Pelee deer cull

[MeghanOOD]

https://oodmag.com/pelee-deer-cull/

Point Pelee National Park was closed to visitors from Jan. 6 to 20 as a safety measure while its annual deer cull took place.

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

I live about 30min from the tiny point Pelee park. It's a real gem and worth the visit.

It's really unfortunate that our leaders still allow this deer slaughter to take place. But they have no back-bone so I'm not shocked by this.

I have no issues with sustenance hunting but the timing of this hunt is ridiculous and goes against good sound management practices.

The so-called Caldwell natives tell Parks Canada when they will be going into the park. They are not invited despite what the media reports.

They wait until January because this is a well known yarding area for migrant deer in Essex county. This way they are very concentrated in one spot. Shooting Fish in the barrel so to speak.

The media reports parks Canada wants the deer numbers reduced in Pelee. This is false because come spring most deer vacate pelee and return back to the farmland to feed.

They use high powered rifles not traditional archery equipment. For the rest of us its archery only area.

In mid-January many does are pregnant and carrying fawns. The thought of killing a doe with a partially formed fawn doesn't sit well with hunters that have good ethics.

Unfortunately, this will continue every January until we have a government that will actually stand up for what is right.

[Gilroy]

Well I am guessing the only way a government will take any notice is if local hunters band together or the local hunting/conservations write the MNR and voice their concerns.

If this was near me and affecting my hunting prospects and deer population I would be firing off letters as many places as possible including the bank council and Chief.

[rick_iles]

The same thing happens at Rondeau Park and near by Clear Creek !