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Sweeping changes to B.C.’s Wildlife Allocation Policy proposed by the Guide-Outfitters Association of B.C. would dramatically reduce residents’ access to wild game and increase the number of permits sold to foreign big game trophy hunters, according to the B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF). This proposed change could result in 5,000 fewer hunting permits going to B.C. residents.

Allow me to re-introduce myself, as you know my name is Aaron Goodis. For those of you who do not know me yet, I thought I would share a little background info about myself. Basically I want to get all the shameless self-promotion stuff out of the way. First off...

...I began to wonder what the reaction gap is for a typical rifle toting hunter attacked by a bear. Like a police officer confronted with an offender armed with an edged weapon, at what point is it necessary to shoot, because if suddenly charged, you're too far behind the reaction curve to launch a meaningful defence? Since I had no idea, I determined to find out.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations engaged over 2500 hunters in a telephone survey early in 2013. The compilation of the information acquired is quite interesting with valuable insight into where the hunters are going, where they are coming from, how much they are spending and on what. Would...

Loose bullets and airport security don’t mix. In the last 12 months, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) recorded almost 1,000 incidents involving loose bullets in passenger’s carry-on baggage or pockets. Every time screening officers see a bullet at the checkpoint, it leads to additional screening and avoidable delays.  With...

by Larry Herscovitch as seen in BC Outdoors Hunting and Shooting Fall 2013 Much of the local waterfowl hunting takes place on private land and if you have access to property that’s legal and holds ducks, you are one of the lucky few and really need to look no further. However...