first off thanks for looking…

first off thanks for looking at the current moose tag allocation system as it is flawed.

1. No one person needs a full moose to themselves, so the proposal of not having groups and everyone being a single is not a good idea. that one person who draws the tag could decide to go alone.

2. There needs to be a restriction on calf hunting. there is way to many predators that already take a huge percentage of the calf's.

3. I feel after talking to a couple different wardens and ministry staff about how the tags have declined in 18A for bow hunting in the last 5 years. they say it is because bowhunters are more successful in harvesting and that we are taking to many moose?? well I don not agree.
2013-bow 118 bull----gun 149 bull
2015-bow 57 bull----gun 176 bull
2018-bow 35 bull----gun 140 bull
so if you are trying to get the population up why do you give more tags to the gun hunters or not decrease at the same rate? well because you want the money for tags!. but I have seen way more moose lost and wasted with gun hunters then ever. 20 yards VS 200,300 yards is not ethical to me and it happens every year and it makes me sick to see that meat waste in the bush!

4. the point system just makes no sense what so ever. you think people are frustrated and confused now? to me it will be a disaster.It makes more sense to have no calf hunting at all up a few adult tags and you have to hunt in a min group size.

5. changing the distance from 5km to 3km is ridiculous! if the group is not capable of staying in contact and knowing the rules for moose down and you top priority is to find other hunters and stop the hunt. they should not be out hunting. it is hard enough to there is no way to measure the distance in a remote location.

I am sorry but these proposals really seem to make not much sense in the way of increasing the tag quota and increasing the population?? just seems like it is going to make things more complicated. possibly jumping from the frying pan into the fire?

And why do we never seem to open up the conversation on the elephantin the room??? our Native community??? I bow hunt 60km above a native reserve, every night the drive the roads at dark with lights hunting moose! why is this so hard to get a grip off we have called our ministry and they will do nothing!!!! why one road leads in that area and same road out why not stop them? ridiculous!!!!!