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2 HUNTING AND WINTER SPORTS SUPPLEMENT Sentamber 170

HUNTING OUTLOO

~ Continued from Page 1.

Goats. are obtainable at | the
heads .of: the inlets but. the

~ hunting is difficult due to the -

terrain and the vegetation.
For the Upland bird hunter

Blue: grouse are available in.

- the alpine and subalpine early
in the season. Ruffed ‘grouse —
hunting in the lower valleys is
expected to .be good, but. the
“hunters should wait: until after
the leaves have dropped from
the trees, in early November.

REGION III. .
(M.A.’s 12, 13, 14, & 15)

The overall gutlook for the

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Kamloops Region ts for a bet- .
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Mule deer.are the biggest. ,
drawing card in this Region and:
‘the best areas for suceess are.
somewhat scattered, In MiA, 14.
Reed Lake, Darfield, Loon Lake.

-chaney with the best hunting
“ pYound the first snowfall. The
“henting technique is to find a
‘fresh set of tracks and track -
#he animal. There is a peak of

Oat lability in early October
. fwhich coincides with the rut and

m another peak associated

and Jesmond are the best bets.’ Feith the cold weather towards

North of. Tunkwa Lake and the |

north side of Matioad Lake are. “

also good,

‘the end of the season,
Upland game is a mixed bag.

- Blue grouse are definitely down

_As with other areas in the: due to the drought conditions,

Province early season hunting ©

Ruffed grouse are above aver-

is spotty with the big bucks, i'@ge with success expected to

‘high in the alpine. But Septem-.-
‘ber is. the. start of the down-
ward migration which can result: *
in good success for the hunter, -
Improved success cores with -’
the first cold weather in late.
October or early November, :
If this is late enough t coin. -
cide with the rut the chances
for success go up, In this Reg-
ion November is the best time .
for success,

‘Moose populations ~ in the."

i. Kamloops area are continuing.

their. long, slow decline, as the,

Management Area 14 is still .
producing moose: with
_ Bridge Lake area being the best..: :
Consistent producing ; areas are
Meadow. Lake just out of Clitton,
the. Eagen Lake. - Young Lake
area, English Lake and the Rae- «
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THE ANY. BENEFITS INCLUDE.

be about the same as 1969.
_ Chukar. populations have
‘Wade’ a tremendous recovery
from near extinction following
‘the 1968-69 winter, A combin-
ation of two good hatching sea-

“sons plus the mild. 1969-70

winter has resulted in Chukar
Populations near the 1968 level,
# pointer and strong legs are
:A#efinitely an added advantage in’
«the Walhachin area,

The long spell of drought. has ~
“resulted in low water levels
throughout the Cariboo Plateau,

i range continues deteriorata;:: at is expected that diving duck

‘Papulations will be down over

the.’ 1869 with dabblers about. the

same as last year.

"REGION IV (M.A.’s 5, 6, 7,&8)

-. Hunting prospects in the Ok- —
< Shagan Region are average or -
“élightly below average. This

‘, @e2a was one of the most sev--
‘erely hit with the winter of

1868-69 but the mildness of
Jast-winter plus an early spring
Have helped wildlife populations
‘begin their recovery, ;
“Management Area 7, espec-

dauly in the Princeton - Tula-
¥Piesn | areas,

‘should: be ideal_
px Mule deer hunters. For the
‘fenter who wants a trophy buck

the Ashnola is a consistant pro-

®ess try early September inthe
Sibalpine or t the Jatter_ Part of es

REGION V OA. ’s 9;.10, & 11) a
Mule deer are the major. .
attraction of the Kootenay Re- =

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fof Fort Steele, Whitetail ‘hunt-
ing is good, These’ wiley. anim- oa
als, are concentrated in ‘the

NK GOOD IN B.C.

November at lower elevations.

In the eastern part of the
Region, Management Area: 8,
Mule deer prospects are fair to
poor. The population is slightly
down. but for the avid hunter
who hunts the timbered ridges,
the chances of connecting ¢ are
good,

The Boundary. - Kettle area
is known for its Whitetail hunt-
ing. These animals are in good
supply but little hunted because
of their secretive habits, Meth-

odical hunting of the dense low-:

land areas along the Kettle or
Granby Rivers are sure to re-
ward the careful hunter,

Fair to good sheep hunting is’

offered for the trophy hunter in
the Ashnola. The California
Bighorns of the Ashnola inhabit
“very rugged terrain during the
. Short. season but if the- hunter
is persistant his chances of a
3/4-curl ram are moderate, If
‘he is unsuccessful there. are
‘always. those alpine Mule deer
- as a consolation.
Native grouse hunting will de-
pend on the species hunted,
Blue grouse hunting will be fair
- to. poor..as drought conditions
this summer have reduced
brood survival, Franklin’ Ss and
» Ruffed grouse, hunting promises
‘to be good. :
Exotic..upland . game ‘is re-
covering from: the .die-off. fol-
lowing the severe 1968-69 win-
ter. Quail are available in good

numbers south of Oliver, es-' «.
. pecially along the river bot-'
toms. For the Pheasant. hunter oa
_the North Okanagan will-be the

“best area, The Vernon - Arm-
- strong and Armstrong - Ender-

by areas have indicated. good

hunting opportunity. « Hunters

are urged to. ask for: permis-.

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i Okanagan Mainline’ as most of
‘the. Jand. is privately owned,

‘gion. In the: early season tro-
phy bucks’ are: ‘in =the: alpine
and subalpine especially. in the

of Fort Steele, Whitetail hun
ing is fair, In the: ‘area sou

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‘area south of Fort. Steele. Itis .
this” area: of. the East: Kootenay
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West

7 tht

river bottoms and driving the
river bars is guaranteed to pro-
duce deer. To be mosteffective
the drive should be combined
with a point man,

Elk: hunting in the Kootenay
Region is becoming more and
more the sport of the enthus-
iastic hunter - one who is wil-
ling to backpack and get off the
beaten path. For. these hunters
the ‘high country in September
is the best time, The Elk: hunt-
ing deteriorates. to fair in Oc-
tober. and. then picks. up from
fair to good in November.

~The day of shooting elk off
the road is over in the Koot-
enays, The population has been
undergoing a major change both
in composition and numbers.
There are elk available but the
hunter: must get off the road
and work for his animal,

Sheep hunting in the Kooten-
ays is still minimal. Following
the 1965 dieoff only one of the 5
herds affected have recovered
to pre-dieoff numbers. The
other herds are recovering but
very slowly. :

Upland bird opportunities ap-
pear to be as good as they were
in 1969, Ruffed grouse are in

good number and hunters should

experience little difficulty. :
For the’ . Waterfowl. hunter
there wil! be’ excellent: water-

fowl hunting in» the. Columbia.

Marshes in September and Oc-
tober, The Creston Flats will
also produce good duck hunting
in October and» November,
Geese populations are scattered

throughout’ the Region and will.
again provide ‘limited hunting

opportunity.

REGION VI
(M.A.’s 16, 17, 18, & 19)

- Moose, deer and waterfowl -
_hunting .are the major attrac -
. tions of the Williams Lake Re-: .

gion. Fortunately much of the
Region escaped. the, ‘Severity of
the 1968-69 winter. ;

~..Moose ‘are available -in the

» Horsefly, Likely Area for the
~ land hunter -and along the Cari-»

‘boo River, for the river Inter.

a good producer. in -Manage- 7
ment Area 18, The best’ hunting - :
times: are during the ruti inearly :
“October or during the month of ts
November,

“Mule © deer : are. “available

i hroughout: the Region and tend.
to“ be’ associated with Douglas
oe Fir’ ‘ridges . and
os ‘slopes :

Trophy . animals are:

: found.in:this area and the care-—
wey ful huntor i is assuredof success. °
~The Chilcotin Plateau westof.
2 Ww illiams Lake’is one of. the few
oy areas in the: Province. where
“ Sharptailed grouse can be found,

. ‘Indications - are “that: all native
grouse. in this region are ¢ in good |
= supply, - oo
AS IN ‘the Kamloops. Region,

water. levels in-1970. are down
and this has rediiced the pro-,.
duction of. most. ducks, Divers
are ‘most affected while dab-

~~ blers will probably, be at their:
ee 1969 level.

“REGION VI and VIII

(M.A,"s 20,21, 22,93,24,25, &26)
- Moose are the major attrac-
tlon: to the Prinee George. -
Terrace Regions, Hunting these.

animals to.a large extentis ted
eo with ACCES » to where they!

are,

rons with” the: best NGoKe
> populations: and best acee ss 18
Managemen. Area: 2),
» populations in the:
Management Areas are all good.
“decreasing:
36 : and. id
OMA, ens ve

Moone:

‘they htiwe,
a M Ne 20, May

tert time to- hunt te during.

tho rut’ Sept, 20. ta Oct. 20," ,
was too hunt ds from a:
boat (mingmumn : 14! aluminum:
with aes YEP motor) on tho rive
cere The unter 4 can edther drift
river, AP slowly navigate:
co the water’ course, With a boat
the. bunt cna: stop. and. hunt

likely looking mendaws. ott tho

river,”

Por uthe trophy hunter the
bulla came ta ‘grurithygy during
te peak oof the puto. October

odst to ith,

The andloplows. seas alarts

at the end af the -vuteand cane
Docomber,

thhnes until. carly
Novermber is the best month
Pay booed Wins ane Ai Tielahh dois gy
B quiencunt period for the month
following the rut,

If hunters are going tw ise
Watite, 8 er lap can be used
but any with extreme caution,

To be on the auto side buritors |
Aare urged ta have as Laree and

Hal bottomed a bat fax Pose
sible.

The Toole ” S Wow beat hont-

south facing ©

tho following =

time:

~ Southorn’:

“Vibes

ing opportunity is for goats, The
best areas are widely separat-
ed, the McBride area in Man-
agement Area 20 and Hazelton -
Babine Mountains in Manage-
ment Area 25, Goats are pre-
sent in varying numbers on most
mountain ranges in the Region
and the time to hunt is in Aug-
ust and September,

Caribou are present in the
Region but are difficult te hunt.
The best time to hunt them is
September through October but

the areas with road access are

very small.in number. For the
hunter interested in a river
boat hunt caribou are available
in good numbers in the Upper
Finlay and the Murray Ranges,
The Monkman Pass. also has
caribou but again this is either
an aerial or a long pack trip.

Upland birds, especially the
forest grouse, will be excellent
in the Prince George Region.
Indications. are that 1970 will
be as good or better than 1969.

~REGION IX (M.A,’s 27 & 28)

The. 1969-70 winter was one
of: the mildest on record and
this combined with an early
spring has produced an excel-
lent outleok for the fall. Nor-
thern British Columbia escaped
much_.of the severe. snowfall
and temperaturés of the 1968-69
winter and this has resulted in
excellent hunting. success. and
good carryover of wildlife pop-
ulations,
. Any moose hunter who re-
turns. from ‘the Peace River
Region without a moose did one
of two things, Either he wore
a blindfold or he spent the.en-
tire trip in the bar! _

The. area. between Mile 101

and Mile 200°is laced with oil:

exploration roads (most are
passable. to pickups) and’ the
hunting technique is to drive

these. roads and hike ‘through

the moose country. :

. The best time to hunt i is dur-
ing: the rut, Sept. 15 to 30, This’.
will: produce good trophy bulls, °

‘but’ ‘most : people hunting the:
“Peace River wait until the ant-

- Hunters with.large boats (14’.
or longer) have good chances for
““suecess in’ the" > Quesnel Lakes”
areas)

' West of the Fraser g00d suc- :
cess is assured along the Chil-
cotin ‘River, especially late’in ~
the season.Early season’ hunt-".

i ‘Spotty. west of. the Fraser.
colder: : tempers atures « and :

lerless season opens. Oct. 4,
“River. hunting should be good

but a minimum of 14 is re-
~ quired on the Peace, Ft. Nelson,
and Muskwa. The latter two are-«

farther up the Alaska Highway,

IX but again access limits their
practical availability,
-hunter: ‘is trailering

hunt - the’. Peace.’ River Region.
during the rut: it is best if: he

waits until: after November 15.
Like ‘his’southern | neighbours:
the Peace River. moose has a.

quiescent period . for “a month

‘foNowing the rut, With the cold- = |
er

weather and’ the start of
snowfall chances for: success

increase, Should 4 hunter. have...
_a Skidoo and wait until there is |”
snow.on the ground; the Mile. .
101 to Mile 200 area is guar-

anteed to, Produce a moose for we
him: .

Lae

_ bits,

Elk ‘are available in Region |.

If the’ me :
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If. the. on ‘hunter. ‘cannot we

BY THE. LATE
DR, G, CLIFFORD CARL

Vancouver Isiand is. large
compared with most coastal is-
lands and is not far removed
from the mainland, yet its fauna
is unique in many ways. For
example, certain common and
well - known mainland animals
are not found on these although
living conditions are apparent-
ly no different from those on
the adjacent coast, Lacking are
skunks, porcupines, pack-rats,
moles , chipmunks and rab-
Less. obvious absentees
are jumping. mice, pikas, poc-
ket-gophers, shrewmoles, red-
backed mice and flying squir-
rels. Also includedon the list
‘grizzly bears, coyotes and bob-
cats since these too are com-
mon mainland species: yetare
not found on the Island.

The number of animals nat-
ive to Vancouver Island is re-
‘latively small compared with
the number foundon the main-
land coast. The list of-native
species includes shrews (three
species), bats (eight species),
black bear, raccoon, marten,

weasel, mink, wolverine, otter, .

wolf, cougar, marmot, red
squirrel, beaver, whitefooted
mouse, meadow mouse, wap-
iti. (elk): and. coast. deer.

The meuntain goat,muskrat,
Norway, .black and roof. rats,
the house mouse, domestic. cat

and fox have all been introduc- —

ed in recent times. and are
now. part of the permanent
fauna. -

How is it that-some animals 4

~are found on Vancouver Island

while others’ are~ not, and yet.
only a little over:a mile sep-.
arates ‘these land masses in:

some places? No person knows =
the complete answer’ but it is
interesting -to speculate a’ bit”
along this line, It is. generally
British -Col-».

‘accepted. that
umbia, ineluding the off-coast
islands, Was | ‘Swept. clear of ©

land and all the other islands
of the coast for that: matter,
got there by some means in
comparatively recent times,

Some of the larger mammals
could have got there by swim-
ming, which is probably how
wapiti, deer, bear and cougar
came to the Island. It has also
been suggested that, for a time
at least, there may have been
an ice connection between the
various islands and the main-
land - bridges over which an-
imals could easily have mov-
ed from one area to another
over the water,

It. is possible that such ice
bridges persisted over sucha
long period of time that they
even supported a. growth of

plants - on their surfaces as in

the tundra country nowadays,
making it easier for animals
to. live and move over them.
Thus _ living. creatures couki
easily. have spread from the
mainland to various islands
through seasonal migration or
exploratory wanderings,

How is it then that some an-
imals such as chipmunks, por-
cupines, skunks. and. rabbits

’ failed to cross over?

It. may be that these animals
were not present on the main-

land during. the period of the.

supposed ice-bridges and by the
-time they had arrived on the ad-
jacent. coast the bridges ~ had
‘disappeared, isolating the

. The water gap has not been
completely . ‘insurmountable.
Some small forms. of amphi-
bians, some. mice, shrews, re-
ptiles and. land invertebrates
.in general may easily have.

been: transported to. Vancouver ~
and: other islands’. by rafts of"

debris: swept into ‘the ocean

_ by landslides, It has been point |

ed out that. such slides occur at

‘is- 9
lands by.a more or less insur-.
“mountable water barrier.

~-Cazu2 in her ‘right ear.

This six-year-old Labrador | *
S ‘and ‘two 5-month. pups disap-:
peared. from Shell Beach, Lady- >

‘smith,’ July 6,. She’s marked

pups are not marked,

The’. Poet
Find...
them and a record reward is

intervals, particularly » ‘Where “
~ the: coastline is steep. : o 5
= Perhaps. we will never mow
-how Vancouver Island’ became os
‘stocked. with wildlife, but. with a

offered, Phone collect ANY.

information to” Bill Jones. at

73-531 in’ Vancouver, are
will ‘not regret any effort you:
snake to locate one or all 1 dogs.

“Yous

ARE RECEN T

"ARRIVALS. IN SOUT H B.C.

Moose started moving south-

ward Into the Central Interior

shortly after the yoar 1940,

» Except for a few stragglers —

(there 5 one authentic sighting

“of a moose near Kamloops: in
1897), no Moose: were... known
south of Prince George before a
the turn, ‘of the conturye av “

Karly settlers: cut down fore’
“osts,,
nrean of land tothe sun, Kiran
set by miners and farmors . Py

which. opened up) vast.

changed the face ofthe country-

“gide, In the wake of ali thisacts

‘ivity, ‘plants © appeared, which’

were sultable food for moose, :
* Willows, poplars, birches fora...
replaced: dense. conifer”

fovests and Boon moose appears

Sed in tht nowly. created habit-°
rit : hors yitdke

Thely. progress into =
Sreglons ©

edi «<:

Bowron Lake Gane Reser-
Cheaacut “ 1900;,

1001;
Quesnel + 1909; Likely + 1912:
Horsefiy ~ 1914; ridge Lake -

1910, Nanceville « 1920: Dund-

man Crook Chamloopa) = 1920;
Witdams lake - 1923; Ran-
loops and Tranquille’ «1024;

. Bonaparte Lake 1926. Loo

Lahe » due; di Muew nor
of Pemberton - 1929; Nicola.

Fakes 1992; Ideal Lake (Ok-
dinapan Contre) « 104 Frlrice

toi = TS,
By comparing these reports

with aA Map, vou can trace the

southward -mavermaitt, »
wed

Tt end
tt about dhe International

Roundary, aluhongh a few moose

have been reported across the

the .
“averaged »
_ Bhout lO milos-a year, Here are:
a fow of the Blahtnys 6 reports

line in past years,

- Moose have been sighted as
far west as Squamish, Kida al,
and Bella Coola,

Fourteen moose were live.
_ trapped near the Alberta-Brf-

~tish: Columbia border Inv 1900 —

“and shipped to New Zealand:

Ten died aboard ship, The re-
maining four were IHberated
In. Hokitka G sorgo, South Island,
any 1901, None survived,

A: socond: attempt. was mide

Sin March, 1910, when 10 morn
(four bulls and six: cows from
Saskatchewan)

were liberated
noar’: Dusky Sound, F Nordland
National Park, es

This tgs a ‘remote rowion |

- Where rain falls for. 250days.
each year with an annual pr We

cipitation: of more’ than 200
Inches, (More than'three times ©
that of Vaneouver), 1 aryre mum:
bers of red door provided cons:
petition for the limited browse’.

avallable,

In. an attempt to discover it
AMY moase had established: la.

the region, AL OPE Keason Wak

set in'1924, but only three bulls

“have been shot. under licence

over since that date, the latest.
being. laken ii 19o4,

There have: been No verb
fied sightings In recont Voars
doapite . the ret that there has
been a treat Increase Intuman

aetivity In this wildarea, Inthy ;

cenretil des erdeont ths qerd} WHHfo AG
“thoritles the status of the moose
‘iy considered — a8 “doubtful,

It seems opermariable (hat
anv of theve nalmale supolced

oftall in what Apmis ta be,

from. thin
hospitable

‘distance,
and

a Mout
QUILE . arte

, “the

sultable environments The New
“Zentand

experiment was. the
first. and only attempt ever
made at intr oducing moose to
any. country south of - the equ:
ator,

In Russia, young moose
are Jve-tyapped, corralled,.
4nd - broken dike horses, ween
“quite tractable and trained
“harness, they are’ shipped. to

Northern outposts: where they -

Are used: in
similar work, Moose can sur
“vive? where horses would die,
and because of the’ splayed

Structure of thelr hooves, they.

fan cross bogey ground whore.

“horses would-be helpless. ©
The | domestication, of tho:
MOOSE: SeOMs to have fn long

“ hbstory, A law was passed in.

the Middle Ages at the city of
Dorpat, Esthonta, whieh: for

“bade the riding of ‘moose. In.

In- the celts streets, Apparent.
ly. this WHS a pastime oof the.

young bloods of thatday. The:
Startled the horses |

practice
‘of. mare orthodox travellers,
Daring the Telgrotathe rine.
Cirent, the damestication
Of MOoKG was Koptundor korict
government
the effect of making the use of
LaMe meyer an lrietal fay poh ¥
“ous tribesmen and for prison
Crs escaping from Siberian pre
Son Camps. Horses were abe
Va adh ok Gi mad Vantage When
“pursuing
across arty _nwatpy GountTys
Ail Krannyeh Pratectod in many
UNS, slates, the: mourning dove
ranks the highest ANOrgr Paine

~ birds harvested by ¢ eportemen.

log-hauling. and

control, This had

well-ridden moose”

ier a i

ete me er