Nanaimo Fish and Game

Welcome to Nanaimo Fish and Game

By Garland Coulson on April 28, 2016 in News

The Nanaimo Fish and Game Protective Association offers a safe, learning environment for people and families interested in outdoor skills. Here are some of what our association offers.

The BCWF extended personal liability Insurance Policy term runs each year from Dec. 31st – Dec. 31st. Club members are active BCWF Members, and have access to the policy for the duration of your membership. A valid certificate should be carried with your personalized BCWF Member Card as proof of insurance. CLICK HERE for a copy of the current certificate.

Education

We provide qualified volunteer instructors for archery for both adults and kids.

Ranges

RANGE HOURS: the ranges open at 9:00am. They are closed at sunset and the sunset times are posted in the sign in shed. You must stop shooting and clean up one half hour before closing time. Always check the schedule for upcoming events/rentals and other closures before driving all the way down. Trap and Skeet have regular practice sessions on Wednesday and Sunday mornings except during special events. For safety reasons the outdoor archery range is closed on those days until 2pm.

ATTENTION HANDGUN SHOOTERS: During certain months of the year the PPC range is rented very frequently. This doesn’t mean you have no place to shoot. There are 5 other ranges on either side of the PPC range that almost always available to you. CLICK HERE to see an aerial view of the range locations. Centerfire rifles are not allowed on any of the handgun ranges.
If you are not a member of the club you have to pay a $20 day card fee to use the ranges. The form for that is in the sign in shed when the caretaker is present or the range officer trailer when the caretaker is not present (usually Tuesday and Wednesday).
For members of the club who have chosen not to purchase an Annual Range Pass you have to pay a $5 day card fee to use the ranges and the form for that is in the sign in shed when the caretaker is present or the range officer trailer when the caretaker is not present (usually Tuesday and Wednesday).
IPSC Alley #4 (the covered one) is the venue for IPSC training on Saturdays starting in late February and that alley is reserved for that purpose. You need to contact Kevin Wheatcroft by email CLICK HERE

Conservation

Our Association has been working to conserve fish, wildlife & habitat Since 1905 and have a range of projects we are currently working on.

Have questions about our facility, programs and activities? Contact us.

Annual Banquet

By Steve Corscadden on February 4, 2020 in Events

This popular Annual Fundraiser with its Valentine theme is to support Conservation and Environmental Projects by the Members of Nanaimo Fish and Game Club. It includes a scrumptious Buffet dinner, followed by Live and Silent Auctions with a wide variety of fabulous prizes. There is also a selection of Fun Raffles for jewellery and sporting goods, all donated by area merchants and Members. Seating is limited.

If any of you have been fortunate enough to harvest an animal this year, we are always looking for donations of meat for the game banquet. You can contact any member of the executive if you can make a much appreciated donation.

Ottawa’s “buy back” is a multi-billion boondoggle

By Steve Corscadden on January 24, 2020 in Firearms

In his Mandate letter to Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Prime Minister Trudeau gave the highest priority to prohibiting and confiscating “military-style assault rifles.” Speculation about the cost of this “buy back” has zeroed in on how much owners will be paid for surrendering their guns. CBC reported that Minister Blair claimed the cost for the “buy back” of roughly 250,000 firearms would be between $400,000 and $600,000. That is, if owners comply.
My best estimate is that confiscating 250,000 firearms would cost the Canadian taxpayer between $1.6 billion to almost $5 billion in the first year. My back-of-the-envelope estimate of the governmental costs of collecting 250,000 guns required to be surrendered has been extrapolated from the New Zealand template. The detailed calculations are posted on the website, https://justiceforgunowners.ca.

Article Submitted by Gary Mauser, PhD Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University, BCWF Chair Firearms Committee.

To read the entire article CLICK HERE.

The Club is open again least until the next storm.

By Steve Corscadden on January 19, 2020 in News

We had to close the club on Wednesday and Thursday due to the heavy accumulation of snow. We opened it on Friday but I guess we were a bit optimistic when the forecast said the storm was over. Saturday dawned and the facilities were buried in snow so we had to close it again.

A special thanks to Larry McFarlane who spent three days on the club tractor clearing the parking lot and caretaker Wayne who spent those days shoveling and clearing all the walkways. It seemed they just got finished on the first day and had to start from scratch again the next day as the snow just kept coming. Saturday was a full day of plowing and shoveling again.

We are going to open it tomorrow and hope it is really the end of the storm this time but all the ranges will be very hard to use as they have a heavy accumulation and no one has had time to work on them.

Nanaimo sets record highs for snowfall during winter storms

By Steve Corscadden on January 17, 2020 in News

Jan 16, 2020

NANAIMO — The snowfall blanketing the region since Sunday night will go into the record books.
Nanaimo Airport set new benchmarks on both Tuesday, Jan. 14 and Wednesday, Jan. 15 for snowfall within a 24 hour period on those dates. The airport recorded 21.2 centimetres on Tuesday, beating the old record of 19.1 centimetres set in 1951. Continue Reading →

Annual General Meeting

By Steve Corscadden on December 11, 2019 in Events

The Annual General Meeting of the Nanaimo & District Fish & Game Protective Association will be held in the clubhouse on Sunday, January 19, 2020, starting at 10:00am.
The agenda will include the election of an executive Board of Directors for the new year, a financial report for the previous year, presentation of budgets for the coming year, and all other business of the club.
Please consider allowing your name to stand for a position on the executive, or if you know anyone who would be interested, please nominate him or her for a position.
Banquet tickets will be on sale at the end of the meeting.

**Members, please check your membership cards to make sure they have not expired – a current membership is needed to vote at the AGM.

Target Placement on Ranges

By Steve Corscadden on October 23, 2019 in Ranges

Election 2019: Liberals Announce Gun Bans

By Steve Corscadden on September 20, 2019 in Firearms

September 20, 2019

At 11:40 EDT am today, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, deflecting away from proven allegations of racism roaring through the media, announced his government would – if elected – “Ban military-style assault weapons and will conduct a buy back program of these types of firearms.” He did not define what that nebulous term “military-style assault weapons” meant nor how the buy-back would be implemented. Continue Reading →

Canadian Police Chiefs won’t back handgun ban.

By Steve Corscadden on August 18, 2019 in Firearms

The Canadian Press, Bill Graveland, Aug. 14, 2019

CALGARY — The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police won’t be supporting a call for a ban on handguns despite concerns about gun violence in a number of major cities including Toronto.
Vancouver police chief Adam Palmer, who heads the organization, says Canada already has strong firearms regulations and no other law is required.

Continue Reading →

Province taking steps to prevent deadly deer disease in B.C.

By Steve Corscadden on August 13, 2019 in Hunting

Aug. 8, 2019
The Province is implementing a mandatory sampling program that requires hunters to submit the heads from deer harvested in wildlife management units 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6 and 4-7 in the Kootenay Region, after Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks discovered five animals with Chronic Wasting Disease 60 km south of the B.C. border.
The Province has been monitoring for the disease since 2002, targeting the Peace and East Kootenay Regions as high-risk areas for disease entry due to its presence in Alberta and Montana. No infected animals have been found in B.C so far, however, more sampling is needed to inform any additional response.
The provincial Wildlife Health Program is calling on all hunters, especially those in the Peace and East Kootenay, to bring deer, moose and elk heads to drop-off locations for testing. Starting September 1, 2019 and ending December 20, 2019, hunters will be required to submit the heads of mule deer and white-tailed deer harvested in specific wildlife management units along the southern BC border in the Kootenay Region.
Anyone encountering an animal exhibiting the symptoms of Chronic Wasting Disease (thin, drooling, poor coordination, stumbling) should report it to the provincial Wildlife Health Program at 250-751-3219 or the Report all Poachers and Polluters hotline at 1-877-952-7277.

For more information on Chronic Wasting Disease in B.C., and for drop-off locations and instructions, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/chronicwastingdisease.ca

Fisheries closures.

By Steve Corscadden on April 17, 2019 in Fishing

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