Ontario’s sweeping Moose Project proposal leaves hunters reeling. Have your say now.

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Originally Posted by rick_iles

Some good ideas posted thus far, some not so much ! I would hope you are sending your comments to the MNRF. I don't believe for one minute it will do any good, but you never know.

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This policy is already decided. Consultations are an attempt to fool hunters into thinking they actually get listened to.

They would need:
A) Regular population surveys
B) Balls to tell hunters they are reducing tags/opportunities
C) Integrity to put the moose herd before the general coffers.

FW

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Originally Posted by Fishy Wishy

They would need:
A) Regular population surveys
B) Balls to tell hunters they are reducing tags/opportunities
C) Integrity to put the moose herd before the general coffers.

FW

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I would also add a mandatory check in of all moose harvests. This is in place in Quebec. No guessing, actual legislated data collected every year. Plenty of MNR staff on the payroll who could be deployed a few weeks a year to manage that process. Might be a good thing for some of these Wildlife desk jockeys to actually see what a moose looks like in the flesh.

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Originally Posted by terrym

This policy is already decided. Consultations are an attempt to fool hunters into thinking they actually get listened to.

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Something we can all surely agree on.

Consensus WOW !

There may be hope yet!


CC

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Originally Posted by Fishy Wishy

They would need:o
A) Regular population surveys
B) Balls to tell hunters they are reducing tags/opportunities
C) Integrity to put the moose herd before the general coffers.

FW

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I think there should be a ( #1.) Which reads

The Balls to tell the Politicians to butt out and let them do their job free of special interest groups influence.

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Originally Posted by terrym

I would also add a mandatory check in of all moose harvests. This is in place in Quebec. No guessing, actual legislated data collected every year. Plenty of MNR staff on the payroll who could be deployed a few weeks a year to manage that process. Might be a good thing for some of these Wildlife desk jockeys to actually see what a moose looks like in the flesh.

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SO TRUE!!!

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Originally Posted by chameleon

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I think there should be a ( #1.) Which reads

The Balls to tell the Politicians to butt out and let them do their job free of special interest groups influence.

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Boy you hit the nail on the head there. Too many cooks in the kitchen with a political interest.

In my 25+ years of moose hunting the only decline in the amount of moose I saw on a hunt began when the MNR and Outfitters got together and dug up the logging roads denying the tax paying public access to public land. I haven't seen anything during my hunting career to make me think there is an issue with the population or the harvest.

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Don't blame the players, blame the game. (government $$)

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Problem is there are some dirty players out there who won't use common sense. Because the Gov't allows it doesn't mean we have to do it. some of us are blaming the government by mismanaging the herd but justifying our actions by saying that f the gov't says we can do it then by god we're gonna do it until they change it. Time we hunters stepped up and used common sense that some are saying the gov't should be using!!

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Originally Posted by redd foxx

Problem is there are some dirty players out there who won't use common sense. Because the Gov't allows it doesn't mean we have to do it. some of us are blaming the government by mismanaging the herd but justifying our actions by saying that f the gov't says we can do it then by god we're gonna do it until they change it. Time we hunters stepped up and used common sense that some are saying the gov't should be using!!

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Therein lays the rub,redd. Now,the OMNRF has had a "come to Jesus" moment saying that we can't continue with it,anymore,and we're going to change it. Everyone is PO'd. Something had to give,somewhere.