Many hunters access their…

Many hunters access their bait sites on foot and must haul their bait and any animals harvested by hand. Older hunters such as my group would have difficulty accessing their bait sites if onerous restrictions were placed. We try to pick sites that are not close to human activity and try to make our trails into these sites less noticeable so curious people don't bother them. We don't want people near our bait sites. We live in the Niagara region and our camp is above Kirkland Lake. It is costly to pre-bait more than once before the season opens so restricting the amount of bait at any one time would severely impact our success. Most hunters are secretive about their bait sites and any problems that arise are probably the result of nosy people investigating and maybe interfering or contaminating a hunter's bait site. The local people we meet and know in our hunting area encourage us and applaud us for trying to keep the bear population in check, particularly in the camp ground where we park our vehicles before boating into our camp. Outfitters both in the spring and fall make a good portion of their income from non resident hunters and must be allowed to access and bait numerous sites in order to ensure their clients are successful. Outfitters lost a great deal of their income at a time when they really needed it when the spring bear hunt was unnecessarily cancelled. It will take years for them to attract new clientelle to replace those who went to other provinces after the spring bear hunt was cancelled. Don't make it any more difficult for them.