7,900 Dollar Moose
Maybe they should give me 7900 dollars not to hunt moose, so they can recover to previous numbers.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...PQz?li=AAggXBV |
We should take them a few wolves.
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It's getting to the point where it's not even much of a surprise anymore.
You could feed a lot more first nations hungry people if that money was spent wisely. You could teach the traditional ways better without the use of a helo. You could build relationships between native and non native by cooperating in the hunt. |
Anytime someone brings up money for conservation the immediate response is where will the money come from and tag prices and license fees will need to be increased significantly to pay for it. Yet the government will drop $2 million on a ridiculous program such as this out of general revenue that only benefits a select few. And I agree, the benefits aren’t much. Doesn’t teach much about traditional ways and the money could be used much more efficiently to help the people on the reserve.
If the government is bound and determined to put the money towards sustainable native harvest, use the money to transplant some moose to the reserve. If they wipeout the population on the reserve afterwards, thems the breaks, got an opportunity for a sustainable resource and wiped it out just like in many other places. |
They say that they got 56,000lbs of meat off of the 120 moose. $7900*120/56000lbs = $16.93/lb. Not that bad of a deal if it also means restoring the forest and if the costs of the program are coming down.
Could it be done cheaper? Probably, but in terms of dollars per pound, it's probably better than many of us do on our hunts. |
Racism seems to have clouded the purpose of this program to some readers. The goal is to preserve and reclaim the forest, not to feed First Nations. Other methods were also used including tree planting and building enclosures. I know parks are hated on this site as much as FN so it will probably still meet with opprobrium, but the primary goals were science and conservation oriented, with the moose meat as a beneficial side effect. Involving the FN probably reduced their costs compared to hiring professional hunters, and there are other bureaucratic reasons for it besides.
Check out their first newsletter about the project to learn more. https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ns/cbr...n-newsletter-1 |
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It takes about 25 years to draw a tag for a resident in NS. They tried the cull without air support but couldnt get a moose close to a road or in an area the hunters were willing to extract a moose from. I dont recall any stories of the traditional hunters using helicopters in the past.
Maintaining the traditional way of life has no cost. |
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