Do you support a cormorant hunt?

[kokes]

100% absolutely for it.

[DanO]

I'm seeing them in the interior lakes of Algonquin Park and I know they were there in the 1970s. Obviously there are sufficient numbers to support a hunt so why should they be an different than the other game species. The concept of a cull rials the environmental crowd but a hunt seems to be somewhat acceptable. So let's HUNT them!

[Greg Morris]

Definitely support it. Growing up along the St. Lawrence river at Cardinal On. I had never seen one. By the time I retired the population was ridiculous & destructive.

[Horridfiber101]

Just devastated Hamilton Harbour and Burlington Bay.
Blast and blast some more.
But a cull vs a hunt; might be received better by the non-hunting public

[Fenelon]

Not sure how you could possibly call it a "hunt". I can't see someone bringing home the birds to breast and eat them. The potential bad optics for the hunters involved has me concerned. Imagine the Toronto cottage crowd, with their kids, seeing the local "redneck hunters" blasting a colony out in front of their cottage during a summer vacation. Again the bad optics of killing something and not using it. I wish the CWS would grow some testicles and address the real problem - non-native Mute Swans that have completely devastated our provincial marshes. At least the D.C. Cormorants are native!

[rippin_355]

Long time coming! All for it.

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[FishHog]

Not sure how you could possibly call it a "hunt". I can't see someone bringing home the birds to breast and eat them. The potential bad optics for the hunters involved has me concerned. Imagine the Toronto cottage crowd, with their kids, seeing the local "redneck hunters" blasting a colony out in front of their cottage during a summer vacation. Again the bad optics of killing something and not using it. I wish the CWS would grow some testicles and address the real problem - non-native Mute Swans that have completely devastated our provincial marshes. At least the D.C. Cormorants are native!

you can hunt without eating. Crow hunters do it all the time.
There will be push back from some no matter what they call it.
Agree on the Mute Swans, but they are a pretty bird, so much more public attention if they ever propose a hunt or cull, whatever you wish to call it.

[zoli 16ga.]

moon river...Bala end. lake muskoka. it'll happen when they start killing rich people's islands too.

oh....and yes

[old243]

Lots of them on Eugenia lake in grey county, I expect on other lakes in the area, as well. Long past time to control them. old243

[parkcity]

Yep. I support the hunt. But good point about leaving carcasses.
I've been seeing cormorants regularly on Georgian Bay, north of Parry Sound, (singles and pairs) but haven't found a nearby colony yet .
Where are you guys seeing them? I'm putting together a map to track sightings/colonies so post locations please.

i find them on basically any small isolated island in a lake. Easy give-away is dead trees that look like they belong in a swamp. . if this bill goes through, i know of a few spots i'll be heading first.

also 100% on board for this