Will this affect anyone here?

6tmile · #1 10-04-2015, 10:26 PM

From the new regs;

(3) Seasonal Snaring Restriction: In order to reduce the potential for accidental harvest of Grizzly Bears, seasonal snaring restrictions will apply for Fur Management Zones 4, 5 and 6. For the period October 1 through November 30, the use of snares is ONLY ALLOWED in the following WMUs of Fur Management Zones 4, 5 and 6 (WMUs 314, 316, 318, 320, 322, 324, 330, 332, 334, 336, 337, 338, 348, 360, 410, 412, 414, 416, 417, 418, 507, 508 and 521).

HunterDave · #2 10-04-2015, 10:44 PM

I'm trapping in zone 4, wmu 508 so I'm good to go. Thanks anyways Jaymie!

Still trying to get a hard copy of the regs. They had none in Spruce Grove last week when I bought my licenses and the lady handed me a copy of last years regs.....D'oh!

jawa · #3 10-05-2015, 05:55 AM

349 has been like that for years it is a minor pain but most guys dont start trapping untill after hunting season anyway
Dave picked up new regs two weeks ago in whitecourt they had lots

braggadoe · #4 10-05-2015, 06:00 AM

affects myself, and many others i'm sure. nothing new.

silly regulation IMO. a 50cent BAD eliminates the issue. problem solved.

unfortunately not everyone uses BAD's. so alot of folks lose 2 months of the snaring time in those WMUs.

martinnordegg · #5 10-05-2015, 07:09 AM

It is odd they include 416, 417 and 418 as all three WMU's have a good population of Grizzleys. It's been like that for quite some time.

South west trappin RG · #6 10-05-2015, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by braggadoe

affects myself, and many others i'm sure. nothing new.

silly regulation IMO. a 50cent BAD eliminates the issue. problem solved.

unfortunately not everyone uses BAD's. so alot of folks lose 2 months of the snaring time in those WMUs.

It effects allot of people, and your rite Paul a 50 cent bad would solve the problem. Some are really against change and moving forward with proven equipment. These really work good, I have 3-4 insedentials released every year from elk- moose - cows- deer. A coyote snare with a 285 bad would barely break a bears stride. I would worry about a wolf snare with a 750 bad on it.

martinnordegg · #7 10-05-2015, 07:37 AM

Even with a BAD I'd be worried about catching a cub. Wouldn't want to walk into that situation.

braggadoe · #8 10-05-2015, 07:46 AM

could possibly hold off on snaring wolves until dec 1.

wanted to add.

if a person looks at the gear the CO's use too deal with problem bears in bc.

a coyote/lynx snare with a light weight BAD wouldn't affect any size/type of bear.

martinnordegg · #9 10-05-2015, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by braggadoe

could possibly hold off on snaring wolves until dec 1.

We always have.

Big Grey Wolf · #10 10-05-2015, 10:24 AM

If we only had 800 Grizz in Alberta like the biologists believe the probability of a catch would be almost 0%. The problem we have is that we have way more than 800 and their is the potential now for by-catch. I do not believe most coyote or wolf snares would ever hold a grizz for long even without a bad, However it would have been alot simpler to change regs that bad must always be used in high grizz population wmu's.

martinnordegg · #11 10-05-2015, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by braggadoe

could possibly hold off on snaring wolves until dec 1.

wanted to add.

if a person looks at the gear the CO's use too deal with problem bears in bc.

a coyote/lynx snare with a light weight BAD wouldn't affect any size/type of bear.

Maybe the lightweights wouldn't hold a cub but I'd rather not take the chance. To each his own.