Under the present proposal a…

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Under the present proposal a hunter could be registered with three separate groups or parties.This proposal is not ethical.An example would be a large group of hunters/party members could all hunt together in the same area and in essence the hunter would still have access to more adult tags the same as present system.It would not solve the ghost hunter per say because all the actual hunters could be registered in each group with the one hunter that has the tag.This is not beneficial to the moose population and would basically undo the proposals goals.
A solution would be to allow a hunter to be part of 3 groups but either separate seasons(archery/gun) or separate WMU,hunters would still be allowed more than one party.
There are groups that have a large pool (20 plus) of ghost hunters that can be used and if they are allowed to party hunt under present proposal without restrictions it would likely not change their present hunting practices thus rendering the proposal inadequate in this area.The proposal would only address hunters that have not been successful in several years.
The party hunting proposal to register the group would than be more reliable as a deterrent.