Antler Scoring Event - 2023 Season

Interested in seeing how your trophy stacks up against the rest?

We’re doing all our scoring for the 2023 season on Saturday, January 27th, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, so make sure you come by and get your name on a piece of history! Scoring will be conducted at the Golden Legion (located in the Golden Curling Rink building).

In order to qualify, you must be a GDRGC member in 2023. Make sure you bring your tag along to verify it was taken in BC and during the 2023 season.

Early Registration Draw

There are only a couple of more days left to be entered into our early registration draw! Purchase your 2024 membership by Sunday, December 31st for your chance to win a set of Vortex Viper 10x42 binoculars!

All 2024 memberships purchased before January 1st will be entered into the draw. The winner of the draw will be announced at the antler scoring event on Saturday, January 27th.

Predators rely on UWR

Predators of all sizes rely on Ungulate Winter Range (UWR) as much as their prey. The concentration of prey in limited quality habitat through the winter makes survival through the winter a little easier on the predators. Grooming trails and building roads generally make it easier for predators to move through UWR to hunt and tips the scales on the already vulnerable ungulates.

These photos show the variety of animals that use high quality UWR, including free ranging domestic dogs. UWR is not only important for ungulates, predators of all sizes rely on it for survival as well.

Recreation in UWR not only creates human disturbance, it supports and elevates the level of predation.

The coles notes:
- Human and domestic dog disturbance in winter range causes ungulates to flee leading to the expenditure of valuable and limited fat stores
- Human recreation infrastructure promotes predation
- Increased activity + increased predation = declining wildlife populations

Land use decisions are an important part of managing for all parts of nature. All of our actions have an impact.

Logging Starting - Winter 2023

We will be logging in our Upper Donald Woodlot this winter to manage this past year's fir beetle starting this week. Please be cautious and adhere to signage if accessing this area during active harvest.

The GDRGC manages Woodlot 452 with goals of enhancing and maintaining ungulate winter range habitats and funding our conservation work. Regionally we are experiencing Douglas fir beetle infestation that are attacking and killing mature trees.

We are managing these infestations through selective logging that removes the impacted trees and other unhealthy trees along the way. The aim of this type of harvesting is to retain habitat quality and mitigate the spread of fir beetles while meeting our obligations to harvest trees.

This portion of the woodlot is important ungulate winter range habitat. If you are accessing this area in the winter and care to limit your impact in this critical time of the year, please either leave your dog at home or ensure that it is well under control and not chasing deer.