Beautiful land! Cool pictures!
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Beautiful land! Cool pictures!
Damn, you guys know how to place cameras. Did you seek well established game trails? Beautiful work.
Indeed. They are numerous. Some corridors have been so for thousands of years.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
Is hunting big in your area? Are wild cats a protected species. I know in Alaska they are trapped for pelts but Alaska has done big fines/jail for poaching or breaking quotas. I am not a hunter but have helped friends in Maine take a deer or two only because they live off the grid and what they catch and grow provides around eighty percent of food they put on the table. I would think Canada would be similar to Alaska with very strict hunting laws. You guys have way too much land for the government to patrol so they need to make examples. I'm anti locking people up but people who poach or shoot purely for sport are scumbag. Sorry, went off topic, just curious about hunting in Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuitIndeed. They are numerous. Some corridors have been so for thousands of years.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
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Originally Posted by walrusIs hunting big in your area? Are wild cats a protected species. I know in Alaska they are trapped for pelts but Alaska has done big fines/jail for poaching or breaking quotas. I am not a hunter but have helped friends in Maine take a deer or two only because they live off the grid and what they catch and grow provides around eighty percent of food they put on the table. I would think Canada would be similar to Alaska with very strict hunting laws. You guys have way too much land for the government to patrol so they need to make examples. I'm anti locking people up but people who poach or shoot purely for sport are scumbag. Sorry, went off topic, just curious about hunting in Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuitIndeed. They are numerous. Some corridors have been so for thousands of years.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
Lots of redneck holdouts up here. I agree with your views completely.Trapping still goes on and you can still shoot bears in the ditch off the road. Lynx are trapped but its for sale to other places which is sad. Not many people wear real fur up here. Poaching is common up here also and lots of sell out outfitters and many that are not even Canadian. Of course they then charge tourists to come here and the kill trophy animals. This is done because all of these people have killed everything in their own countries.
I'm a fan of hunting, I don't get to go as much as I'd like, but I'm not one of those "I want to kill an animal just because" kind of hunters and in all honesty I have not come across any hunters (in the circles I run in) that do that. I think if you cull an animal then it is your job to make the most use out of what you have taken because that is responsible and the respectful thing to do.
The hunters I know are the greatest stewards of nature and conservation that I know of....but I can't speak for 100% of all hunters, just the ones I know. I know there are poachers and those guys ought to be drawn and quartered...the poachers in the US, Canada, wherever all of them.
You are right kabong, never thought much about it but the hunters I know are very much in tune with nature. One of them repeats an old native American prayer of thanks and blessing for the animal when he makes a kill. I made the decision many years ago never to hunt again. I was tempted a few years ago when my friends in Maine decided to go hunting with black powder weapons but after I took a few target shots I realized I'd have trouble shooting the side of a barn with a muzzle loaded musket I left it to the pros. I can empathize with those who are anti hunting, I think irresponsible hunters give that group plenty of fodder but in my state the government has hired professional hunters on occasion if the deer population explodes which tends to have them starve to death in the winter and numerous auto accidents. Venison isn't a bad meat, but not amongst my favorites. Huntings not my cup of tea but if you are a responsible hunter or live off the grid and feed your family, have at her. If you are in the woods to kill things and leave them to rot, your an asshole.
Talk about blending in to the environment. The fall colours are the colours of this animal at this time of year.
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A coyote pair from last winter. You can really see the male/female subtle differences. Just like dogs, one did not like the other one being that close for a second.
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