I am fully supportive of…

I am fully supportive of this initiative.

I am a part owner of a cottage on an island in Georgian Bay near Killbear Park. The cormorants are everywhere, visibly destroying a number of the islands in the area. The birds are also very aggressive fishers and, as far as we can tell, are responsible for almost eliminating the entire fish population around our cottage and in other areas we try to fish.

I'm also a hunter and hold a small game license and the only concern I have with this proposal is that I wouldn't want the season to coincide with the cottage/boating summer season, so I would recommend keeping the season closed from June 16th to August 31st. This is for a few reasons including;
- Hunting these birds will take place on or around water where sound travels far. Shooting a shotgun off throughout the day could be annoying to those in close proximity.
- These birds are located around popular locations for those camping, fishing, boating, enjoying the outdoors. Mixing in hunters, even though it is with shotguns which have limited range, I think is dangerous to the public.