Calf tags: I would recommend…

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Calf tags: I would recommend only holders of a valid cow tag be allowed to harvest the calf as well. Opening the season for calves two weeks after opening day of adult moose was put in place by someone or some group that has very little knowledge of what nature will do to a calf left on its own without the cow (wolf food in a very inhumane fashion in most cases) or at the best case starving during winter. An ethical hunter who encounter cow/calf combinations would harvest the calf first, then the cow as it is very likely going to remain to defend the calf. Harvesting in reverse order would have the calf hiding nearby but out of sight with the possibility of not harvesting the calf themselves but leaving it for the wolves. Input into wildlife management practices should be left to those with the knowledge to do so, most lobby groups are just that protest without knowledge because they would prefer a slaughter house do the harvesting for them and pick it up at the super market or restaurant. As hunter numbers are much lower than those who do not participate in the sport input from all Ontarians would close all hunting, trapping and fishing in Ontario. It was not sound game management practice that cancelled the Spring bear hunt now was it?