Some "food for thought" from…

Some "food for thought" from people who actually live in the bush year round in WMU 41:

- if over 90 calf are hunted each fall - what is there to grow up?

- "the children are our future" is not only true for humans but for every species!

- giving out cow tags when the moose population is low is contra-productive

- explaining moose hunting regulations/tag system in WMU 41 to a guide, outfitter, hunter, trapper in the Northwest Territories who has hunted all his life: this system accelerates the extinction of a species

- showing bull/cow ratio numbers received from MNRF a couple years ago to a Zoologist and Wildlife Ecologist: these numbers cannot be right - this system diminishes the species

- it seems like in the MNRF moose calculation/tag system the moose losses due to road kills, indigenous hunting numbers, ticks and climate change in general are not taken into consideration

- it is unquestionable that indigenous peoples have the right to hunt (and fish) according to the treaties - BUT - when those treaties where signed there were no ATVs, no high powered guns, no scopes, no GPS, no cell phones.
something to think about: if indigenous people want to hunt according to the treaties they should hunt with the equipment of those times. if they hunt with modern equipment they should hunt under the same regulations as everyone else.