Grizzly bear hunting finished in BC

deaner said:

Haha...I was thinking the same thing. Just need to take over the leading granola company and start adding grizz pheromones to the mixture.

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S.W.A.T. said:

No need, they are naturally attracted to oats and barley.

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neilsleder said:

How the smell of a hippy? Grizzly attracted to bo?

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S.W.A.T. said:

Not sure I understand your jargon

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neilsleder said:

I was implying that hippies smell bad, bo as in body odour. Asking if that would attract or repel grizzlies

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S.W.A.T. said:

Ahhh B.O. lol

Maybe it's a deterrent as the hippie population seems to be on the increase

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DaveB said:

I'd get in on a draw for a hippy tag....

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MOMMA said:

I work for the BC Conservation foundation with a program designed to reduce human/wildlife conflict. Every day I work with Bears, and much of my work is with Grizzly bears here in the Kootenays. This ban on "Trophy hunting" really does zero to bring up our bear populations here. Our Grizzly pops are threatened, much of it related to human/bear conflict, and fragmented corridor access. A fed bear is a dead bear rings true for all bears in BC. Once they become human food conditioned and habituated they will lose their fear of humans, tolerate them at a closer distance and that's where the danger begins. While it may have gave urbanites a warm fuzzy feeling, it may have secured the death of hundreds, of bears. There is no season for Grizzly hunting in my area of the Kootenays, so seriously, how will this ban facilitate Grizzly numbers in my area I asked? No answers when I crashed a "call to action party" hosted by NDP MLA Michelle Mungall supporters.
Our newly re elected NDP MLA, feels that grizzly bear tourism is a wonderful industry, when in reality habituation from Photographers who continue to get close to bears, and bears in family units, habituate the bears which could lead to their death when they encroach on humans. Bear Jams, and eager urbanite Photographers are quite pleased to get pictures of these magical beasts... when in reality if they were left alone, they'd be much better off. Photographers who refrain from powerful zoom lenses, and encroach on the bears personal space kill Bears plain and simple.
People are more apt to do the ole shoot shovel and shut up when they have zero faith in wildlife management. the COS understand what is needed to be done to bring and balance Grizzly numbers not the bleeding heart hippie wanna be's in Downtown Vancouver in my opinion.
Yayyyyy humans feel warm and fuzzy and those big nasty hunters have been stopped, not realizing that hunters play a vital role in the conservation process. How is it that wasting parts of an animal is something to be cheered? Doesn't that go against what we, as hunters believe in? So how about Grizzly Bears being the Prime predator for caribou calves? What do the urban hearts feel about that? How are they going to fix that one with warm fuzzy feelings? Which animal is more important to them?... It really doesn't matter now does it.. When government passes laws based upon feelings we're all in for a bumpy ride and unfortunately the animals will suffer right along with the humans.
The bear in this picture was actually saved by an entire community coming together to remove human food attractants, and scare her each time she came around humans. She had gotten in trouble a couple times before, so it was a make or break situation for this young sow. It wasn't a ban on trophy hunting that saved her, it was science based conservation and cooperation from the residents in the community.
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Eagle said:

There you go from a guy who deals with bears the truth! I am so sick and tired of these f..king politician who think they know everything. It's nothing about conservation it's a popularity contest.

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skid said:

I think MOMMA is a woman

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