The group hunting size…

The group hunting size should not be restricted to ten hunters. This will not decrease the likelihood of hunters being successful and will only create more issues of non-compliance. The further restriction of hunting distance from 5km to 3km will ensure that a group of hunters is indeed hunting as a group of hunters . Whether the group size is set at 10 individuals or 20 individuals the hunters will be restricted to their historic hunting areas. This will only create more unnecessary legislation for hunters to follow and make planning for an upcoming moose hunt unnecessarily difficult. Any restrictions on moose harvest numbers should be done through the allocation of tags.

There should be no calf moose hunt. Most of the issues associated with compliance in moose hunts is associated with the incorrect identification of a calf moose. A hunter can never be sure if a calf moose is indeed a calf moose or simply a small yearling cow. If tags were restricted to bull and cow/calf tags these issues of incorrect identification would be eliminated. This would increase the sustainability of the moose population and reduce stress on MNRF conservation officers so that they could focus on more serious offences in comparison to incorrect identification of calf moose.