Letter to the Editor -
Dear Edtor:
For some hunters the past moose-hunting season meant another great moose in their deep freeze, lots of pictures and some great yarns to spin about the adventure in the great outdoors.
But for others it may not have been as much fun. For them it was great exercise, lots of stories to tell, plenty of money spent, but not much more to show for miles and days of trekking through the woods, hunting for something that wasn't there in the first place. Yes we do have a lot of moose on the island of Newfoundland. But can someone tell me how many bull moose are killed on our highways compared with female moose?
Most hunters whom I've spoken with would say they would kill a big bull rather then a cow if the choice was theirs to make.
It's time to do away with a bull only licence, a calf only licence and a licence for this side of the road or that side of the road, or one specific area or the other and get real.
Moose don't know boundaries and couldn't care less. Let's give hunters a fair chance of filling their licence and reducing our moose population by doing away with a lot of bull in the system instead of the woods. A 50 per cent success rate was recorded last year in some areas. I know several hunters with bull only licences that have given up with no kill being made.
I travel our province's highways a lot and can't remember seeing a bull moose involved in an accident. I know there must have been, but far more of the animals involved in road accidents are cows. Yet here we are with male only licensed hunters, who can't find a bull, and knowing they have seen numerous female animals.
Yes they have a choice, but after waiting for three or four years, people don't want to forget what a moose looks like and they would take anything just to get in the country to hunt.
When the hunting season is all over, we hear about more accidents on our highways caused by animals that these hunters could have in their deep freezers.
These are my thoughts on our moose hunt.
I've been told that if something makes sense, you can forget it.
I'd like to hear what other hunters think of this hunt.
Frank Evely
Clarke's Beach
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