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Gentlemen:

Me and a buddy are thinking about the cheapest way to get the most meat from a hunt. BC most comes to mind. A drive of 8-10 hours up i-5 and maybe a Do it yourself or guided hunt.

No big chalets, fine dinners, or loose women needed.

Just a tent, tags (guide if required) and a high probability chance for meat (no antlers required.)

Thoughts?

Looking at hunting in 2013.

BMT

You cannot hunt in BC unless you are guided by a licenced "Guide-Outfitter" in a specific territory legally assigned only to that GO. There are NO provisions for "do it yourself" hunting here for other Canadians and none for foreign nationals.

A guided moose hunt will cost you, with "2 on 1" guiding, from about 5 grand each up to however much you wish to spend and the more costly hunts tend to have a greater success factor. You need to thoroughly research the GOs to find the hunt you want and then check all references carefully.

You MUST retrieve the antlers of any animal you kill and while there are some cow moose hunts, they are few and not always available. A "meat bull hunt" is your best bet and some of BC's best outfitters offer these, hunting from a riverboat and this is probably your best option.

I would contact the Fish and Wildlife Branch in Victoria and ask them for a list of GOs who guide for moose, then call all of these people and ask for brochures, now usually just e-mails and work from there.

If, I go guided in my home province as I may well do given my age and my hunting pards both having two young kids each and wives that tend to think that they should be home more than out hunting with some ornery old baztard like me, I would first choose these outfitters.

Skinnercreekguestranch.... Doug Mcmann

Tuchodi Outfitters....Larry Warren and this is one of BC's top outfits in the game-rich NE region of this province. Stones, moose, elk, G-bears, Mtn. Goats and the whole enchilada....high end, superb REAL wilderness country and a trip of a lifetime.

Drinkalls is another, can't recall his outfit name and there are many other good outfits and some scumbags to avoid, even among the highend outfits. So, do your research carefully.

BMT,
If both you and your friend have relatives in B.C. you might look into a "Permit to Accompany" hunt..
www.env.gov.bc.ca/pasb/applications.html

Not in BC, only Canadians can get Permit to Accompany.

Cheers

SS

BMT

PM sent

Cheers

SS

Some relative categories of "non-resident aliens" are legally entitled to hunt with a BC resident hunter with the appropriate "Permit to Accompany". The details are clearly set forth in the "BC Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis" and, as I indicated, obtaining a copy thereof is the best first step toward getting exactly the hunt anyone wishes.

If, for example, an American has a sister married to a BC resident hunter he can have his brother-in-law apply for and receive a "Permit to Accompany" for certain species not on L.E.H. and thus would be able to hunt moose, for example, in some regions by this method.

Wild sheep, Grizzlies and other rare game are not available under this regulation and are not likely to be in the forseeable future.

Right out of the regs. page 9:

A non-resident who is not a resident of Canada and is not a Canadian citizen, may also be eligible under the "Permit to Accompany" providing they qualify under one of the required relationship categories (ie. if accompanied by a father, brother, son, uncle nephew, grandson ,grandfather, mother , sister daughter, aunt, niece, granddaughter, grandmother, spouse, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, but excludes cousins).

Old neighbors brother-in-law use to come up from Oregon to moose hunt back in the 90's and may still for all I know..

Yup

But that is a real long shot and I was thinking that would not apply to the OP.

Just did not want to have the wrong info out there, but glad you brought it up.

Cheers

SS

And if your American Native Indian [citizen of USA]there are ways to hunt BC also.

Thanks for all of the information guys.

SitkaSpruce PM'd me with an answer that is dead nuts on what I wanted to do.

BMT

Congratulations! Let us know how things turn out for you.

will do. (in about 18 Months)

Roger that.

I think ones best bet is to continue up the road to Alaska, and pay a flying service to get one out into the bush.

That is a mighty long "continuation"!

Yes it is, but there is more view property on the way, than any other route I've traveled. Not quite a tough of a trip though if one stops in the Tok area.

Alaska

Pretty tough to keep the meat in good shape. It can be done, but it will be tough, especially in Sept.

Cheers

SS

BMT, I was following your thread with interest and curious what you came up with? Care to share what you discovered from SitkaSpruce? PM me if you would like. DZG