WILD11
Module 11: Game Harvesting (Core)
Outcome
Explore ethical and traditional game harvesting practices.
Indicators
(a)

Investigate ethical and traditional game harvesting practices, such as:

  • only harvest what is needed;
  • use all parts of animal;
  • share harvest with Elders;
  • appropriately dispose of carcass; and,
  • leave tobacco behind.
(b) Investigate historical Indigenous tools and practices used for fishing (e.g., netting) and hunting (e.g., buffalo jump).
(c) Compare and contrast commercial, sport, and Aboriginal and Treaty rightsprotected hunting, trapping and fishing.
(d) Research the historical purpose (i.e., determine herd health and effectiveness of management practices) of scoring animals.
(e)

Practise scoring game using characteristics of a variety of animals, such as:

  • deer and elk (e.g., length of points and circumference of point);
  • bear (e.g., jaw length and width);
  • moose (e.g., length and width of palm);
  • beaver (e.g., fur grade); and,
  • fish (e.g., length and weight).
(f)

Explain the importance of completing a harvest survey, including:

  • managing game;
  • providing valuable information for quotas;
  • tracking disease; and,
  • season setting for the upcoming year.
(g) Investigate the hunter, trapper and angler's responsibilities and procedures used to report conditions (e.g., habitat abuse and neglect of wildlife laws) that may endanger wildlife.
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