r/canadaguns • u/adamhuras • 10d ago

News / Politics / Activism Could New Brunswick exclude Americans from its moose and fishing draws?

Premier Susan Holt appears to be kicking the tires on the idea as her government contemplates next moves in the trade war ---- STORY: https://tj.news/new-brunswick/could-n-b-exclude-americans-from-its-moose-and-fishing-draws

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u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist 10d ago

Cutting off American hunters from outfitted hunts out west would also likely help reduce the cost of these hunts, as we saw during Covid.

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u/ONTZ28 10d ago

It's cheaper to go to Africa for a multiple species safari hunt than it is to hunt out west for me as an Ontario resident. Which is both hilarious and sad.

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u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist 10d ago

I know, have you looked at sheep hunt prices lately? Haha.

More expensive than buying a new truck.

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u/numbdigits 9d ago

Very difficult to justify if you aren't a resident. Even then, I have less than zero interest in getting guided on a hunt, or anything else for that matter.

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u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist 9d ago

A Dall sheep hunt is on my bucket list, without knowing any NWT residents an outfitter is my only option.

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u/numbdigits 9d ago

I'm pretty much in the same boat, Dall sheep hunting in B.C. as a resident is near impossible, just doesn't mean enough to me personally to go in to the Yukon or NWT and throw down the money. Having opportunity for Stone and Big Horns, as well as mountain goats at least partially makes up for it though.

Hopefully you can bide your time and find a good deal when you do decide to go get it done. My friend went and got his Dall sheep during covid when the G.O.'s were starving for business and got a pretty hefty discount, though that was a pretty unforeseeable one-off event that led to that discount. Doubt he'll be so lucky when/if he decides to complete the slam and go after a desert big horn in the U.S., lol.

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u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist 9d ago

I had reached out to all the major outfitters in 2025. After conversion, because everything was priced in USD I was looking at anywhere from $50,000-$90,000 for Dall. The cheap sheep.

Prices have been going up ~10% year over year after covid.