate bureaucracy

[Huntwriter]

Trevor Shpeley, on 02 July 2011 - 11:59 AM, said:

Still hoping to re-enter the hunting world again this year. I have my hunters number still but I need to take that course which is identical to the one I took years ago to get the hunters number.

Doh! I hate bureaucracy

Welcome to the hunter fraternity.

They, the government, sure don't make it easy to become a hunter. My next "Last Light" column in the BC Outdoors - Fall Shooting & Hunting takes a humorous jab at the bureaucracy and paper trail of becoming a hunter.

[Huntwriter]

Bison is on my "must-do-list" for many years, but with my LEH luck (the lack of it) I am not holding my breath. Probably end up booking a bison hunt with one of the many ranches around here. Only hurdle is I want to take a bison with my bow but most ranchers wont allow that. there is still that huge misconception that a bow is not enough to kill a bison with the first arrow.

[johnk]

Huntwriter, on 01 July 2011 - 12:08 PM, said:

It's always good to have plan B. I've no luck whatsoever with LEH draws. In over 10 years of applying I got nothing. Been seriously considering to quit applying for LEH altogether. It's not that I need it really, not where I am living. BTW Tunkwa Lake area is only an hour drive from me and is known for some great hunting and big deer.

Yes, I know the Tunkwa area intimately having lived at the resort for 9 years. I have a great muley spot and haven't seen another hunter there for 8 years since they logged it. The U-turn is well used but no one gets out and hunts. Before I moved away I could get a 4 point in early September before the hunter pressure increased. Went back for a visit last October and trees blown down in a big windstorm three weeks previous were still across the access road so that is where I left them. Only place I've ever seen a sow black bear with four yearling cubs!

[Huntwriter]

johnk, on 02 July 2011 - 06:52 PM, said:

Yes, I know the Tunkwa area intimately having lived at the resort for 9 years. I have a great muley spot and haven't seen another hunter there for 8 years since they logged it. The U-turn is well used but no one gets out and hunts. Before I moved away I could get a 4 point in early September before the hunter pressure increased. Went back for a visit last October and trees blown down in a big windstorm three weeks previous were still across the access road so that is where I left them. Only place I've ever seen a sow black bear with four yearling cubs!

I've a place like that in the Helmer Lake area. Well traveled logging road that ends in big u-turn. All the hunters turn around and drive back the same road they came on. Nobody ever gets out and walk just 500 yards over the ridge. Their loss my fortune. I heard a lot about Tunkwa Lake but actually never made it up there to hunt. One of these days I will have scout the area out a bit.

[Mooseknuckle]

johnk, on 02 July 2011 - 06:52 PM, said:

Yes, I know the Tunkwa area intimately having lived at the resort for 9 years. I have a great muley spot and haven't seen another hunter there for 8 years since they logged it. The U-turn is well used but no one gets out and hunts. Before I moved away I could get a 4 point in early September before the hunter pressure increased. Went back for a visit last October and trees blown down in a big windstorm three weeks previous were still across the access road so that is where I left them. Only place I've ever seen a sow black bear with four yearling cubs!

John are you talking about a spot in the 4100 area