Tuesday 12 November 2013

Sustainable hunting of Mountain Goats

Hunting season  for Mountain Goat (Oreamnos amercanus) was open from September 1 until  October 31 in the South Chilcotin Mountain area. According to the implemented regulation in 2010/2011  "it is unlawful to hunt a female mountain goat accompanying a kid or a female mountain goat in a group that contains one or more kids" (Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource). This conservation action is necessary to protect the existence of the species.
  
 
But if there is no kid insight it is legal to harvest a nanny (female). "We only hunt the billies with our guests", says John a local hunting guide "and therefore we take our time to identify the sex". Both, billies and nannies, are very similar in appearance which can give hunters a rough time selecting a shoot. For example a billy has a larger horn base while the space between the nanny's horns are wider.
 
 
Our suggestion: Hunt smart & protect the unique native wildlife in BC.
 
 
For more information and to test yourself on mountain goat sex identification:
 

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