As a hunter and fisherman in…

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As a hunter and fisherman in Ontario for may years I do agree to a cull of would be a good thing as there number have reached an astounding number. Just last fall on the bay in front of my house there were flocks of hundreds if not into the thousands.
The bag limit seems to be be high at 50 birds per day.
The season is a little long I would think that a two part season would be more appropriate as is spring and fall the seem to gather in flocks prior to migration and returning in spring. this would also ease my concern with greater boat traffic on the water as the temperature rise.
I do agree that carcasses of culled birds must be disposed of correctly however i am not sure what an acceptable means would be other than burying the carcasses.
Other means of control do not appear to have worked but these methods of control should be continued along with a cull to restore Cormorant numbers to an acceptable level.