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Although the weather has
not yet changed into those
crisp, bright, sunny mor-
nings and warm afternoons,
fall is here. And with fall
comes the hunting season.
Matter of fact, this resume
of seasons is late, for hun-
ting has begun in the nor-
thern parts of Area 6 and for
some species in the southern

parts.

[ will not go into cpening
dates in a lot of detail, for
the Game Branch has im-
proved their booklet of
regulations (especially
maps) tremendously over
last year and the books are
free at most sporting goods
stores and the government
buildings:

The dates in general are
the same as last year,
moose opening August 15 to
the north of Meziaden Lake
and September 15 to the
south. Goat season is open
already in all Management
Units (MUs) of Area 6 and
deer will open in most MUs
on September [5,

Mountain sheep are open
already and so are caribou.’
Grizzly bear season will
open Seplember 1 in the
north and September 15 in
the south with the Meziaden
Lake as. the north-south
divider. Black bear will
open in all areas on Sep-
tember 1 as will wolf.

if you are after a real
waphy: hide, head, meat
and smell, the season on
skunk opens April 1 and
closes March 31 to the south
of the Meziaden line and
believe me ar not, No bag
limit. help me, Dr. Hatter,
that’s what il says — Page
43.— Small’ Game. You
should check with your local
Conservation Officer’ for a
recommendation on the
proper firearm to use.

Things to take note of
(besides N.B.L. on skunk —
what will anyone do with

. that many skunks?) is that
there will be no open season
on antlerless moose west of
Highway 25 and north of the
Skeena River up to the
Meziaden line. North of
Meziaden there is a three
week cow season and south
of the Skeena there is an

- eight day season.

- The closed areas are
basically the same as years
past, with the addition this
year of a closed corridor 1.2
miles on either side of the
B.C.R. right-of-way from
Dease Lake to Mosque
River. There are special
season dates for the Spatsizi
Park that are not
significantly different than
those outside but if you
happen to be fortunate
enough to be going to hunt
the park, check them_ out.

The Nass Limited Entry
Goat Area is still with us,
with a notable change this
year. In areas B, ©,

Creeks) the season will stay
open until February 15. As
faras I know, both sexes are
legal game which will mean
the nannies carrying kids
can be killed, and I don’t
think thal is good game
management. Perhaps the
Branch is again thinking
“Well, the terrain is so
rough and winters are
tough, no one will be hunting
any way.” That compounds
the error.

A very important change
and one I almost never saw
igs a new restriction on
snowmobiles. Page 41 — “It
is unlawful te hunt or
(transport hunters or wildlife
by snowmobile in M.U; 64,
6-5, 6-6, 6-15 and 6-17B. That
will outlaw the use of
snowmobiles in the Burns
Lake area and in parts of the

Skeena and  Kispiox
watersheds.
It will not be mandatory to

submit all goat, sheep,
grizzly and cougar kills to a
Conservation Officer so that
they may examine and

' yecord data from the kill,

The regulations make no
mention of what parts of the
animals the Branch wants to
measure. I thought they
might want the wishbone
and since that’s too heavy to
pack I phoned to make sure.
it appears they have no need
of the wishbone, but they do
want from the goal — horns
and lower jaw, from the
sheep — horns,. skull and
lower jar, from the bear and
cougar — the skull.

Now for the “it seems to
me” part of this resume. [,
the layman, have never

rofessed to know it all, but

iologists can still listen and
perhaps learn too. And as
for the bureaucrats, even
biologists don't care much
for that species.

It seems to me that the
idea of M.U. isn't doing the
job it should be. The idea is
sound and in looking at other
areas in the province it
appears it is being used.
Region 3, as an example,
has 15 different seasons for
mule deer, 18 seasons for
wwhite-tail deer, 8 seasons for

“moose. : .
vu, Contrast that with Area 6

(Skeena). We have one
season for mule, The same
season for 24 of the M.U.
(excluding Queen
Charlottes) from Bella
Coola to the Yukon border
and from Burns Lake to
Prince Rupert. You would
have to stretch my
imaginalion that same
distance to convince me that
all factors — deer
populations, predator
numbers, geography and
climatic conditions, hunting
pressures — are so near the
same that one set of season

dates and bag limits could -
’ gope with the whole area.

Rod and gun clubs holiered
for years for smaller M.U,
or G.H.A. or whatever name
can be put on them. Now
that we have the smaller
units seasons are identical
in all of them, and the
situation is the same as
before.

It seems to me that the
“limited entry” areas was a
good idea but perhaps it has
gotten out of hand. The Nass
foat area has-a season open
into February, but that is
better than the moose
season in Wells Gray Park.
There is a small area there,
divided by a road and
surrounded by areas with
normal seasons thal will
have a season from January
2 to January 20 — either
sex. Question one: why kill
cows heavy with calf?
Question two: how can they
foretell the regular season
kill in the surrounding area
and will there still be a
harvestable surplus by
January? Question 3: if the
regular © season kill
eliminates that surpluss,
will the special season be
closed?

The reason for the limited
entry hunting was for better
control and better protec-
tion for game stocks that
were in trouble. If there is
an overpopulation (as
seems to be thecase in Wells
Gray) why not let the
regular séason hunters take
them out, or does the
Wildlife Branch need the
extra five bucks that bad?

It seems to me that this
column is long enough for
this week.

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