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    1924 What would be the Moose population in Ontario if nobody... would .. hunt ... Moose ...?

    What would be the Moose population in Ontario if nobody... would .. hunt ... Moose ...?
    Moose would be hunted only by Wolfs and Bears ?
    Would the Moose population go up or down or would be at some Natural ... Level ...?
    Who would the Forum blame then ...?
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    I'm sure the population would climb some, for sure. Until vehicular traffic and increased predators caught up and took numbers down.

    The bigger questions would be, what would happen if we didn't kill calves? Or! What would happen to the population if bear and wolf numbers were put back in check?

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    Quote Originally Posted by alfoldivandor View Post
    What would be the Moose population in Ontario if nobody... would .. hunt ... Moose ...?
    Moose would be hunted only by Wolfs and Bears ?
    Would the Moose population go up or down or would be at some Natural ... Level ...?
    Who would the Forum blame then ...?
    Without hunting,animal populations will increase in the short term,but,drop substantially shortly after the initial surge through habitat over feeding,heavier predation and more importantly,without conservation techniques employed by the hunting industry through funding of license and permit sales attached to it. From decades of experience,we know without a shred of doubt that government priorities will never include funding for conservation,save lip service and smoke and mirrors with no real commitment. That's why lobbying efforts are so vitally important to keep governmental feet to the fire because all they understand is money and votes,both of which go hand-in-hand.
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    Sadly about the same. The natives would shoot more... lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by bellerivercrossbowhunter View Post
    Sadly about the same. The natives would shoot more... lol
    Lol I had a buddy who was brought up through a native reserve. Idk all the rules over there as I think he was in BC? I'm not even sure tbh but the stories he use to tell me about the natives was a little nuts hahah [emoji28]

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    well if NOBODY hunted moose - including unregulated hunters, the population would increase dramatically in time until a balance is struck between predators and food available.

    My opinion is that hunting is the number 1 cause of decline in populations, especially by unregulated hunters who don't have to follow any harvest quota rules or other hunting rules.

    Never going to happen sadly.

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    Your question is too broad, in the far north there would not be much change, in areas close to highly populated areas the population would go up and match the carrying capacity of the terrain, which would vary depending on the area. You would see moose move further into southern Ontario and feast on the farmers fields.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fox View Post
    Your question is too broad, in the far north there would not be much change, in areas close to highly populated areas the population would go up and match the carrying capacity of the terrain, which would vary depending on the area. You would see moose move further into southern Ontario and feast on the farmers fields.
    I'm good with that [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] be a nice sight to see anyways haha

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    You are someway Right .
    The Moose population would climb up to certain level ... also the predators number would increase , and the predators hunting the weakest the calfs ... So Bears... Wolfs... Cougars... will manage the Moose population
    ( forget the MNR forget the First nation forget the Calf hunting hunters .. for a moment ...)
    So the Moose population will be managed natural way , will go up will go down ... NATURALLY...
    So if we want to help The Moose population Let start hunting the predators ,
    lets go hunting Bears Wolfs , so if wolfs number will go down the moose population will go up .
    And let stop this nonsense , blaming ...
    let do something useful , lets hunting predators what is not easy ...
    but that is hunting to , and require plenty of skill and dedication ...

    Quote Originally Posted by oaknut View Post
    I'm sure the population would climb some, for sure. Until vehicular traffic and increased predators caught up and took numbers down.

    The bigger questions would be, what would happen if we didn't kill calves? Or! What would happen to the population if bear and wolf numbers were put back in check?

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    Remember the Buffalo story. We can bring the Moose back if we try.

    The Bison: from 30 million to 325 (1884) to 500,000 (today)!!!

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