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| Manitoba Moose Season in serious trouble. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 31 2010, 11:25 PM (646 Views) | |
dc240nt
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May 31 2010, 11:25 PM Post #1 |
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I pulled this from another forum. I know it isnt Ontario, but it does affect all of us. We closed the northwest Minnesota moose season many years ago and our northeast herd is in serious decline. I've said for 20 years that I will live long enough to see the moose disappear from my State. Looks like the troubles are spreading north. May 27, 2010 PROVINCE ADVISES MOOSE POPULATIONS THREATENED IN SEVERAL AREAS OF MANITOBA – – – Moose Hunting Seasons Cancelled in Impacted Areas Until Numbers Stabilize Manitoba Conservation advises it has cancelled moose hunting seasons in several areas of the province following recent aerial survey results showing a substantial decline in moose populations. There has been a 58 per cent decline in the moose population around the Duck Mountain area since 1993, the area of highest demand for moose hunting in the province. These include Game Hunting Areas (GHAs) 18, 18A, 18B and 18C. The cancellation of hunting in GHAs 18, 18A, 18B and 18C will result in a delay of the big game draw. Results of the draw will be available after July 5. Hunters who have applied for hunting opportunities in the cancelled GHAs will be notified directly of their options to reapply for other hunting season choices. A recent survey also shows a 50 per cent decline since 2006 and a 65 per cent decline since 2000 in Game Hunting Area 26, from Lake Winnipeg to the Ontario border between the Winnipeg and Wanipigow rivers including the Nopiming Provincial Park. The ban on licensed moose hunting in these areas will remain in place until the populations have stabilized and numbers allow for the resumption of licensed hunting. If moose populations decline too much there is a risk the population may not recover or the recovery period will be extended over many years. For those areas showing significant, rapid decline in moose numbers, the province has cancelled hunting seasons effective this fall to stop further declines. The survey results confirm the concerns about the state of local moose populations raised by First Nation communities, licensed hunters and others. The province will work co-operatively with all concerned parties on a comprehensive management plan. This will include sharing the survey information and consulting with First Nations and other rights-based harvesters, hunter organizations, the forest industry and other interested groups. Some of the topics to be addressed in the plan are the management of motorized access; forestry operations; the impacts of hunting, predation, disease and other factors such as forest fires. The third area surveyed this year was the Porcupine Mountains and the results show the moose population there has remained stable since 1997. |
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bigr
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Jun 2 2010, 08:45 AM Post #2 |
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Waiting for a call back from the head big game bio , out that way. I like the service so far in manitoba way better then here in Ontario by the way. Intresting read while we wait. http://www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/n...sis%202002.pdf |
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| moosemike | Jun 2 2010, 04:29 PM Post #3 |
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Such a shame about the plight of Moose in Minnesota and Manitoba. I do my moose hunting in New England where there is a population explosion. Moose now live in 5 out of the 6 New England states plus they live in New York. Just a few years ago it would have been impossible to believe that moose would be residents of Connecticut but now they are. |
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| shedherder | Jun 2 2010, 08:58 PM Post #4 |
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Not good, the moose seem to be taking a beating. Just wondering is the deer population on the high side there in the last couple years ? I fear brain worm is a major culprut in the decline. Wolves kill moose mainly during the winter in the deep snow,bears kill calf in the spring but brain worm is taking them all year. Hopefully nature will level things out soon. |
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bigr
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Jun 3 2010, 01:59 PM Post #5 |
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I don't even wanna talk about what I was wink wink nod nod told today. They are looking at all aspects that might effect the population ,,, brain worm bears ,,wolves,,, poaching,,, People"S". Makes me sick ! At least us hunters ,,, real hunters will be taken out of the equation and more focus will be drawn too the problem"S". Another political hot potato. |
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dc240nt
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Jun 3 2010, 07:48 PM Post #6 |
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They done a 7 year study on the decline of the NW Minn herd and concluded it was due to 2 factors. 1) Brainworm 2) Habitat changes and depleation. Mainly being the red willow has all but disappeared and the Balsom and white Ceder swamps are all but gone. That was their conclusion. I can tell you that our NW forests have really changed in the last 20 years. |
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bigr
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Jun 3 2010, 08:17 PM Post #7 |
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Brain worm came up but there is a line as you go farther north up here and brain worm is not a factor. A bio showed me on a map and that line shows no brain worm north of it . Say ,,, any natives hunting during there own season down that way with no one regulating them or enforcing those regulations ? |
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dc240nt
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Jun 3 2010, 11:20 PM Post #8 |
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Yes, but not in large areas and for the most part the NW part of this state is not hunted by the Natives. They are restricted to the rez, that being Red Lake and White Earth areas only, where they have very liberal seasons. |
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| Renegade | Jun 4 2010, 12:39 PM Post #9 |
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It is a touchy subject when you discuss first nations in any way but in this case the practice of Manitoba natives to hunt moose in yarding areas during winter is having a large impact on moose. In my opinion they are the biggest contributer to the problems faced in Manitoba. The rampant night hunting and party hunting to harvest whole herds is well documented in Manitoba. |
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| shedherder | Jun 4 2010, 05:18 PM Post #10 |
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That is very interesting. Roughly where abouts is that line ? |
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bigr
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Jun 4 2010, 06:28 PM Post #11 |
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Draw a line apox from Wingiskus Lake in ontario too O'Hanly in manitoba,,,, east west line. Hope this helps. The other area is on the western side of Manitoba ,, Duck Mountain area. |
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| shedherder | Jun 5 2010, 11:07 AM Post #12 |
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Thanks Ray, I am not familiar with this Lake Wingiscus but will do some surfing and try and find it. If this is the case the future of our moose hunting is looking like North of this line. It is a total shame our moose numbers are declining. As a hunter and conservationist I would be willing to sacrifice hunting opportunity to better the herd. Back when the lottery system came out it was suggested that the herd would grow evey year. By now the population should have doubled. |
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dobber
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Jun 5 2010, 11:33 AM Post #13 |
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just wait till the tag numbers increase so the herd can be thinned even more so it helps the caribou herd come back. shhh that wont be till 2011 |
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condescending twat Someone who looks down on other people and is beyond arrogant | |
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| moosemike | Jun 16 2010, 03:53 PM Post #14 |
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You aren't kidding there. I almost got booted off another Ontario forum for mentioning that I read on the internet that First Nation hunters are killing too many Moose in New Brunswick. |
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