This is not a petition to stop hunting. This is a petition to request that a by-law be put in place to require that hunting not happen along the populated Lake Huron water front in Point Clark, Ontario, within 100 metres of a residential home. Currently hunters are allowed to hunt anywhere along the waterfront in Point Clark designated as Crown Land during specific hunting seasons. The problem is that people reside only metres away and their safety is at risk.
We feel, as do our friends along the lakeshore and inland who also enjoy the waterfront, that it is only a matter of time until there is a serious injury or worse if no action is taken.
Back in the 1960's cottagers left at the end of each summer and the lakefront was empty after Labour Day. Jump forward to present day and Point Clark is no longer a seasonal town. The lakefront has many full-time, year-round residents and the numbers only increase each year as more and more people decide to retire and relocate here permanently. Children run up and down the beach outside our front window within metres of shotguns blasting. Unaware, stunned, frantic parents run to protectively gather up their children and bring them back inside. Dead geese fall out of the sky at our door step (literally not figuratively). Residents (lakefront and non-lakefront) walking dogs holler at hunters who, adrenaline- charged, fire in-land towards them. Neighbours call out in warning to each other when we see fellow neighbours heading out to enjoy the beach. We feel unsafe to put our kayaks into the water after Labour Day. Enjoying morning coffee on the beach, afternoons sitting gazing at the sparkling water or sunsets on the beach just isn't quite what is advertised in the brochures. Surely there are areas away from populated waterfront areas where these hunters may hunt safely.
Please sign our petition to request that the council of Huron-Kinloss Township implement a by-law to protect ours and our children's safety by restricting huntingwithin 100 metres of a residential home along the waterfront in Point Clark.
Updates
May 15, 2015
The stories shared in the comments prove that Point Clark is no longer the seasonal outpost it was decades ago. Email your local municipal rep today to demand they prioritize resident safety over outdated zoning. Tell them that discharging firearms near our year-round homes is a risk we refuse to accept.
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We cannot believe that the county actually let this go on. We live right on the water at 143 Huron and have 3 young children. This is bizarre behaviour and must stop immediately. Go hunt in the forest where no harm to cottagers can take place.
We have been on the beach when hunting is occuring and it is very concerning knowing that guns are being discharged within such close range to our cottage. It is actually scary. We immediately go inside. Not my idea of cottage living.
Since the township considers Point Clark to be an urban area from a tax and planning stand point then banning firearms there makes sense. Would they allow hunting in Ripley or Lucknow?
We enjoy the Point Clark waterfront with our children year round. It is NOT ok to have firearms near our homes and children whether occasional, seasonal or not.
Have a cottage at 202 Huron Road we use year round. Times have changed so it is necessary to change the hunting rules.
I support this petition given that it is a by-law to stop hunting in and along the populated lakefront residential areas. I do support hunting as a viable sport when conducted in appropriate areas away from populated residential areas. So yes, both myself and my wife support the need for this by-law.
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This is not a petition to stop hunting. This is a petition to request that a by-law be put in place to require that hunting not happen along the populated Lake Huron water front in Point Clark, Ontario, within 100 metres of a residential home. Currently hunters are allowed to hunt anywhere along the waterfront in Point Clark designated as Crown Land during specific hunting seasons. The problem is that people reside only metres away and their safety is at risk.
We feel, as do our friends along the lakeshore and inland who also enjoy the waterfront, that it is only a matter of time until there is a serious injury or worse if no action is taken.
Back in the 1960's cottagers left at the end of each summer and the lakefront was empty after Labour Day. Jump forward to present day and Point Clark is no longer a seasonal town. The lakefront has many full-time, year-round residents and the numbers only increase each year as more and more people decide to retire and relocate here permanently. Children run up and down the beach outside our front window within metres of shotguns blasting. Unaware, stunned, frantic parents run to protectively gather up their children and bring them back inside. Dead geese fall out of the sky at our door step (literally not figuratively). Residents (lakefront and non-lakefront) walking dogs holler at hunters who, adrenaline- charged, fire in-land towards them. Neighbours call out in warning to each other when we see fellow neighbours heading out to enjoy the beach. We feel unsafe to put our kayaks into the water after Labour Day. Enjoying morning coffee on the beach, afternoons sitting gazing at the sparkling water or sunsets on the beach just isn't quite what is advertised in the brochures. Surely there are areas away from populated waterfront areas where these hunters may hunt safely.
Please sign our petition to request that the council of Huron-Kinloss Township implement a by-law to protect ours and our children's safety by restricting huntingwithin 100 metres of a residential home along the waterfront in Point Clark.
Updates
May 15, 2015
The stories shared in the comments prove that Point Clark is no longer the seasonal outpost it was decades ago. Email your local municipal rep today to demand they prioritize resident safety over outdated zoning. Tell them that discharging firearms near our year-round homes is a risk we refuse to accept.
69 Comments
I support this petition given that it is a by-law to stop hunting in and along the populated lakefront residential areas. I do support hunting as a viable sport when conducted in appropriate areas away from populated residential areas. So yes, both myself and my wife support the need for this by-law.
We cannot believe that the county actually let this go on. We live right on the water at 143 Huron and have 3 young children. This is bizarre behaviour and must stop immediately. Go hunt in the forest where no harm to cottagers can take place.
We have been on the beach when hunting is occuring and it is very concerning knowing that guns are being discharged within such close range to our cottage. It is actually scary. We immediately go inside. Not my idea of cottage living.
Since the township considers Point Clark to be an urban area from a tax and planning stand point then banning firearms there makes sense. Would they allow hunting in Ripley or Lucknow?
We enjoy the Point Clark waterfront with our children year round. It is NOT ok to have firearms near our homes and children whether occasional, seasonal or not.
Have a cottage at 202 Huron Road we use year round. Times have changed so it is necessary to change the hunting rules.
I support this petition given that it is a by-law to stop hunting in and along the populated lakefront residential areas. I do support hunting as a viable sport when conducted in appropriate areas away from populated residential areas. So yes, both myself and my wife support the need for this by-law.
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I support this petition given that it is a by-law to stop hunting in and along the populated lakefront residential areas. I do support hunting as a viable sport when conducted in appropriate areas away from populated residential areas. So yes, both myself and my wife support the need for this by-law.