If it wasn't for the bad, I'd have
No Luck at all with the LEH system in this
Backwards
Country! Six applications a year, for seven years now equals 42 blanks!!
And BTW, these were carefully selected so as not to be amongst the contantly over-subscribed options...
I've lived and hunted in pretty well all of Western Canada, and a considerable amount of the Western States. BC is the only exclusion I can recall that hasn't introduced a Priority Draw System. Under that regime, while you might not draw your desired tag in the first year or two, eventually, you will build up enough points (priority / seniority whatever you wish to call it) and indeed draw the tag you are trying too. In every jurisdiction this has been applied, the vast majority of hunters have expressed satisfaction with the system (a
FAR cry from what I hear in this Province!). It does indeed appear that Gordo and his Goons, and those
Unelected who actually run the Environment Ministry here have some adversion to joining the progressive balance of Canada and the US in embracing such a priority system.
Many have suggested that perhaps the current LEH system is corrupt. I tend to not believe in "
conspiracy theories", but in this instance, I am leaning towards agreement. I have several personal observations that support this, including a couple of fellows who actually manage to draw moose tags in the same highly-subscribed zone year after year, and have done so for a decade and a half. Tried that zone myself just to check it, and Nope... But you guessed it, those two Gentz did indeed both draw tags there yet again. WTF!!! Guess it might have a little something to do with
who they invite over for dinner??
I still consider BC a wonderfull Province, and were the LEH's to be handled in a more responsible manner, would be amongst the first to tout it's many great hunting opportunities. Of course I'll keep trying, that's simply the nature of the beast as it were. But I'll also continue to spend decent volumes of coin for the opportunity to hunt in Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon and the NWT. Each of those jurisdictions seems to actually welcome hunters, and their LEH systems, even for non-residents, is FAR
FAR superior to the hit and miss lottery design our "
managers" insist on sticking to here.
Final point, and a query of sorts:
A couple of years ago I became aware of a campaign, driven by animal welfare organizations, to register their members as hunters in BC for the purpose of interfering with the LEH draws in BC. The underlying motive it appears was to not only create serious over subscription rates for many species, but when one of the
Crazies drew a tag, he/she would simply burn it, thereby "
saving" that particular animal from being hunted. And although I do recall one of their "celebrations" being touted as a victory in this regard a couple of years ago, it has been ominously silent from that direction since. Just wondering if anyone else might shed some insight on whether this is still an active, ongoing effort on their part?
Not so Cheery about that!
Nog
