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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Flaming Antler Outdoors on May 31, 2021, 07:54:08 AM

Title: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: Flaming Antler Outdoors on May 31, 2021, 07:54:08 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: bornhunter on May 31, 2021, 08:32:06 AM: Quote from: Flaming Antler Outdoors on May 31, 2021, 07:54:08 AM
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.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: Rainier10 on May 31, 2021, 09:10:58 AM: Wow, that is crazy. Hopefully they catch them if it was poaching.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: Sutherland on May 31, 2021, 09:46:11 AM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: pashok23 on May 31, 2021, 10:48:32 AM: Sad. Hopefully they will get cut and they should do the same that they did to the bears.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 31, 2021, 11:34:47 AM: Weird wonder if it was a lazy taxidermist?
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: HillHound on May 31, 2021, 11:42:50 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 31, 2021, 12:49:03 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: Twispriver on May 31, 2021, 02:54:23 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: Bullkllr on May 31, 2021, 03:10:50 PM: Paws are worth big bucks in the Asian market. Weird they were dumped.It is possible they were legally taken, *maybe*.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 31, 2021, 03:11:10 PM: Well, that sucks. :yike:
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: MtnMuley on May 31, 2021, 03:42:33 PM: Quote from: carpsniperg2 on May 31, 2021, 12:49:03 PM
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.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: huntnnw on May 31, 2021, 10:00:00 PM: about guaranteed this is from a taxi
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: Jonathan_S on June 01, 2021, 06:12:40 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: boneaddict on June 01, 2021, 07:59:46 AM: Taxi dump would be my guess
Title: Re: Serious Bear Poaching
Post by: JakeLand on June 01, 2021, 08:10:08 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on June 01, 2021, 07:59:46 AM
Taxi dump would be my guess
yep. No claws or fur