Oh for sure the reserve has been cleaned out long ago, you know the story. The moose population is doing well there, archery was put on draw only two years ago, before that its was open, just to many people in the area bow hunting they had to throw it on draw. But it has a very stable population.

 Its too bad that this land owner never pressed charges just to set an example for the future, but I wouldn't doubt it for a minute that he knows the older native guy, who knows the whole story. Maybe years past he gave them permission and it's only the last couple years since the explosion of acerages he said no, but in the end it wasn't that big of deal to him. You know lots of them old boys from up north axe,, what's a coupe moose to the local bands,, it's no big deal to them.

Oh I agree with you 110% lever trust me, it pisses me off as well. My point was is I don't buy the intimidation theory as to why the land owner never turned these guys in. It's more a case of being not that big of deal to the land owner is all I'm saying.

I will add one thing onto this whole native hunting thing though. How many natives have any of you seen back in the bush hunting the last 20 years. Indians don't hunt back in the bush anymore, if they can't drive there in their vehicles they ain't hunting  there, you all know that. You don't have to go far in the bush to get away from any native hunting press. They got no time, they might miss a ball game or hockey game on TV lol.

Excellent post Axeman.

Thank you for standing up to the liberal "children"

We must remember something about this forum

This forum is different than AO.

This forum consists of actual sporting gentlemen. Actual sporting gentlemen who take fishing and hunting issues to the level of critical thinking and discussion.

Not to the level of being a lap dog for the current political party.

And as such being a member on this forum requires a higher level of knowledge and mental skill of outdoor issues than one sees on AO.

If you possess these skills you are more than welcome here.

Well even if the landowner let it slide, I don't like it much. I would like to see more control on native harvests this isn't 1905 here, yeah let them hunt as much as they want but take away the trucks and the boomsticks and make them do it old school, homemade bows and arrows. That's traditional, trucks and gun aren't.

It's too bad in todays day and age of technology and such, were still riding the coattails of 100 plus year old treaties that when written and signed, the people in power had no idea we would be in a world like we are. What gets me is how the FN seem to always push for more when in my opinion, times have changed and we have to realistically look at cutting back some of these so called rights. When the reserves are barren of game(only FN can hunt those so can't blame us) and the many reports of large game being decimated in the crown lands by rampant FN hunting across provinces now. And now we start seeing some FN pushing the private property envelope as they see it is as their right to hunt private properties, which is documented across 3 provinces already. Plus to hear intimidation may be playing a role in land owners not pressing charges is scary as hell and a real threat to our hunting heritage. I can see this going to court as a challenge to where FN can hunt. Can you imagine if a court grants FN the right to hunt private properties, despite what the land owner says? It has been mentioned on that other board by a fellow in the know that FN are hoping to one day be in control of the game, who harvests it, who gets tags. I can't even begin to think what kind of crap show that will be if that is granted.

It scares me to think I wont be able to show my future grand kids how to set up and hunt from a wall tent camp, call moose in, rattle deer in and all that goes with the hunting heritage my dad showed me and my son.

 I don't have the answer and things need to change, how long do we keep on allowing unchecked animal harvests and blatant law breaking.

I can't see that ever happening, not in our time. Government makes to much money off of it to give it up. Ran by Unions boys, think about it, lots of votes there.