Serious Bear Poaching

[Flaming Antler Outdoors]

https://www.abbynews.com/news/b-c-first-nations-condemn-those-responsible-for-bear-paws-dumped-near-shuswap-lake/?fbclid=IwAR28bpZB2eML0QRR3JtEr_Hm6b_KE6Hfou4WKA3YTKvI5AtyNESqvLCJYzA

Sad deal right here. 

[bornhunter]

https://www.abbynews.com/news/b-c-first-nations-condemn-those-responsible-for-bear-paws-dumped-near-shuswap-lake/?fbclid=IwAR28bpZB2eML0QRR3JtEr_Hm6b_KE6Hfou4WKA3YTKvI5AtyNESqvLCJYzA

Sad deal right here.

Very sad.

[Rainier10]

Wow, that is crazy. Hopefully they catch them if it was poaching.

[Sutherland]

 

[pashok23]

Sad. Hopefully they will get cut and they should do the same that they did to the bears.

[carpsniperg2]

Weird wonder if it was a lazy taxidermist?

[HillHound]

Hopefully it’s just a taxidermist or butcher shop not properly disposing their by products. But if that were the case it does seem like there would be more bones than just the paws. Hopefully their local claw  guy is as well known as our local jerky guy and they have somewhere to start questioning To find out if it was poaching or not. Not sure what kind of hunting rights the Native Americans in Canada have but they could possibly do it and be fine as long as they said it was ceremonial. Lots of different possibilities.

[carpsniperg2]

I thought butcher to for a minute but there would be a lot more other bones like you said.

Most of the bears brought to a taxi will be with the paws still in the hide. Most guys don't do that part themselves.

[Twispriver]

A long time back I found a similar but smaller pile off a landing. I called it in and met the local warden a few days later. She took some pictures looked around and told me that from the way everything looked she was guessing it was a taxidermist dump site which wasn't illegal.

[Bullkllr]

Paws are worth big bucks in the Asian market. Weird they were dumped.It is possible they were legally taken, *maybe*.

[pianoman9701]

Well, that sucks. 

[MtnMuley]

Most of the bears brought to a taxi will be with the paws still in the hide. Most guys don't do that part themselves.

Exactly. Definitely a taxi dump in my opinion.

[huntnnw]

about guaranteed this is from a taxi

[Jonathan_S]

Taxidermist. Nobody else would have that many cleanly skinned bear paws and. Anybody who was prolific enough to poach 20-25 bears wouldn't have time to rug them out.

Super clickbaity. The only people who "guessed" poaching were the person who found it and the expressly anti-bear hunting orgs. of the area.

[boneaddict]

Taxi dump would be my guess

[JakeLand]

Taxi dump would be my guess

yep. No claws or fur