Thread: Hello from Canada

Howdy, all, great site. I am in Northeastern British Columbia, still in mid-winter here, with lots of snow. I usually shoot black powder cartridge rifles and revolvers, but also like military rifles that are not considered "restricted" in this country. I recently purchased a Polytech M305 (M14 clone), new, only been out shooting with it once. Great gun.

Love all the good stories and info on this site.

Regards, all;
Drifter

Welcome Drifter. Have you shot a moose before?

Welcome Drifter. It is a lovely part of the world that you live.

Welcome aboard Drifter! Good to have you on board. I lived up your ways for 18 months in '09-'10. Beautiful part of the world.

would love to go back to canada in the future may have to organize it and even plan a hunt while im there was workin near unity sask for 6mths in summer 1988
welcome to our little slice of paradise

Hi, thanks, all. Yes, Toby, I have shot moose; a great animal to hunt, especially in the rut, when you can call them in.

Where abouts did you live, Bryan, when you were here?

GJ, what did you do for work in Unity; farming? Speaking of which, my sister and her hubby and son have a big farm/cattle operation in Alberta, always looking for people to work there, if anybody feels the wanderlust. Great hunting there too.

I look forward to hearing about hunting experiences over in your land; what types of animal do you folks usually hunt over there? Here it is moose, elk, deer,(whit-tail and muley) black bear, and with luck you get your name pulled for a grizzly hunt. Some of the more adventurous go up in the mountains for sheep and mountain goat. Where I live right now we get deer, black bear, moose, ruffed grouse, coyote, in the door-yard. One winter had a pregnant cow moose with a broken hind leg living in the yard; I fed her, trying to keep her alive until she calved out, but she finally went up on the hill behind our pasture and died. Too bad; would have been interesting raising a calf moose.

Anyway, thanks for the welcome mat guys, good to be on board.

Regards,
Drifter

yes i was farming on a beef n cropping farm thoroughly enjoyed my time there working and great folk as well
never got to hunt while i was there i wasnt into yet in those days but i do fondly remember poppin off a few gophers with the 22
im still farmin but now i own my own dairy farm of 320 jersey cows

Wow, pretty good sized operation you have! When I was a kid in Montana, we had lots of gophers; none here where I live now. Too cold, I guess. I wish someone would import a few; they are lots of fun!

Drifter

Drifter, I was living in Airdrie North of Calgary, AB from late 2009 to January 2011. Worked at the Big Bass Pro outdoors mega store at Cross Iron Mills as a shift manager in the hunting department. Was a pretty sweet place to work.

I did quite a lot of hunting and fishing while over there, I actually still have a valid Canadian Firearms Licence. Shot 100's of gophers over summer which was a hoot. Got my general whitetail and mule deer tags and found my own spots near Rocky Mountain House and bagged two whitetails for the 2012 season. Bloody awesome experience.

Wife and I did a LOT of travelling around Alberta/Montana/British Columbia and even drove to a mates log cabin in eastern Saskatchewan for New Years and went ice fishing. We absolutely loved our time there. To be honest, I would still be there if it weren't for the stupid Visa crap.

Welcome Drifter.

Welcome Drifter, Never been but i have always thought if i was to live in any other country it would be Canada.

We hunt deer, Sambar,Rusa,Sika,Fallow,Red,Whitetail,Elk. All year round for free on public land with a few restrictions/ballots on some areas at some times.
We hunt goats for free at any time of year on public land.
We hunt pigs for free at any time of year on public land and also in plantation pine forests with permits(depending on region), mostly with dogs and knife.
We hunt Chamois for free at any time of year on public land.
We hunt Thar for free at any time of year on public land tho there is a ballot for some areas at some times.
We hunt Wallaby for free at any time of year on public land.
We hunt Hare at any time of year for free on public land.
We hunt Rabbit at any time of year for free on public land.
We hunt/trap/poison Possum at any time of year for free on public land.

You could in theory shoot every one of these animals you see, However "most" of us hunters are more conservationist than that and shoot what we can carry unless specifically culling and excess of animals(for a farmer etc)

All the Above are listed as pest species and millions of dollars a year are spent relentlessly shooting/poisoning anything with four legs on public land,also killing large numbers of rare native birds.

We hunt birds and other stuff too but they have seasons and licenses except I think Canada goose?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

We hunt birds and other stuff too but they have seasons and licenses except I think Canada goose?

Correct

I know the Airdrie area somewhat; a good friend of mine lives there; I have been in the Bass Pro Shop one time, in October 2010; the wife about had to drag me kicking and screaming from there! A guy could end up spending WAAYYY too much money in there.....

Too bad about the Visa crapoloa; our illustrious government can sure mess things up sometimes. But, guess it's the same almost everywhere.

Bfn

Yeah, I hear ya, Vietnamcam, I typically hunt only what I plan to eat. Ravens are a bit of an exception; they are hard on baby birds, and other animals. My brother-in -law actually had a Charolais bull killed by ravens; no joke. It managed to get a cut on its back, and the ravens would land on his back and peck at it; they got the hole so big they would drink the blood from it. He finally got an infection in it, and died from it. But, life goes on....the bull got skidded out about 300m from the house, and became coyote bait. Ya gotta make the most of any situation!!!

I have a good raven story but will leave it for another post....

Welcome Drifter, Cocky friend of mine went to your country for farming work, bought the farmers Daughter home with him, now owns a farm 25 miles away from me, speaks very highly of your country and people, mind you guess he has to.
cheers.