I am against the…

I am against the reinstatement of the spring bear hunt in Ontario. The reason is... I live in a very rural of the province where there is no police force and very few game warden checks during hunting and fishing seasons. The abuse of hunting/fishing/trapping rules by locals and visitors with cottages/ hunt camps is out of line. I do long hikes on Crown land weekly and see the carnage left behind by illegal hunting. I reported illegal hunting (found a shot and dismembered baby bear in the woods by a road) some years ago and nothing was done about it. My experience with local OMNR was sadly disconcerting. I know by hearing locals talk at local community events/Legion that little effort is made to identify a sow during spring bear hunting when baited. In past spring hunts, there were repots of baby bears wandering around on their own in the bush (mother bears not seen) locals are defiant of the hunting regulations. As well, bear meat is rarely eaten nowadays. I object to the Spring bear hunt. You know darn well you do not have the staff or the funds to monitor the spring bear hunt. Sure you might catch the occasional illegal hunter and OMNR gets good news coverage for "doing your job" but let us be realistic...you are not seeing most of the illegal hunting. You are creating a cruel hunting environment in which future legal fall hunters will be slapped with tighter regulations.