I always encourage new…

I always encourage new hunting opportunities, but they are very hard to get close to and the program may not have the controlling effect required.

I have had a cottage on Georgian Bay since 1950 and have barely seen a perch, rock bass or the schools of shoreline minnows since the revival of the cormorant. I don't even take the kids fishing anymore. It is a wasted effort.

My father told me the MNR or commercial fisherman in the 1930's and 40's would paint the cormorant eggs with kerosene which killed the egg but they would not relay. I believe that type of action to be more suitable.

I fear the backlash of summer vacationers agast at the sight of hunters killing wildlife.