Doesn't matter where they live, all bears seem to thrive on carrion when they can find it, blacks perhaps less so.. I don't know. It was obvious something bigger than birds or even foxes which hauled virtually every bone from the site of the bear kill I mentioned.
I have no problem with eating edible bears, but many of the bears hunted aren't what would generally be considered edible, that's the point. (The more probable edible ones are not the ones being targeted FWIW.) There are plenty of rutting caribou getting killed that truly can't be eaten if you need a cause. The antlers and perhaps the capes are are all that gets used there. (Yes, I know the meat must be removed from the field, but I doubt that even many ravens benefit when it ends up in the landfills.)
A sensible answer klikitarik
trouble is can anyone honestly judge whether the meat is edible, what about the slob hunters that just dont want the meat?
kodiakhunter
A BC resident hunter who is held to that requirement is in an entirely different situation. This effectively will further REDUCE resident opportunity.....
Nonsense
Anyone who hunts grizzlies are well prepared to take out the EDIBLE PORTIONS just as they are when hunting any other animal.
I do think I grasp the magnitude of the proposed bill, and its miniscule.
I dont hunt bears as they dont appeal to me, however if I shot a bear of whatever species I would give the meat to someone who will eat it, or I wont shoot it unless I have to.
Some of you guys think you are protecting your hunting privilages, I think that if you take the meat out then the anti's have nothing left to cry about, they cant call you a trophy hunter if you take the meat of any game animal.....
If your only after the hide, horns,antlers and leave the meat you are a trophy hunter, plain and simple.
