The British Columbia Conservation Foundation recently released a commissioned document titled A Review of British Columbia’s Limited Entry Hunting System: Examining Resident Hunter Satisfaction and Limited Entry Hunting’s impact upon Recruitment and Retention.
You can download and read the document yourself, but the highlights are:
- There has been a big shift from general open seasons to LEH for managing wildlife in BC over the past several decades.
- The majority of BC resident hunters are not happy with the current LEH system.
- The way that many LEH draws are configured results in under utilization of the annual allowable harvest.
- The majority of BC resident hunters hunt to spend time with family and friends in the outdoors, and for meat, not for “trophies.”
- Using LEH as a hunter management tool negatively impacts hunter recruitment significantly.
- Using LEH as a hunter management tool negatively impacts hunter retention. The more LEH the fewer hunters.
