Intro

 

Eric –Welcome to episode #4 of the Canadian Prepper Podcast… Pre Deer Hunting. . . My name is Eric, and I’m the host of the show.  I am based in southern Ontario. I’m a hunter, target shooter, HAM radio operator (VE3EPN), and computer geek. I got into preparedness when I was working front line in emergency services and witnessed an over reliance on Emergency Services during major events, such has ice storms, power outages, etc. I started a small preparedness company to help get people prepared and able to look after themselves for at least 72 hours, if not longer.

Ian – My name is Ian, co-host of the show.  I live on Vancouver Island, on a small hobby farm.   I am an outdoor enthusiast, hunter, reloader, my farm’s designated handyman.

I have had a lifelong interest in preparedness, and am gladly learning new skills on a regular basis.  My professional background has allowed me to see pretty much every, province and territory in Canada. It also has taught me to prepare for various unexpected situations daily.

Eric – We have some great content for you in this episode, We’re going to start off with some news articles relating to hunting and the outdoors. Next Ian and myself will be letting you know how we’ve improved our preparedness since our last episode, we have some listener feed back to cover off (hopefully), and then were going to get into the main topic for this episode, Pre Deer Hunting.  

News

Eric – Since this episode is going to be focused on hunting I thought an article about hunting would make sense to talk about.

Oct 27 2018 - MNRF laid 132 charges in 10-day period at start of moose and deer season.

During a 10-day period from Oct. 13 to Oct. 22, conservation officers checked 4,768 hunters from Ontario and the United States and laid 132 charges and issued 329 warnings.

The fact that there are more warnings vs charges is good to see, education always makes a big impact vs charging.

Some of the charges and warnings that were issued included failing to wear a proper helmet on an ATV, having open liquor in a vehicle, having a loaded firearm in a vehicle, not wearing proper hunting orange, night hunting, shooting from the road, and trespassing for the purpose of hunting.

Safety is key, alcohol and hunting just doesn’t mix. Not wearing orange (common sense), and trespassing.

https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/mnrf-laid-132-charges-in-10-day-period-at-start-of-moose-and-deer-season-1100849

Ian commentary– province differences.  No orange required here. Lower population density.  Interesting in the lack of caliber restrictions here too.

Boozing it up leads to accidents, maybe requiring first aid / IFAKs.  Do you sell those?

Plan to handle first aid issues?  What first aid do you bring?

 

Ian -.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/man-shoots-grizzly-video-bella-coola-bc-1.4875956

Man shoots grizzly mom in front of house.

Eric – Safety around wild life? Bears in camp, around when hunting. . .

Talking points:

-Who has the right of the space?  He erred leaving her in his yard for a while.

-Protection of family versus public outcry.  Totally different when times are bad.

-Charged outside with no real plan.

-Backup plan for when she charged was a complete fail.

Ian - The inevitable bear defense debate!   CGN is full of threads on this. .308 / Buckshot/45-70/50 BMG