I have reviewed these…

I have reviewed these proposed changes and feel:
1) Hard to administer!
2) Most hunters understand the current group system. Yes, it is not perfect but I consider it fair. Given the reduction of Moose in the province (which I blame the MNR for closing the spring Bear season allowing many of bears to remove the calf population). Our hunt area is infected with Bears and it will take many years for a balance of Moose/Bear ratio again.
3) Spraying where we hunt has been sprayed at least 2 times in last 10 years. Most noticeably last year signs were put up and said it had been sprayed to kill poplar and unwanted deciduous trees! Pine seedlings were planted. The moose sign from 1 year before was decimated. Another weird thing we visibly noticed was little to no bull scrapes! One local had said natives were in early season and shot the bulls. Year before was littered with bull sign. Stop spraying pesticides and herbicides to kill the food they like to eat.
4)We generally qualify for the large group or guarantee group size each year allowing a group of upward of 10 to be removed from the pool and giving the remainder chances to draw a tag. We are satisfied with 1 adult tag whereas we could draw multiple tags in one year.
5)I feel concern for the Lodge owners of Northern Ontario. They count on us each year. At least with a calf tag we can still hunt. There will be years we will not be going due to the lack of a tag, therefore, jeopardizing our position in this lodge.
6) The current system works.
7)These proposed changes are based on an individual draw and yes you may hunt alone but who can tell me they can handle a Moose alone when it is down, let alone look after this amount of meat.
8) Current system first and fourth week no calf hunting is a problem. We have only accommodations in first week at a lodge, where our large group spends $1000’s of dollars. We take a cow let calf walk away, and within 8 hours the Bears are chasing this calf all around. Wolves only found gut pile and moved in 5-6 days later. It made me sick to my stomach to watch this, and knowing full well the best thing was to allow the hunter to harvest this calf.

* I recommend that you do not change the draw system.
* Spraying and reducing Bear population is keys to bringing, also monitor native harvests, that they aren’t depleting herd.