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Originally Posted by slickwilly
Bobalong, I think I am with you for the most part.
http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/110.../1100100020668
As of 2008, the number of Registered Indians was just over 100,000 in AB.
Page 7 of this document: http://www.acr-alberta.com/Portals/0...%20Alberta.pdf
shows the majority of the population is skewed north of slave lake. Hunting pressure in AB by natives is seriously a drop in the bucket. Especially in the central and southern regions of the province, where it is land access, and not tag availability that limits the hunting pressure.
Besides a blind sense of injustice that another group of people is being treated differently, I don't think there is a logical conservation based argument to be made that native hunting is a problem.
As for Suffield specifically. Its basically a glorified game farm. Who cares who shoots the bulls? Once the numbers are down, I am sure whoever is in control can limit access to natives and non-natives alike. |
The problem is there is people that have been waiting and applying faithfully for 10+ years of there life waiting for that tag ..Why should the be ripped off and cheated out of there chances for a decent once in a life time hunt ? Guess the government should give those 21,000 people that apply there ,their money back for there draw applications hey ? Hahaha