BLR 308 Win, 165g Fusion, bull and cow moose

[bearkilr]

Cow hunting is done in areas where the population is too high or the feed source available can't sustain the population, so maybe the latter is the case for Ontario..............or it could be pressure from farmers and insurance companies. Alaska also still has areas with cow tags.

 

[WhelanLad]

OP, Sorry I guess the language barrier via computer didn't come out the right way,

'Hows that' comment reads more like , 'Geez that's cool , hows the chances..of the digger being there to help get those Moose out of that boat' ,

Happy days!

cheers from down under
WL

 

[Ardent]

On another note guess this more than answers the "Federal Fusion for Moose?" thread. Think that'a four or five of us on this forum that used it this year on em.

 

[GOUMFACH]

On another note guess this more than answers the "Federal Fusion for Moose?" thread. Think that'a four or five of us on this forum that used it this year on em.

Sure does.

 

[GOUMFACH]

My opinion will not be popular here....

The Ontario rules are ridiculously complicated........

Step one- issue bull tags appropriately.....
Step two- issue antierless tags as appropriate (knowing some antierless may be calves)
Step three- do away with the group bias BS and let a guy that wants to do solo do so.....

I agree except a group hunt isn't always bad. In Quebec you need 2 or 3 tags/moose depending on the areas and the moose hunting is great pretty much everywhere. Where I go we need 2 tags/moose and it works out fine. It would be hard to hunt alone anyway and there is plenty of meat to go around.

Congrats on a good hunt FF !!

 

[John Y Cannuck]

I think Ontario rules were designed to generate revenue more than protect the moose population.
12 licenses in our camp, zero adult tags, two years running. But all of us could hunt calf, in an area where moose are not doing well.
We saw only one bull, and that was a quick glimpse. FFS even the bears vacated us.

 

[phinton81]

I think Ontario rules were designed to generate revenue more than protect the moose population.
12 licenses in our camp, zero adult tags, two years running. But all of us could hunt calf, in an area where moose are not doing well.
We saw only one bull, and that was a quick glimpse. FFS even the bears vacated us.

If the moose hunt was managed solely on the basis of sound biology, wouldn't we have the same system as say QC? You are absolutely right, our system is designed to sell as many licenses as possible and biology has very little to do with it. Also, why the hell do we have over 100 WMU's? If the MNR had the resources to monitor/assess/study and create accurate population data for each one then fine but they don't, they are a junior ministry with a very small budget and very little resources to actually do their jobs properly. This is why they are so heavily reliant on fines, licenses and hunter input.

Patrick