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Comment by Gary WIlliams on March 13, 2017 at 12:17pm

Licenses need to be reduced for sure. Some people who wait to get their moose on sleds probably won't like the shorter season but in the long run it will make a difference in herd numbers. I hunt area 36, the steady increase in numbers with the success rates dropping should be an indicator of population decline.

Comment by Peter Emberley on March 12, 2017 at 11:14am

This is a letter I sent to the minister

Dear Steve Crocker Liberal MHA,

I have been in contact with countless numbers of Hunters about our moose population. 98% agree the numbers are getting critically low.

The numbers of moose seem to be declining everywhere.

The Newfoundland moose pumps and estimated 100 million dollars annually into the Newfoundland economy. That's nothing to sneeze at specially the way our economy is hurting now.

Moose hunting has become a way of life for Newfoundlanders. It genuinely lifts people's spirits when they receive notification of a successful moose license application.

If the decline in our moose population continues the moose hunt will be scaled back or stopped altogether. So will the infusion of the 100 million dollars every year into our economy.

We also understand our highways have to be as safe as possible for our traveling public. However we feel that destroying one of our greatest natural and renewable resources is not the way to do it.

We are willing to work together to come up with a solution. A solution  that will make our highways safe while maintaining a healthy sustainable moose population for generations to come

We, the members of the Save Our Moose Action Committee and the Members of Totally Outdoors NL who number 3500 strong. We respectively ask you to consider lowering the number of moose licenses and shorten the moose hunting season. The number of licenses should be based on past and current success rates.  We would like to see the moose season close on January 1 every year in stead of January 31. The last month of the season is a very difficult time for our moose with snow, finding food and predators.

Thank you for taking the time to read this email.

Respectively 

Peter Emberley 

Save Our Moose Action Committee 

Totally Outdoors NL 

Comment by Peter Emberley on March 12, 2017 at 10:28am

Do not for forget to email, call and write on liberal members Facebook page. Tell them we a reduction in the number of moose licenses and a shorter season. Theven are 2 very important issues.

Comment by Peter Emberley on March 11, 2017 at 8:29pm

Absolutely correct Tom. Education don't seem to be working either.

Comment by Tom Cox on March 11, 2017 at 11:26am

Peter, I agree with your earlier comment regarding the lies and misrepresentation Eugene Nippard are spreading. According to Eugene, the sky is falling and the end is near. If people would be more alert when driving and not be preoccupied with texting and talking on the cell phone, vehicle accidents would be drastically reduced. I witness people driving every day while texting and talking on the phone.

Comment by Peter Emberley on March 11, 2017 at 11:18am

I have been on the highway early morning when it's dark and people are driVing crazy. Sooner or later their luck will run out.
It don't have to be a moose. It could a car with a family in it.

Comment by Tom Cox on March 11, 2017 at 11:15am

Highway accidents are mostly caused by reckless driving, speeding, texting and talking on cell phones. Don't blame the moose, drive the speed limit and keep your eyes on the road and not on the phone.

Comment by Wade William Turner on March 11, 2017 at 9:23am

Moose accidents on the highway are at least 90% caused by either excessive speed, impaired drivers ,over tired drivers ,distractions such as cell phones . While I feel for the families of people involved in moose accidents, I do not have any use for the organization called SOPAC, the members of that organization are no doubt the finest kind of people but they are misled and misinformed

Comment by David Allen Janes on March 11, 2017 at 9:03am

The moose season should end no later then the last of november and the so called spring moose hunt must not happen. The number of licences must be reduced to conserve a way of life that we are custom to. We don't have a moose problem on the highways we have a speeding problem and the don't anybody dare attack that comment because I recently crossed the Island and the speeds I encountered were nothing short of retarded so don't blame the moose.

Comment by Peter Emberley on March 11, 2017 at 2:03am

It is estimated that moose hunting in Newfoundland is worth 100 million dollars annually. That's a lot of money changing hands. The support that gives to our overall economy is huge.

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