I support the Spring Black…

I support the Spring Black Bear Hunt reinstatement.

I am potentially against some of the changes in outfitting requirements. I will clarify depending on citizenship.

I do not support any change that would force the immediate relative of a resident of Ontario to have to use an outfitter. A Hypothetical example that could apply to my immediate family. If my Son who grew up in Ontario, but moved to Alberta for work last spring, wants to come home for a week in the upcoming spring or fall and hunt Bear with me, I think he should be allowed to come to the traditional family hunt camp and participate without needing an outfitter, and I shouldn't need a special guide license or special type of license to hunt bear, or small game. I think this same logic should also apply to buck whitetail deer. It would seem logical to me that the Ontario Relative should have purchased the same license as the species being hunted, simply to ensure compliance with current hunting regulations. In other words, you have to be licensed to participate in hunting a particular species.

Over the counter licence and tags should encourage Canadians to come home to their home province and spend time with family and friends.

Bears are not a species governed by a tag allocation and draw process, so why would we further restrict a non Ontario resident but Canadian citizen? If you are meaning to enforce these terms for non resident aliens such as US citizens, then that would be acceptable to me.

I believe that Canadian Citizens should be able to hunt Bear, Deer, and other species not governed by strict tag allocation draws in Ontario with friends rather than having to use an outfitter. I have friends in Saskatchewan I have hunted with, and it was a great experience. I would never have gone if I had to pay the expense to go thru an outfitter. It is important to me that we don't price Hunting out of the ability of the majority to pay. We risk turning it into simply a "Rich or Privileged" few sport. That is not what it should be in my opinion.