ROBIN UNRAU
President
I am a very proud lifelong BC resident. From my very earliest memories I knew I was a hunter. Being raised in a wonderful hunting family allowed me to live this dream to the fullest and enjoyed a terrific guiding career in BC, NWT and Alberta.
I am a husband, father, son, brother, friend and an admitted workaholic. Aside from guiding I have enjoyed many careers in forestry, construction, home building, renovations and currently I work at a mine in NW BC and loving it.
Like many, I have grave concerns for BC. Our wildlands, watersheds, wildlife and hunting have reached a tipping point in BC and my personal goal is to help all BC residents understand what has transpired in this beautiful province and help any way I can to reverse the current trends. I understand the problems overwhelming this province and with the hard work of many, I believe hunters can promote change and shape a future where everyone can enjoy British Columbia the way it was meant to be. Beautiful.
DAVE RYDER
Vice President
I am the product of a long lineage of hunter, trappers, fisherman and outdoor heritage, born and raised in B.C. following a family migration from Manitoba where living off the land was a way of life more than a hobby. As long as I can remember being outdoors has always been a priority for me, from hunting whitetails and elk in the Kootenay’s to moose on the Yukon border, from urban and nuisance trapping for the Fish & Wildlife branch to Salmon fishing the rivers and oceans.
Retired after 40 years in the lumber industry it is now time to pursue my dreams and become even more a part of what B.C. has to offer in our diminishing wilderness.
This past November I became very concerned about the state of our wildlife in the areas I frequent and was inspired to start petitioning our Government to make change on our inadequate wildlife management policies as a single voice of one. It was then I was introduced to the founders of Hunters for B.C. Upon learning of that their goals held the same values and desire to make change for the betterment of Wildlife as my own were. Without hesitation I decided to jump right in and do my best to support the group and as a result have become a proud director with a dedicated team of great people who are willing to fight for and represent the outdoors people of our Province.
And thanks to all the members and the efforts of Hunters for B.C. I believe that we now have a chance to restore the balance to our wildlife and it’s habitat, and our resources that manage them back to the levels sustainability like they once were not only for myself, but for everyone and generations to come.
WENDY CARY
Treasurer
I grew up in BC in a fishing family though my Dad had a gun in the closet I don’t actually remember him ever using it. My brother hunted a few ducks and unsuccessfully hunted deer until he put his gun away in preference for his fishing rod.
In high school I met a Guide Outfitter’s son and my eyes were opened to hunting – hunting culture, hunting passion and hunting conservation. I still don’t hunt but as a Guide Outfitter (yep married him) I am also passionate about our wild places and our wild animals. In the last 40 years I have attended too many meetings where the divisiveness of hunters has been the agenda, not how do we make and keep more wildlife in this province. Hunters for BC is focused on the same passion I have – create more wildlife, create more wild places. BC has the potential to be the showcase of the world for wildlife populations for viewing and hunting. We need to band together and change the focus of wildlife management.
Secretary, Director of Media & Public Relations
Our secretary much prefers being behind a camera, not in front of it. Born & raised to a hunting family from the West Kootenays, she is passionate about wildlife conservation.
NEIL FINDLAY
Director
I grew up on a cattle farm in Armstrong, BC. Went to UBC after high school and achieved a forstry degree with a minor in wildlife management. Worked all over Coastal BC for 3 years after finishing UBC, completed requirements to become a Profesional Forester and then moved to the Interior and started my own consulting business. I have done that ever since. 30+ years working in the forest industry all over BC, primarily in planning, development and operations but have a broad and diverse background in a number of areas. I currently reside in Sun Peaks and have two teenage daughters. I am a very avid hunter but also spend a lot of time fishing, mountain biking and downhill and Nordic sking. I ran a trapline when I was younger and have also tried my hand as a guide-outfitter. My life largely revolves around the outdoors. I have found myself very frustrated with the crash in ungulate populations in this Province over the last 10 years. My goal in working within Hunters for BC is to try and bring about change in wildlife management to attempt to bring back ungulate populations to where they have historically been.
COREY COLLINS
Director
I am currently a lower mainland resident having moved from Penticton to Port Coquitlam at a young age. Currently I am employed in the sawmill industry with over 20 years of experience and have recently been promoted to Superintendent, a testimonial to my commitment as a forward thinking, loyal employee.
I am also the proud father of two boys, ages eight and four who share their dads love of the outdoors. Married to a wonderful, patient, and supportive wife who endures my passion as hunter, fly fisherman and outdoor enthusiast. Most of my spare time is spent mostly on wilderness excursions in the Caribou or in the Kootenay regions pursuing my passion of hunting moose, elk, white tail, and mule deer.
As a supporter of predator management through trapping, hunting or other methods, I realize the importance of keeping the population of wolves, coyotes, and cougars in balance with our dwindling wildlife populations a long with other aspects such as poor forestry management and the endless myriad of access roads have given these predators an increased advantage in their pursuit of ungulates.
Another one of my favorite pastimes is fly fishing, being well versed in lake and river entomology, it has helped me excel both as a fisherman and accomplished fly-tyer willing to launch my boat in any puddle with surface ripples of feeding rainbows, casting my 5-weight sage fly rod with precision and test proving my latest patterns.
ROBIN ROY
Director
I am Robin Roy. I have been married almost 31 years now and have 3 adult children. I own a computer service company and I am an estimator for a construction company. (Weird mix I know, but my long story would totally make sense for me to do both).
I started out hunting when I was 20 years old in California where I was going to college. A friend I was in college with introduced me to bow hunting wild boar in Northern California. Those are a crazy animal to hunt and kill. Standing in 6-7 foot tall manzaneeta (California iron wood)bushes and taking shots at them while they rush at the bushes your buddy is standing in to have them turn and run back at your bush while he puts an arrow in the pig, fun times. I took my oldest son bow hunting for deer when he hit 17 and tried to pass on the love of archery and hunting. (We did not get anything.) But he still has his bow and now has like me graduated to a gun.
Due to a nasty head on car crash in 2013 I had to give up bow hunting and was sad thinking it was the end since my wife was NOT big on guns in the house. Then with all that was going on in Canada in last few years my wife agreed we needed to get a gun or two and go back to hunting for ethical and health meat sources. In 2020 my oldest son and I took our PAL together and passed. I have since purchased a few guns (don’t tell my wife how many guys). I have a had a few people in my life that have influenced me in how I think about hunting and I am so thankful for them teaching me that hunting is conservation and that it is so important for hunters to be heard by our government for the sport to continue and for the sake of the wildlife in our beautiful province.
I will, if chosen, be a positive force in this province to speak and teach. To work doing whatever is necessary so that wildlife management is taken seriously here.
Also for your knowledge I am being actively pursued by the BC Conservative Party to run in Abbotsford South where I live and if I do it and am elected I will be a voice in the BC Legislature for wildlife management and for the continuation of hunting as a way of life here in BC.
Robin Roy
