New Brunswick: Hunters bring down 3,686 moose

The most startling number is the hunter success rate...82.7 % ..That's must be like shooting fish in a barrel. Isn't the success rate here in Ontario something like 38%..(Bull)..

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A preliminary count of moose harvested during this year's hunting season was released Monday, and it's up slightly from last year.

Hunters brought down 3,686 moose during the season that ran from last Thursday through Saturday, according to the Department of Energy and Resource Development.

That's up 156 animals from the year before, which means 82.7 per cent of the hunters chosen during this year's moose draw went on to kill a moose.

According to provincial records, it's the third-highest number of moose killed in any hunting season in 59 years of keeping track.

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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/hunters-br...212057717.html

Almost worth the price of admission.... What are they doing different in managing their moose population then here in Ont...

They hit the rut dead on.

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Originally Posted by Deer Hunter

They hit the rut dead on.

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How about shipping some to Ontario...and re-distribute in the more successful area and continue working the neighbours areas like they did with turkey years ago

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Originally Posted by FISH-ON

How about shipping some to Ontario...and re-distribute in the more successful area and continue working the neighbours areas like they did with turkey years ago

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The non license hunters will be waiting at the release sites!
A Quebec game warden told me there was no Metis hunting rights in Quebec.

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Originally Posted by Deer Hunter

The non license hunters will be waiting at the release sites!
A Quebec game warden told me there was no Metis hunting rights in Quebec.

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I remembered reading about that not long ago..I was surprised because Native rights is a federal issue and they don't recognize borders...but yea

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" No court has yet recognized any Métis community east of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The Quebec government, as well as the Métis National Council, do not recognize the existence of Métis communities in the province, but Corneau and other members of the community are looking to the courts to assert rights under section 35 of the Constitution to continue using and occupying their camps in order to exercise hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering practices.

Quebec's Office of the Minister responsible for Indigenous Affairs told CBC News that there are no Métis communities possessing constitutional rights in the province. The Métis National Council also does not recognize the community."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/q...test-1.5103869

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Originally Posted by Bo D

What are they doing different in managing their moose population then here in Ont...

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Sounds like they limit the hunt to about 4200 hunters.

For most wmu guns season opens well after the rut which greatly impacts moose success rates,
and i could only imaging they dont give out 75 000 calf tags a year give or take like Ontario dose, for the last how ever many years.

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Originally Posted by Bo D

Almost worth the price of admission.... What are they doing different in managing their moose population then here in Ont...

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A lot less moose hutners?

Theres over 100,000 moose hunters in Ontario.

If 3800 moose is 80% of the moose hunters in NB, they arent even in the same ballpark.

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Originally Posted by Bo D

Almost worth the price of admission.... What are they doing different in managing their moose population then here in Ont...

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3 day season.

It's a good success rate when your right in the Prime Rut time , not like here ... we catch mostly the tail end or less !! To bad , they don't stagger it like they used to with the Opening date !!

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Originally Posted by Bo D

Almost worth the price of admission.... What are they doing different in managing their moose population then here in Ont...

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They manage the moose not the licensed hunters.