Does anyone know if changes are happening to the moose draw?

[Bizzarro]

Wasn't too long ago I filled out a survey concerning the moose tag allocation system - the MNR was looking to change things up. Have any changes been made to the system yet or does anyone know if anything is happening this year? Since the draw was implemented we have pulled only 2 bull tags (in WMU 42) the entire time. Kind of depressing considering we see lots of animals every year!

[Exo200]

It will be interesting ? wmu 42 I can understand why you haven't pulled many tag's as they don't even have a guaranteed group size. Last year's regs were published april 12 so let's see in 2-3 week's? I'm curious if they changed the hole that I found in them last year? And the group number's for moose?

[Bizzarro]

Yeah....its been a long time since there were guaranteed group sizes in 42. I thought that this was the year they were going to make changes to the system. With my luck they will just put calf moose in the draw as well. It is really frustrating - I have thrown rocks at nice bull moose every year because I have no tag! It just ain't right!

[toddc]

Yeah....its been a long time since there were guaranteed group sizes in 42. I thought that this was the year they were going to make changes to the system. With my luck they will just put calf moose in the draw as well. It is really frustrating - I have thrown rocks at nice bull moose every year because I have no tag! It just ain't right!

I hunted 42 for years when it was 2 to a tag, fabulous area,

[milsy]

A conservation officer that the father in law spoke with last fall in WMU 28 had said big changes were coming this year. Not quite sure on the details. Guess we'll have to wait and see

[unit28]

Big is not the right word, at least not for WMU 28, sounds ridiculous but talk is anywhere from 30 to 60 total tags, a drop of at least 300 from last year! Moose hunters from most units will not be happy in the coming weeks, 28 is not the only WMU getting smacked! I think many groups will be doing a location shuffle or turning to bows!

[Fox]

They should make it bulls only and a limited hunt for a while.

Lots of places have draws to get tags, why not Ontario. If the moose population is as bad as they say then why are we hunting all of the young of the year and hunting about equal numbers of cows and calves? Lets do what they did with the deer in this province and go to males only and at that maybe a draw system or a minimum points like that in the west. Doing this we may have a few generations of mosoes stick around after a month of hunting.

[woody1948]

More Wolves and more Bears equate to less Moose Calves, not Hunters.

[sawbill]

Area 42 is a fairly large area and the moose are confined to a small area around the White Oaks. Much of 42 is not moose habitat like the Killarney mtn range and the farmlands to the east.

[oaknut]

More Wolves and more Bears equate to less Moose Calves, not Hunters.

100% Bang on.