The activity being proposed…

The activity being proposed should not use the term 'hunters, or hunting' but employ the terms 'cull or culling'. It is an affront to me as a life-long, law-abiding, ethical, hunter-conservationist to kill or wound wildlife that is not being retrieved, consumed or used (e.g. fur).
Culling has become a necessary management tool for many species that create problems because of their population levels or behaviour (e.g. deer in Rondeau Provincial Park or International/regional/local airports, Canada geese on beaches, coyotes and sheep kills. turkey depredation of crops, etc.).
Hunting and Culling should be clearly separated in the Fish and wildlife Conservation Act so that those heritage features of hunting are not degraded by the short-term need of controlling some wildlife populations.
Culling should be described in new sections of the Act with an eye to future needs that do not erode, negate or downgrade our traditional hunting culture and practices. A clear division between the two distinctly different activities will allow continuance of hunting as a recreational activity based on ethics and scientifically validated limits that protect populations, compared to the approach of culling a wildlife population without regard to ethics, techniques, seasons, and limits. The activity requires a focus in its application to identifiable locations (private property sites, threatened habitats, nuisance species control applied at times of greatest concentration and highest kill numbers, etc.), species, kill objectives, and allowable techniques. It should not be applicable openly across the province.