Up to a 1000 hunters marched Saturday against the BC government’s new hunting permit allocations.

In December, the government unveiled a policy that would give licensed hunting guides between 20 and 40 per cent of permits to accommodate foreign hunters.

Hunters at the protest accused the government of taking a public resource, and handing it over to private industry.

Rally organizer Sean Richardson says resident hunters are frustrated.

“To be drawn for moose in the Okanagan, you have a 50-1 chance.  That’s once in 50 years that you can expect a draw.  A foreigner can come every year and hunt one because he pays for it.  That’s difficult for people to take.”

The Liberal government now says it is “listening to input” from hunters before passing legislation and will consider making adjustments to hunting allocations in specific regions.

Source: Castanet/Global