From: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V15 #948 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Sender: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Errors-To: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Precedence: normal owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Cdn-Firearms Digest Saturday, September 28 2013 Volume 15 : Number 948 In this issue: CBC - Moose hunting season sees strong start How Hunting Conditions Affect Rifles CBC - Living with wildlife does not have to be deadly Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid "One Big Lie" "Western Nunavut whalers celebrate their first bowhead" NFA's Fourth Letter To The RCMP Public Complaints ... No money for new guns for Arctic Rangers Police cordon off Orillia neighbourhood; report of a person ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, September 27, 2013 11:11 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: CBC - Moose hunting season sees strong start CBC - Moose hunting season sees strong start Some hunters bagged kills within hours of Thursday's launch CBC News Posted: Sep 27, 2013 6:33 AM AT Last Updated: Sep 27, 2013 6:33 AM AT http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moose-hunting-season-sees-strong -start-1.1869856 PHOTO CAPTION: Laurie Anderson was all smiles being drawn for a moose licence for the first time in 18 years then bagging a moose on the first day of hunting season. (CBC) Hunting season in New Brunswick saw a strong start on Thursday. About 4,700 coveted licences were granted this year. Hunters hit the woods early in the morning and many, like Isabelle Banks, had a lucky day. She managed to get a licence the first time she applied - and a 300-kilogram moose. "We went out early, early this morning, canoed out to Ash Swamp and my designate, John Harding, is really good at calling, and he called it in. That fascinated me," she said. "Sure enough, he called that male moose right in! So it was great." Many hunters have to apply for a number of years before their name is drawn. The Department of Natural Resources says it takes an average of 15 to 20 years in New Brunswick. This year, there was some confusion when the department announced a handful of people received false confirmations online. "This is my first time I've ever had my licence - and I've been putting in for 18 years," said Laurie Anderson. But after years of waiting, it took only a few hours before her moose hunting season was over. "My husband started banging on the hood of my truck and he was kind of down in front of us and I just put the gun up and shot it," she said. Vaughn MacDonald managed to draw a crowd with his 400-kilogram kill. "Cow, two calves and a bull walked out and got a lucky shot," he said, of his 400-kilogram kill. "Missed two deer before in my life. First moose, first animal." Last year's moose hunting season was a record-breaker, according to moose biologist Dwayne Sabine. "The hunters took just over 3,500 moose. And the previous record was just over 2,500. So about a thousand more moose than we've taken in the past," he said. This year's season runs until Saturday. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, September 27, 2013 11:31 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: How Hunting Conditions Affect Rifles How Hunting Conditions Affect Rifles by Craig Boddington . September 27, 2013 . No comments http://www.rifleshootermag.com/2013/09/27/hunting-conditions-affect-rifles/ A hundred years ago, on an Alberta whitetail hunt, I endured a really nasty cold snap. You'd think the deer movement would be crazy, but with temperatures plummeting far below zero the animals must have been as shell-shocked as I was. I never saw a deer that first day, but when we got back to camp that night I checked my rifle, and the firing mechanism was frozen stiff-no way I could get the hammer to fall. I thawed the bolt out, stripped it down and degreased it (again), thankful I hadn't had a chance at a great buck. Two hundred years ago I took a Savage 99 in .308 to Africa along with some really good handloads. In those days I was pretty young-bulletproof and invincible like all youngsters. I was inclined to bypass all that silly working up stuff and go straight to the listed "maximum" and did my range work on 60-degree May days. Over there we caught an unusually hot day, well into the 90s, perhaps more. The rifle's first shot in Africa was at a blesbok, "hit and away," as Ruark wrote. That first shot was also the rifle's last shot in Africa. The fired case was stuck in the chamber and, lacking the camming power of a bolt, the lever was unable to open the action. For the short term, one of the trackers ran back to the truck to fetch another rifle, and I finished a poorly started job. For the long term, well, that rifle went home with the action closed on a fired cartridge (today there would be no way to get a rifle in such a condition through security) and went back to Savage exactly that way. They fixed it, God knows how. That's cold and heat. Altitude and humidity are less dangerous in that they are unlikely to cause stoppages, but they do have insidious effect. In fact, any of these factors under extreme conditions will have an effect on your rifle and ammunition, and while you can't always do anything about it, it's important to know what's happening. Read more: http://www.rifleshootermag.com/2013/09/27/hunting-conditions-affect-rifles/#ixzz2g7CjoirK ------------------------------ Date: Fri, September 27, 2013 1:27 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: CBC - Living with wildlife does not have to be deadly CBC - Living with wildlife does not have to be deadly Vancouver conference hopes to change attitudes for dealing with nuisance wildlife CBC News Posted: Sep 20, 2013 5:02 PM PT Last Updated: Sep 20, 2013 8:31 PM PT http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/living-with-wildlife-does-not-have-to-be-deadly-1.1862863 Remember this bear? It was discovered in a downtown Vancouver dumpster a few years ago. Urban encounters with wildlife are on the increase and finding new ways to live with animals was the focus of a conference today in Vancouver hosted by the Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals. Living With Wildlife organizer Adrian Nelson says they are hoping to change the way municipalities deal with nuisance animals. "We're seeing more of the human wildlife interactions and not all of them are always positive." For example, black bear complaints have swelled in B.C. to more than 20,000 a year, resulting in 600 problem bears getting killed each year on average. Nelson says most often nuisance animals can be driven away by simply removing food sources. "It's really about coming up with non-lethal alternatives for dealing with wildlife, so instead of going to these culls what can we do to make sure that these human wildlife interactions stay positive?" The conference is also hoping to catch the attention of municipal leaders attending this week's Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention also in Vancouver. Nelson notes municipal leaders from Osoyoos say Canada Geese and their waste are ruining beaches and tourist sites and they want the Canadian Wildlife Service to issue more kill permits. "It's really saddening to see that. It is a bit of knee-jerk reaction," says Nelson. ----------------------------- Helicopters drop poison pellets on two Haida Gwaii islands to eradicate rat infestation BY CHERYL CHAN, THE PROVINCE SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 http://www.theprovince.com/news/Helicopters+drop+poison+pellets+Haida+Gwaii+islands+eradicate+infestation/8924991/story.html An aerial attack has begun against hundreds of thousands of invasive rats threatening local wildlife in the Haida Gwaii archipelago. Helicopters dropped poison pellets Friday and Saturday on Murchison and Faraday islands in Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in hopes of eradicating the black rats introduced by ships more than a century ago. "They're very large rats. They have a wealth of food sources here," said Laurie Wien of Parks Canada. Experts hope the aerial program - the first against mammals in Canada - will help restore dwindling populations of native wildlife, such as seabirds which do not have built-in mechanisms to defend themselves from the marauding rodents. Especially vulnerable are the at-risk ancient murrelets. More than half of the world's population of this endangered seabird lives on the remote islands. "They're at the mercy of rats," said Wien. "The rats are consuming the eggs, chicks, even adult birds." The aerial program is part of a five-year, $2.5-million program to restore the natural habitat on Haida Gwaii. In 2011, Parks Canada completed a ground-based eradication project on two smaller islands, targeting Norway rats. Staff is currently monitoring the impact of the aerial drop on rats and other wildlife. "We are recovering rat carcasses, so we know it's working," said Wien. It will take two years to know whether the program is successful. chchan@theprovince.com -------------------------------------------- CBC - 'Inhumane' traps forbidden in Yukon Trapper says official rules are catching up to modern practice CBC News Posted: Sep 23, 2013 7:54 PM CT Last Updated: Sep 24, 2013 3:57 PM CT http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inhumane-traps-forbidden-in-yukon-1.1865593 The government of Yukon wants to reassure buyers that animals do not suffer needlessly when caught in the wild. A new update to trapping regulations is set to forbid leg-hold and other traps the government calls inhumane. Jean Legare has been trapping for 37 years outside Watson Lake. He says everyone he knows has been using humane traps for decades. Nevertheless, he says a written policy of humane treatment is good for the animals, good for trappers and good for business. "Canada is really at the forefront of trapping development. I think we can be proud of that, and I think anything we do to use better trapping methods and to improve trappers' image is a positive step," he says. The territory will soon require certified humane traps for lynx, ermine and otters. New regulations on lynx and ermine traps will come into place in 2015. The deadline for the otter traps is set for 2016. Ryan Hennings is a conservation officer with Environment Yukon. He says the delay in the legislation is intentional. "This is just allowing the trappers out there to understand that this regulation is coming, to get prepared, to buy traps, to learn maybe more about their trapping methods." There are more than 400 licensed trappers in the Yukon. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:44:10 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid "One Big Lie" http://www.infowars.com/seymour-hersh-bin-laden-death-one-big-lie/ Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid "One Big Lie" Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com September 27, 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh says that the raid which killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 is "one big lie" and that "not one word" of the Obama administration's narrative on what happened is true. In a wide-ranging interview published today by the Guardian, Hersh savages the US media for failing to challenge the White House on a whole host of issues, from NSA spying, to drone attacks, to aggression against Syria. On the subject of the Navy Seal raid that supposedly resulted in the death of the Al-Qaeda terror leader, Hersh remarked, "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true." Hersh added that the Obama administration habitually lies but they continue to do so because the press allows them to get away with it. "It's pathetic, they are more than obsequious, they are afraid to pick on this guy [Obama]," Hersh told the Guardian. The raid that supposedly led to Bin Laden's death has been shrouded in mystery for over two years. Speculation that the Obama administration may have embellished or outright lied about the true account of what happened has persisted, mainly because the White House has refused to publicly release images of Bin Laden's body. Although the White House said the corpse was immediately "buried at sea" in line with Islamic tradition, it quickly emerged that this was not standard practice. Numerous analysts have claimed that Bin Laden had in fact been dead for years and that the raid on his alleged compound in Pakistan was little more than a stunt. Other questions also persist, such as why the narrative and timeline of the raid has changed multiple times, why the White House initially claimed that "situation room" photos showed Obama watching the raid live when in fact there was a blackout on the live feed, and why neighbors in the immediate area surrounding the compound said with absolute certainty that they had never seen Bin Laden and that they knew of no evidence whatsoever to suggest he lived there. During the rest of the Guardian interview, which is well worth reading in its entirety, Hersh lambastes the corporate press and particularly the New York Times, which he says spends "so much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would." Hersh's solution is to shut down news networks like NBC and ABC and fire 90% of mainstream editors, replacing them with real journalists who are outsiders and not afraid to speak truth to power. "The republic's in trouble, we lie about everything, lying has become the staple," concluded Hersh. Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/paul.j.watson.71 FOLLOW Paul Joseph Watson @ https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:02:18 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: "Western Nunavut whalers celebrate their first bowhead" A remarkable Canadian hunting adventure and tradition. One of the noteworthy aspects is that two polar bears attempted to drive off the hunters and steal their harvested whale. Fortunately, for them they had rifles, or the polar bears might have feasted on whale and human flesh. Polar bears aren't the only bear that will attempt to steal a hunters harvest and perhaps feed on the hunter, too. Keep your wits about you and your rifle handy. A few years back two experienced B.C. hunters were dealing with a fresh elk kill. Three grizzlies, a sow and a pair of two years old cubs attacked and killed both men before they could even reach their rifles. All three had to be shot in order to recover the men's remains as the bears where exhibiting food protective behaviour for both the elk and humans. ------------------------------------------------------ Nunavut September 26, 2013 - 8:58 am Western Nunavut whalers celebrate their first bowhead Crew of “young guns” from Gjoa Haven portage boats to hunting site PETER VARGA Gjoa Haven whalers haul a 10-metre-long bowhead up to the shore in Lord Mayor Bay, shortly after the kill, Sept. 14. (PHOTO COURTESY OF WILLIAM AGLUKKAQ) A harpoon thrown by Gjoa Haven hunters hits a bowhead whale Sept. 14, as shown in the video of the hunt, which can be seen on the Facebook page of Nunatsiaq News. Gjoa Haven's bowhead hunters haul equipment during a 27-mile (43.5-km) portage across a section of Boothia Peninsula, from Taloyoak to Lord Mayor Bay, where they captured their whale. (PHOTO COURTESY OF WILLIAM AGLUKKAQ) Rough travel by sea, land, lake and river did not wear down a team of first-time bowhead whalers from Gjoa Haven, who found their prize animal just five days after they sailed out of the community. Gjoa Haven celebrated their return on Sept. 23, after all hunters had returned safely with maktaaq and whale meat from a 32-foot-long (10-metre) bowhead they had captured on Sept. 14. “The whole experience was very difficult from the start, right to the bitter end,” said James Qitsualik, captain of the hunt. “But words cannot describe what we went through.” The hunt was Gjoa Haven’s first in recent memory, and exceptional in many ways. For starters, many of the 18-member crew had never seen a bowhead whale before, said Qitsualik. Unlike other bowhead hunts permitted in Nunavut communities since 1996, Qitsualik’s crew went without elders or experienced hunters. “They know us as the ‘young guns,’” said Qitsualik, “because technically, we didn’t have an elder with us.” The oldest two members of the party, including Qitsualik, were 46. “All the rest are young men and teenagers,” he said. Also exceptional was the short time it took for the party to find and kill their whale — just five days after sailing out of Gjoa Haven, and less than 40 hours after reaching their hunting area. “According to the hunters, we set a new record,” said Willy Aglukkaq, manager of the Gjoa Haven Hunters and Trappers organization, which Qitsualik leads as chairman. “The quickest kill in Nunavut, they say.” The hunting party’s route was also unusual, involving travel across the open waters of James Ross Straight to Taloyoak, then east, overland across a narrow section of the Boothia peninsula to Lord Mayor Bay in the vast Gulf of Boothia. The overland portage involved some boating across sections of rivers and lakes, and towing with all-terrain vehicles. “That’s 27 miles,” said Qitsualik. “But it felt like 100.” Fortunately, the hunting party didn’t have to look very far to find their bowhead once they reached Lord Mayor Bay. After their arrival late on Sept. 12, the group found “between 25 and 30” bowheads in the bay, said Qitsualik. “There were a lot of whales, but most of them were huge. They were too big,” he said. “But I was able to select the one I wanted.” The group singled out a 32-footer on Sept. 14, and killed the animal at 12:15 p.m. with a penthrite grenade harpoon, provided by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., as regulated by the hunting permit. “It was right beside our camp, right by the shore,” said Qitusalik — less than 500 yards away. “I was amazed at how quick and fast everything turned out.” The heavy work of butchering and transporting the whale back to Taloyoak followed took four days. “It was very labour-intensive, very stressful,” said Qitsualik. Polar bears in the area threatened the camp, and two bears were shot in self-defence. Once in Taloyoak, the party was greeted by celebration and three nights of fireworks. “There was constant celebration,” said Qitsualik. “They didn’t stop the fireworks until we left.” The group divided the maktaaq for the five largest communities of the Kitikmeot region before they set sail back for Gjoa Haven. Celebrations at home were held up by one complication: one of the boats stalled in stormy weather while the party travelled back Sept. 20. The vessel’s two hunters found their way to safety at a cabin, where they spent the night. A search and rescue crew picked them up Sept. 22, after Qitsualik directed them to the location. “I feel the power of prayer really made us accomplish what we set out to do,” Qitsualik said. “But together, through preparation, through cooperation, and through God, that’s how I believe we were able to accomplish what we did in that short amount of time.” Most of the crew ranged in age from about 20 to their early-40s. The experience was completely new to the youngest. “Things like this were only stories to them,” said Qitsualik. “Now, they’ve seen it for themselves. To see these young guys with their glowing eyes and faces, and the confidence they have now, after going through that — it’s like they can go through anything now.” With whole crew safely back on Sunday, Sept. 22, Gjoa Haven celebrated the whalers’ success the next evening, with a feast and dance at the packed community hall. The Gjoa Haven bowhead whale hunt was the third successful hunt in Nunavut in 2013: in August, hunters from Repulse Bay and Pangnirtung also landed bowhead whales. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, September 27, 2013 10:57 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: NFA's Fourth Letter To The RCMP Public Complaints ... ...Commissioner - Re: High River Investigation NFA'S FOURTH LETTER TO THE RCMP PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSIONER RE: HIGH RIVER INVESTIGATION - SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 http://nfa.ca/news/nfas-fourth-letter-rcmp-public-complaints-commissioner-september-26-2013 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE HIGH RIVER INVESTIGATION IS AVAILABLE HERE: http://nfa.ca/news . SUN NEWS VIDEO: GUN OWNERS TARGETED IN RCMP SEARCHES: HIGH RIVER RESIDENT - SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 . LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY REGARDING HIGH RIVER SEIZURES - SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 . NFA'S THIRD LETTER TO THE RCMP PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSIONER - SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 . VIDEO RECORD OF DANIELLE SMITH'S FORCED ENTRY AND SEIZURE OF PROPERTY TOWN HALL MEETING IN HIGH RIVER - SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 . NFA'S SECOND LETTER TO THE RCMP PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSIONER - AUGUST 27, 2013 . LETTER FROM THE COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE RCMP - AUGUST 13, 2013 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, September 28, 2013 9:25 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: No money for new guns for Arctic Rangers No money for new guns for Arctic Rangers BY DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/money+guns+Arctic+Rangers/8970051/story.html The country's military is having trouble coming up with enough money to buy new rifles to replace the 60-year-old guns used in the Arctic by the Canadian Rangers. Although Prime Minister Stephen Harper highlighted the work performed by the Rangers when he joined them in Nunavut in August for target practice with their aging Lee Enfield rifles, even that high level of interest is not enough to move the $10-million replacement project quickly forward, say military sources. "The project has been faced with a few challenges such as availability of funding, confirming performance requirements, and establishing new acquisition and production processes," confirmed an email sent to the Citizen from a Canadian Army spokesman. In addition, Canadian Army briefing documents obtained by the Citizen through the Access to Information law indicate that the plan to replace the Second World War-era Lee Enfields has fallen at least three years behind schedule. The new rifles will be delivered between 2017 and 2021. But according to army documents, they were originally to be distributed to the Rangers this fall. The acquisition of the guns, however, is still in "options analysis," according to the Canadian Army email. The military would not answer Citizen questions about how much more money is needed and why that funding cannot be found in the Department of National Defence's $20-billion budget. NDP defence critic Jack Harris said he can't understand why the purchase of the new guns, which are essentially over-the-counter hunting rifles, doesn't proceed immediately. He noted that the Conservative government is moving ahead with plans to spend $2 billion on new armoured combat vehicles the Canadian Army has said it does not want and can't afford to operate, yet it can't find money to buy 10,000 rifles. "The government's priorities are totally misguided," said Harris. "If they are trying to demonstrate capability in the Arctic then this is a relatively modest way to do that." The new rifles will replace the Lee Enfield guns that the Canadian Rangers have been using for more than 60 years. The Rangers, a sub-component of the Canadian Forces Reserve, patrol remote parts of the North and other isolated areas of the country. During his visit to the Arctic in late August, Harper acknowledged that it was time to buy replacement rifles. "The Department of National Defence is in the process of scoping out the program for replacement and I expect that to happen over the next few years," he told reporters. The Lee Enfield replacement ran into problems starting in 2011. Colt Canada in Kitchener is the country's small-arms centre of excellence for firearms, and new purchases are required to be handled through them. But international firearms companies balked at the idea of turning over their confidential technical data to the firm, which is owned by Colt in the U.S., a key competitor for many of the manufacturers on the international market. The Canadian Army email to the Citizen noted that new processes have to be worked out with Colt Canada. Francis Bleeker, director of sales and marketing for Colt Canada, said the company is waiting for a statement of requirements to be issued by the Department of National Defence. "It would be a good thing if they did what has been done before, which is come to us with a statement of requirements and we would shop around on the market for likely candidates," he explained. The testing of the new rifles would be done by the military and then Colt would reach a deal with the rifle manufacturer. Industry sources say because of the small numbers of rifles to be purchased, the guns would likely not be built at Colt's facility in Kitchener. Instead Colt would do the long-term maintenance on the weapons. Bleeker said concerns about Colt Canada acquiring confidential data from other gun manufacturers and turning it over to Colt in the U.S. are unfounded. He noted that Colt Canada successfully maintains Belgian-made machine guns purchased by the Canadian military without any major concerns expressed by that foreign gun manufacturer. For the last two decades the military has been maintaining the rifles from spare parts taken from other Lee Enfields. Although, the Canadian Forces are several years away from a shortage of parts, the number of spare components is becoming limited, according to army officers. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, September 28, 2013 9:34 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Police cordon off Orillia neighbourhood; report of a person ... ...carrying a shotgun Police cordon off Orillia neighbourhood Investigators respond to a report of a person carrying a shotgun on a city street. Orillia Today By Frank Matys - September 27, 2013 http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/4129450-opp-investigate-shotgun-sighting/ Police have cordoned off an Orillia neighborhood as investigators respond to a report of a person carrying a shotgun on a city street. OPP received a call at 11:20 a.m. Friday "regarding a person who appeared to be carrying what appeared to be a shotgun, walking down Albert Street toward Colborne," said Sgt. Peter Leon. Officers established a perimeter around the area and brought in the emergency response and K9 units. As a safety precaution, two schools - OD/Park Street and Lions Oval - remain in a 'hold and secure' mode, meaning the buildings are locked and nobody can enter or exit, but normal activities continue inside. "That is just because it is in close proximity to what is going on," said Leon. Police received only one call regarding the weapon sighting, he added. "We got the area contained very, very quickly, and we have officers that are conducting a search in that area as we speak," he added. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V15 #948 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca Moderator email: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca FAQ list: http://www.canfirearms/Skeeter/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://www.canfirearms.ca CFDigest Archives: http://www.canfirearms.ca/archives To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next four lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".)