Is this a JOKE!!! (bear)

[sawbill]

The guy should still have a hunt its just that he won't be allowed to hunt an infinite number of bears based on the number of clientele he can draw in. I can name a few outfitters across the province who operated in this fashion, basically high graded then dumped their BMA when it was cleaned out.
So, quotas can be a good thing or bad but at this point in time MNR has absolutely no valid data to back up their assessments.

[redd foxx]

I don't understand the quota business at all. You outfitters that have BMA's and outfit non-resident outfitters have quotas by the sounds of it but, if someone wants to guide residents, they don't need a BMA and don't have quotas. Seems a little unfair to me!!

[sawbill]

I suspect quotas and other newly introduced rules and restrictions are more politically motivated than are actually management motivated.

[redd foxx]

Sounds like a bit of discrimination to me by putting quotas on outfitters who cater to non-residents and not on outfitters who cater to residents.

[fratri]

Sounds like a bit of discrimination to me by putting quotas on outfitters who cater to non-residents and not on outfitters who cater to residents.

Maybe now those outfitters can entice us resident hunters with some good deals...

[sawbill]

Unfortunately it costs as much to bait for residents as it does for non-res hunters. A good part of an outfitters profit comes from the exchange rate so deals for residents probably are not forthcoming.

[chris lavoie]

I have never had a resident hunter at my place. Not because I don't want them or because their money is CAD. But I always figured, why would they come here bear hunting. There are bears everywhere in Ontario.

Saves a lot of paper work having a resident client, no form 33's. They fill out the questionaire
themselves. They can hunt anywhere in this district outside my BMA ect. If I was a jerk, hunt everyone elses BMA!!!

Yes sounds counter productive, will have to take twice as many to make up loss. But bear outfitting is fun.

But in the end its about controlling and managing the population of bears. Something the OMNR possibly will miss the mark on!!!

[skull]

Unfortunately it costs as much to bait for residents as it does for non-res hunters. A good part of an outfitters profit comes from the exchange rate so deals for residents probably are not forthcoming.

100% correct Sawbill
Why do I need to give a resident a deal when it costs me the same as baiting for Americans?

[skull]

Maybe now those outfitters can entice us resident hunters with some good deals...

What do you think a good deal should be?

[skull]

Sounds like a bit of discrimination to me by putting quotas on outfitters who cater to non-residents and not on outfitters who cater to residents.

unfortunately we have to do what the MNR tell us to do