Submit following: CALF…

Submit following:

CALF HARVEST CONTROLS:
I do not support the extension of the calf season, have restricted times, not open during archery and only if you have an antlerless tag. DO NOT have calf tags ONLY antlerless tags, or antlered tags

BOW SEASONS AND QUOTAS
Support open archery seasons in all units that have a gun season, with specific tags. As a bow hunter for 30 years our success rate is much lower and therefore should have MORE tags available. ISSUE MORE tags to take gun pressures away.
Include unit 16ABC in this with an early archer season without gun hunting
I do not support calf tags for archery and would rather see the archery hunters get bull ( antlered Tags) and give anlterless tags to the gun hunters.
The objective of bow hunters is to call the bull to you for a close shot, any killing of an anlterless moose is an incidental. Antlerless tags also allows hunters to spread out beyond the 5 km party hunting regulations and this leads to problems
Support southern Ontario archery season with separate tags, to help divert pressures have season run from Saturday to following Sunday, this allows two weekends of hunting and therefore more hunters applying. This should also be implemented for the southern Ontario gun season.

2021 Proposals

NEW SELECTIVE HARVEST APPROACH
Support the new approach, BUT NO CALF TAGS . ONLY antlered OR ANTLERLESS.
Calf tags only allow hunters to make mistakes, this has to end.
At least with an antlerless tag you can tag a mistake and avoid the cow shot as a calf. Our moose can not continue to be mistakenly killed.

MOOSE LICENCE
Support this change to a product and part of the application process

POINTS SYSTEM
Support the new application for a tag with a modest fee, I suggest min $25.00 to apply.
Moose hunting in Ontario is not an individual sport it is a group activity and therefore we should continue to apply in groups.
I am not in favour of the points system that is proposed, way to confusing and not FAIR
I suggest if we are going to a new system then we ALL start fresh with 1 point. Otherwise so many hunters and our young hunters will never stand a chance. This is suppose to make it more fair and eliminate the ghost hunters, not send us all to Quebec to moose hunt.
We need to apply in groups , NO GUARANTEED GROUP SIZE, have a maximum size ie 4 for archery, 6 for gun ( this is reasonable group size for new party hunting regulation) . The computer picks the successful hunter and the alternate, no chance for ghost hunters , cant stack your odds as wrong hunters might get the tag.
So even though you apply in groups the computer sees ALL applicants in the WMU as individuals, so still a chance for smaller groups to get tags. But when one of the applicants in a group is selected they all are removed.
NOW if unsuccessful then next year that group of 6 would have 12 points and a much higher chance at getting a tag , following year they would have 18 points , considering they are all still applying OR each hunter having 3 points.
Now the computer can pick highest points and work backwards OR someone with three points would have their name in the draw three times.

SECONDARY ALLOCATION
Great idea, this allows tags to be turned in and help hunters maintain their points system for future years, and distribute tags
END SURPLUS TAGS
ANTLERED TAG $500 ((in Quebec requires two tags on moose at $500 each)
ANTLERLESS tag $300

PARTY HUNTING
I suggest that tag size be reduced to 4 for archery and 6 for gun hunting. MUST have means of communicating so if checked they must be able to communicate with tag holder and party or face charges. This is a huge problem and leads to wasted moose, must be stopped
I suggest that when that group of 4 apply for an archery tag and are successful in the draw then all four names go on the tag and the Conservation Officer can ensure party hunting within that group, no one else can hunt on that tag .