Not picking up the Moose tag ...?

[newbiehunter]

Any form of hunting can be expensive. Even ammo is expensive! You can cut costs by hunting in a group. Most groups split on the expenses including the cost of tags. I really enjoy hunting and fishing, so much so I bite the bullet and pay for the chances to go. It’s hard to say no to fun and adventure!

100% agree with you Sam

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[alfoldivandor]

There are opportunities up north just not beside the hwy ...
and even beside the hwy you can find a road killed moose to .... Ha Ha Ha
Just have to go where the moose live ....
Deep in the wilderness and swamps ....

I don’t agree with less harvest opportunities. Success rates are very good (relatively speaking) in many units. There are several units up North where I would not hunt but that has more to do with poor access and too many swamps.

[Tman]

Lots of time to have a third draw. If successful you must keep and pay for the tag regardless(no give backs) as well as lose your points. Or have the tags available as additional. However if additional will still cost you your points if you purchase an additional. (additional call in first come first serve can be chaos though)

[Boot]

I just got talking with some hunters in a southern area WMU that are a prime example of why this system is flawed. They have always believed in shooting only bull moose. They don't believe that other hunters should be shooting cows or calves. They know roughly the amount of points to get their bull tag so they apply their hunters with the most points for bulls in allocation 1. Then when it comes to the second allocation, the guys that have enough points for a cow tag apply for that. Finally the other hunters in their group all apply for calf tags. Their group received 8 calf tags and 1 cow tag that they didn't claim.

They were bragging about how they are preserving the moose population so that they will have more bulls to shoot down the road. The problem with this system is that they are taking tags away from hunters that now have no chance to go hunting. You would think that the ministry would look at all the lost revenue in tags and come out with a fix.

There needs to be a 3rd allocation that is only available to hunters that have applied to the 2nd allocation and were unsuccessful. Any hunters that applied to the 2nd allocation that received a tag and didn't claim it should be excluded from the 3rd allocation. In the 3rd allocation you shouldn't be able to change your options (WMU bull/cow/calf). It should be the same as your 2nd allocation application. I know this is all complicated and there may still be some loop holes that I've missed considering, but something has to be done to stop this from happening.

The ministry also needs to publish a breakdown of 2nd allocation unclaimed tags bull/cow/calf by WMU. I think the results would be very telling.