Bc Riders!!!

[curt234]

Well if that bunch of snowmobiles didn't kill that poor old billy goat my rifle should.

 

[powderwhore]

Well if that bunch of snowmobiles didn't kill that poor old billy goat my rifle should.

And there people, is the attitude and mentality that will eventually have snowmobiles banned from the mountains. When special interest groups read our posts, to make themselves aware of their opponents, they must laugh at the way we conduct ourselves.

 

[X-it]

The Hart Range is a heavily used snowmobile area, it also has a mountain caribou herd that a growing in numbers. There was one study done where they collared the mountain caribou, and it was determined that the snowmobilers pushed the caribou from one mountain side to another. Of coarse they did not put the blame on themselves for shooting at them and chasing them with helicopters all over the place. It seems funny that for 20 years of snowmobiling they remained in one location but only moved to another when the study was done. This study is used for shutting down all riding areas for snowmobilers. And as far as wolves following up on trails, i have never seen any tracks ever on the snowmobile trails up to the mountains, or for that matter any wolfs in the high elevations....you for sure would come across them this is also more BS.

 

[chazzer]

The best thing to do is support your local clubs!!!

They have a louder voice then just one person. Don't forget about the expences the clubs have too with grooming and maintanence.

Support and you wiil keep your areas

Chaz

 

[mountainhunter]

i agree that the studies done with helicopters likely do more harm than good..should see what it does when they do mtn sheep surveys.as for seeing wolf tracks on sled trails we have seen lots .. one of the places we ride is on the imperial creek drainage which is just on the north side of the hominica drainage that in turn runs in to the Parsnip.. just one old logging road to get in on and need deep snow to get up to the alpine area but one good track in brings in those killing sobs ..one other thing the greenies dont want to hear about is the lack of predator control..further north in the Muskwa Kechica area ungulate populations are stable because of government approved wolf control programs .. these programs are not available in areas south of Ft Nelson because of public pressure and the perception that wolves left unchecked provide a balance ..these ideas are generated by people in places like Vancouver who see the world with a very narrow urban slant..and think that everything that goes on in the wilderness is all warm and fuzzy..wolves only kill the old and weak and what they need to survive..etc. etc... another the enviro types dont want people to know is that grizzly bears do the most damage to caribou populations..they move in on the calving grounds and kill the newly born calves as they hit the ground ..in the peace river M.U. s we have been living with limited entry and outfitter quota #s for grizzly bears that are not in line with bear populations..this all being said ,if there is a choice to be made by the people of BC.. which the bulk of live within 100 miles from salt water..do you think that they will choose {somewhat blindly} your priveledge to ride your sled wherever you feel like or the perception that they are helping to save a 4 four legged dodo bird..if we dont get some education into ourselves we will be extinct like the dodo./

 

[longtrack156]

The Hart Range is a heavily used snowmobile area, it also has a mountain caribou herd that a growing in numbers. There was one study done where they collared the mountain caribou, and it was determined that the snowmobilers pushed the caribou from one mountain side to another. Of coarse they did not put the blame on themselves for shooting at them and chasing them with helicopters all over the place. It seems funny that for 20 years of snowmobiling they remained in one location but only moved to another when the study was done. This study is used for shutting down all riding areas for snowmobilers. And as far as wolves following up on trails, i have never seen any tracks ever on the snowmobile trails up to the mountains, or for that matter any wolfs in the high elevations....you for sure would come across them this is also more BS.

It's actually been 41 years of sleding in the area, the first group of snowmobiles hit the snow on Morfee Mountain in 1967.

 

[X-it]

Yes i guess it has been over 40years, i got my first sled in 1967 but to venture out that far on those old sleds was almost a death wish. I broke trail up into Tlooki lake 3 times (It over looks imperial creek). The four trips i did in there no wolfs were present, or was there any tracks. I came from the Missinka, i was just wondering how your trip was from hominka?

 

[powder puff]

Have you guys contacted your local snowmobile clubs? They should have been working with ILMB, MoE and SARCO on this for the past year. The BCSF has worked with the Revy club countless hrs. on our stewardship management agreement which should be signed soon and is planned to be used aa a template for other clubs in the province. SARCO should be making their announcement in March.
I agree those maps are scary.
http://www.bcsf.org/caribou-recovery-announcement/

 

[sixer58]

The biggest problem are those US lobby groups poking their nose where it doesnt f%$@&*! belong.Mind your buisness and stay out of our country!!!!!