I would like to take the…

I would like to take the time to address a certain number of items recommended. I do believe there are some positive steps taken in this recommendation, however I feel it may be swayed to harm established Organized Hunting Camps in favour of single applicants.

I am a member of a moose hunting camp that has been in WMU 50 since 1946, we currently have 15 members and typically hunt with 17 hunters, we have been hunting with these sorts of numbers for the past 73 years. I think limiting us to 10 hunters per tag is discriminatory against a well established successful hunting camp that has the unfortunate luck of only receiving a single tag. There have been many previous years where we have only drawn a single adult tag and have considered ourselves lucky at that and have gone on to have a great week of hunting whether or not we are successful at filling our tag. I do not believe there should be a mandatory maximum number of hunters per tag unless there is a provision for providing a calf tag to large established camps that pay taxes and land use permit fees to the MNRF for the sole purpose of having a moose hunting camp.

I do not believe you should lose all your earned points if you are successful in a calf tag application. I believe there could be a prorated system where a calf is not worth the same number of points as a bull would be. By limiting calf tags to a specific number in all WMU's the ability for residents to enjoy moose hunting is going to be drastically reduced as many people rely on a calf tag to allow them to participate in the annual moose hunt when they are unable to draw an adult tag.