We have a nesting pair of bald eagles just outside of Windsor. For the longest time, the MNR was in denial about that too.....
The MNR at times seem like a bunch of clueless idiots. I'm what some people term a "varmint hunter". I used to shoot crows, as there was a horrible problem near Essex. People would wake up with 2" of crow crap on their cars, houses, porch etc. So we'd shoot the crows and receive a bounty for them. In this one area I used to shoot, there were enormous marmots. Some people call them ground hogs. One time when I was having my credentials checked by the MNR officer, I mentioned the huge marmots in the area. He laughed and told me there were no marmots in this area and what I saw was surely a muskrat. I assured him it it was no muskrat, as these were enormous. He basically told me I was nuts and I had no idea what I was talking about. So I told him to come over the next day and I'd show him. He did..and I showed him. He never did offer an apology though....
I've also hunted coyotes. Since hunting isn't as popular as it once was, the coyote population out my way has exploded. And they have decimated the re-introduced wild turkey population. The ring necked pheasants are almost gone too, and now the deer hunters are starting to complain. And even worse, they've started to eat people's family pets right out of their backyards. Many small dogs and cats have been taken. On a few occasions I've been coyote hunting just outside of my usual area, I swear I have seen wolf tracks. Absolutely huge and deep compared to coyote tracks. But I never bothered to report the tracks since the MNR would call me crazy....
