Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 5, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Inside Story Winnipeg free press a j q 1995 ii Ivy Antler scoring system trophy Heads Are judged on the basis of their size and the Boone and Crockell club of issues a score card for big game Hunters to use when their kills Are for a typical White Tail trophy Points Are awarded based on the spread of the rack measurements of the distance Between the two the sum of and each Point 4 is counted and value is awarded Lor the the circumference and inside length of each Point is x measured and the Overall length of each Horn 5 is the circumference of me Horn 6 is taken Al four locations and is order to qualify As a the rack must gain 160 Boone and Crockell accepts the but does not reveal the basis on which it subsequently awards like most big game trophy Boone and Crockett requires anyone submitting a trophy for measurement to sign a fair Chase statement that declares the animal was not taken Linda Silkowski free press dealers try to bag big trophy by Doug Nairne staff reporter Greg Fehr was a Happy Man the Day he finally bagged a trophy White tailed and then the phone started to people were harassing me to sell the Deer he they offered me for it and it struck me that there was something very wrong with the unwelcome dealers used one of the publications listing the biggest and Best animals killed in North America to track Down who lives in and offer a Bounty for his Deer trophy hungry the trophy hungry american Market has put such a demand on getting the hides and Vari Ous other parts of trophy animals that the going rate for a trophy head starts at and goes up from Graeme Mcginnis owns the distinction and possibly the curse of having taken the largest non typical White tailed Deer in Manitoba he killed the animal last november and it took four months for the dealers to Stop harassing its kind of sad that people want it so he i cant even enjoy having it in my own the collectors hunted Mcginnis Down at wildlife dinners and one Man even showed up at his Mcginnis wont say How much Money he has been offered for the trophy but it is so valuable he keeps it hidden in a secret Loca Tion away from his he fears that if the head were in his a dealer would break in and steal other Hunters say the head the fifth largest taken in Canada and the 15thlargest in the world could be Worth or Milo Hanson of owns the world record Deer trophy head and rumours about the value of his kill Start at and work their Way he gets just for showing the head at wildlife i Tell everybody its not for Sale i dont know Why anybody would want a head that they didst take Hanson said in an underground the Trade in animal parts and trophy Heads has been described As an underground railway by with few formal organizations and Little Ever put Down on paper to record the collectors and buyers use publications such As the Boone and Crockett and the Pope and which list the biggest animals As a virtual catalogue to track Down specimens to Many local such As the Manitoba big game trophy also compile lists of the trophy animals taken each but who is the president of the said the group is reconsidering who they let look at their i get people calling me up pretending to be just Ordinary Guys looking for but i know they Are he the Trade often skirts the bound Hunting for profit trophy Heads big a1 Aries of the combining illegal activity with it is for for a Hunter to sell a Tro Phy head he or she but it is not Legal for a dealer to then resell sources familiar with the Trade say middlemen who legally Pur Chase the Heads from Hunters Here resell them in the United states by smuggling them across the the sources said it is relatively easy to get the material into the one Way is to use Farmers hauling Grain across the Border to smuggle the provincial wildlife which almost universally maintain their opposition to the trafficking of trophy Heads and animal admit they have been infiltrated by people who Are buy ing and some organizations Host fall big game dinners where Hunters with animals to sell make Contact with dealers scouting out trophy Heads and other such As Bear Gall once the Contact is the Hunter is offered Quick Cash in return for turning Over the catch and asking no ques there Are a few people around the province who will do anything for said Larry head of the Manitoba wildlife which represents Hunters and outdoors men in the we know dealers Are travel Ling around the province collect ing names of people with but it is Tough to prove what they Are really enforcement officials say the taxidermy Industry is also being constantly monitored for Irreg when i inspect the Register of some of these Guys against what they have in i am always left with a pile of critters that seem to have mysteriously found their Way into the said fed eral wildlife investigator Gene in one recent sources say a local taxidermist was found with a stuffed Kodiak Bear from Alaska in his shop and was unable to explain where it came the Man provided a phone num Ber and name from the person who supposedly sold the Bear to but investigating officers found the information was sources say some of the provinces outfitters have taken to catering to americans who Are looking for trophy while trophy Hunting is not the Money involved is a powerful temptation to break the bad dream car seven big problems overlooked by Teresa Crellin free press correspondent t t then Linda Vandall saw the gleaming White 1986 Pontiac 6000 sitting on a Northend car she thought shed found the car shed been looking this is a car and they had a handful of Bills for Worth of repairs on the and it looked really Vandall explaining the Purchase she made at perfect Choice motor sales last when the dealers service department a provincially licensed inspection station passed it with flying she Laid Down for the the inspection Post and get for the safety highways and transportation spokesmen have since confirmed that Post is not Vandall said problems with the car began almost i washed the car and put Gas in and could smell Gas in the trunk once i got but once it cooled off outside the smell went she the following while travelling on the North perimeter she said the doors were overwhelming and she pulled into Cedar acres equipment and sales and paid including to have the car inspected Cedar acres Felt it was unsafe and called the government she i called per Ken giguottianinnip6g free press Vandall displays the three vehicle inspection sheets and her Nightmare of a beater Boom a1 feet motors and asked for my Money Back and he Keith owner of Cedar said his Mechanic completed a safety inspection of the car and rejected seven including a cracked and leaking Brake a cracked front and Back Brake linings the Back linings were on the wrong a seized emergency Brake and the leaking Gas my Mechanic took one look at the car and we believe Hopwood provincial inspector Paul mar Cox agreed that it would be hard to miss the necessary he confirmed the vehicle was taken out of service immediately because of the fuel system and was not to be put on the Road until All seven items had been Claude owner of perfect said most of the problems occurred after the car was he then shifted the blame to Cedar saying they had exaggerated the whole because they wanted to sell her another when told about Marcoux he said it May have been a Rush but they have now repaired everything on the safety were not denying that we buggered up on the but i dont know what More i could have done and giving her Money Back is definitely not the Dana acting dealer inspector for the highways and transportation said he has taken the matter up with perfect Choice and All repairs were to be done at their they Are also expected to Reim Burse the fee for the original Cedar acre inspection and the re inspection fee required after repairs Are he said an investigation is ongoing at this and would not comment on whether any action would be car inspections set phones ringing by Teresa Crellin free press correspondent a flood of questions and complaints about the provinces new vehicle inspection program is making life hectic for the people answer ing the phones at the motor vehicle things Are getting a Little said Adam director of transport safety and regulations for Driver and vehicle but i think its working of the inquiries he Esti mated they have received since the legislation came into effect july Only five have resulted in legitimate he right now were in the process of complaints and he if there Are bad actors out there going to be weeded out and weeded out Hrabinski bristled when told that some of his staff had suggested getting your vehicle checked even after a just for the peace of that ridiculous to require two safety he explaining there Are 80 items to the complaint Laid by Linda Vandall against perfect Choice motor sales is Only the second serious incident he has heard he the first involved a Man who went to a shop late last month and was told he needed Worth of Brake the customer took the vehicle somewhere else to have the repairs done and was told there was nothing it didst appear to be an honest this was a Mechanic with Journeyman Hrabinski we took away their authority to do inspections and there about inspections have been done in the first month of the program and estimates Are that Between to inspections will be done per an information package is currently being sent out to clarify confusion on maximum fees and applicable the maximum fee for passenger cars and Light trucks is plus if Brake work is required and repairs Are done at a different the inspection station can charge to pull the wheel and verify the repairs Are Satis its still buyer but in satisfied 99 per cent of the people contracted to do the work Are doing a Fine Hrabinski wild Birds Wing it to Freedom by Martin Zeilig free press correspondent in a spectacular whoosh of a snowy a great horned owl and a retailed Hawk flew to Freedom from Birds Hill provincial Park yesterday Bev Racicot want sorry to see them the Day of release gives me a Good feeling because i know that there Back where they said executive director of the Manitoba wildlife rehabilitation wearing Elbow length Raptor Racicot and her two Shawna Wiebe and Leigh released the three Large none of which is considered an endangered or threat ened in a Grassy Field off North the adult wild Birds had been under the care of Raci cot and her Small the male snowy which will spend its Summers in Northern was brought to Racicot in May by an individual who found it soaking wet and weak in a Field near Stony Northeast of the great horned owl was also picked up by someone who found it lying on the ground near the female retailed which had broken primary Feath ers on one was brought in by a former Volunteer who found the Hawk in a Basket on his Doorstep in Vita one Host families needed enrich your family with another you can Host a girl or boy from Brazil or 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