Moose Draw Change

Post Reply
User avatar
Buckshot
Participant
Participant
Posts: 85
Joined: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:15 pm
Location: Ontario

Moose Draw Change

Post by Buckshot »

Will the tag transfer system has changed a bit for the province of Ontario.

A good step in the right direction.

It is to bad we have to many hunters and not enought moose to make everyone happy, but this change will slowly take some of the games people play with wives and sisters etc out of the moose draw.

Here it is from the government site:

APPLICATION
Eligibility Criteria
The Ministry shall transfer a hunter's tag only if all of the following eligibility criteria are met:
a) The hunter who wishes to have the MNR transfer their tag had applied to the moose validation tag draw as a member of a group.
b) The hunter did not request a transfer of their tag to another hunter the last time they received a tag. A hunter who has previously transferred a tag must accept a tag in his/her name before he/she is permitted to perform another transfer as consecutive requests for tag transfers are not permitted.
c) The hunter's group has not already requested a transfer that year. The transfer of a tag cannot be reversed to return the tag back to the original recipient.
d) The moose season for which the tag is valid has not yet opened.
If a hunter does not meet eligibility criteria b), c) or d) they may be considered for a transfer only if one of the circumstances listed below applies to him/her (and to the original tag recipient, if they are not the same individual), and has occurred following his/her application to the moose tag draw. These circumstances are:
 injury, illness or death preventing participation in the hunt
 injury, illness or death of an immediate relative3
 change in employment or cancellation of vacation time.
The hunter(s) must provide supporting documentation4 with respect to the circumstances described above. In addition to the circumstances above, the tag transfer history of a hunter (and that of the original tag recipient, if they are not the same individual), will be considered. Hunters with a history of performing numerous tag transfers could have their transfer request denied.
2
Conditions of Tag Transfer
a) A moose validation tag can only be transferred to the designated alternate5 in the group.
b) If the designated alternate was non-compliant with mandatory reporting in an applicable Wildlife Management Unit the previous year, they are ineligible to receive a tag through a transfer. No other alternate will be chosen and the hunter's group will not be able to perform a tag transfer.
c) A moose validation tag can be transferred to a Pool 2 hunter only if the tag is for a Wildlife Management Unit where a Pool 2 hunter had a chance to receive a tag of the same type in the draw.
d) Hunters who receive a moose validation tag through a transfer will be placed in Pool 2 the following year. Hunters who have transferred a tag to another group member will remain in Pool 1 in the following year.
____________________________
1 "transfer" refers to the re-issuing of a moose validation tag received by one hunter to another hunter by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
2 Due to the high demand for limited moose tags in Ontario, the moose tag draw is designed to increase the chance of success for those who apply in groups in an attempt to give the greatest number of applicants an opportunity to hunt for an adult moose.
3 "immediate relative" means grandparent, parent, spouse, child, sibling or grandchild.
4 Required documentation could include but is not limited to, as applicable: a dated doctor's certificate or letter, a copy of a death certificate or published obituary, or a dated letter from an employer.
5 "designated alternate" is the Pool 1 member of the group who has gone the next longest number of consecutive years without receiving a validation tag in comparison to the original tag recipient.
3
Post Reply