All bow hunters should be…

All bow hunters should be allowed to hunt calves during all open bow seasons. Calves are extremely hard to hunt and the success rate is extremely low. In my entire hunting career (50+ years) I know of only one calf being taken with a bow and that one was harvested to let the cow go. What data was used to determine that archery hunting for calves negatively impacts the moose population. In the above case it helped the population as a breeding cow was allowed to go.
Calf tags should be available as they are now for gun hunters and the season should be moved to the first 1-2 weeks of the regular gun season. Again calves are hard to hunt and could be harvested with the cow to prevent orphaning and ultimately the demise of the calf. It would also increase hunting opportunities with little impact on the population. What studies were used to determine the impact of the calf harvest on the moose population. When the first changes were made we were told that Sweden had determined that the calf harvest had negligible impact on the population because a lot of those harvested wouldn't have survived to maturity due to predation and other causes.
Surplus tags should not be counted for the point system draw as we were told that accepting one would not effect our pool 1 status.
There should be no bonus points for Northern Residents as all applicants should be treated equal. This would be creating a two tier system that would be unfair for residents of Southern Ontario who would be required to pay the same for a hunting license with less opportunity of being successful.
Reducing the distance groups can hunt in from 5 km to 3 km would be extremely dangerous resulting in people getting shot. In hunter safety courses we were told a rifle is considered dangerous up to 1 mile (1.61 km). A 3 km area would reduce separation to 300 metres for a party of 10 hunters. Add to that groups that over lap and it becomes even more dangerous. The distance groups should be allowed to hunt in should be at least 10 km.

People should not be allowed to participate in both the Native and Non Native hunt. They should allowed to hunt in only one season of their choice. Currently it makes policing and proper resource management impossible.