When friends and acquaintances first started asking what I would be getting up to on the weekend and receiving a reply of "bear hunting," I quickly realized that the majority of people in my city have no idea anybody even eats bear. I had started hunting just as the rug was pulled out from under us here in BC regarding the grizzly hunt and although there wasn't any form of provincial vote on the matter I don't think that would have helped much with our current public perception of bear hunting in most urban areas. I had recently started putting together a video of my first year hunting with my son and quickly decided to try and take the opportunity to explain both the edibility and sustainability of bear hunting in BC in a way that non hunters might be able to digest.
I tend to avoid Facebook like the plague these days but I posted it on there and the response was surprising, almost none of my friends hunt but it seemed to be quite well received by people I never would have expected to take interest. I also used it as a bit of a springboard to explain the need for predator management and the hypocrisy of someone eating beef but having an issue with Canada Goose using coyote fur or typing angry comments on hunting photos/videos from their own leather couch.
Either way, I had fun getting a bit of practice filming/editing and creating memories for my son and I, we're also planning on working on a short film about the nuance of bear hunting and predator management over the spring...feel free to share this, you never know who's mind you might change. I also included a link in the video description to a write up I did about our successful hunt and photos if you're interested in some more context. Hope everyone is getting excited for spring bear, just got a new string and cables put on the bow and will be spending the next few weeks experimenting with a couple different arrow builds to boost my FOC and try to get my fixed blade broadheads flying as true as possible.
I tend to avoid Facebook like the plague these days but I posted it on there and the response was surprising, almost none of my friends hunt but it seemed to be quite well received by people I never would have expected to take interest. I also used it as a bit of a springboard to explain the need for predator management and the hypocrisy of someone eating beef but having an issue with Canada Goose using coyote fur or typing angry comments on hunting photos/videos from their own leather couch.
Either way, I had fun getting a bit of practice filming/editing and creating memories for my son and I, we're also planning on working on a short film about the nuance of bear hunting and predator management over the spring...feel free to share this, you never know who's mind you might change. I also included a link in the video description to a write up I did about our successful hunt and photos if you're interested in some more context. Hope everyone is getting excited for spring bear, just got a new string and cables put on the bow and will be spending the next few weeks experimenting with a couple different arrow builds to boost my FOC and try to get my fixed blade broadheads flying as true as possible.
