Understanding fully that…

Understanding fully that there will never be full agreement on how to manage this resource i fail to understand why for 35 years this management system of calf harvest was not fully implemented. When this system was first implemented in Ontario it was following the european system that worked extremely well. One of the key factors of the system in Europe is that predators were also managed but we did not adopt that here in Ontario. Furthermore the political bumble of giving in to the lobbying to cancel the spring bear hunt also contributed to our management issues. Good science should dictate management. If i am reading everything properly we will be losing the opportunity to ensure that every one will be able to hunt each year which i feel is important. Applying for a calf tag only is not something people will do. People who support the change to calf hunting in my opinion do not understand that half of the calves do not make the winter. I also feel that the MNRF do not have accurate population numbers.
Reducing the distance from 5 to 3 km is nothing that will affect population and will only serve to create problems for hunters/CO interactions. and also creates safety issues with large groups of hunters.