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June 25, 2009
Moose-Tag Heartache in Nova Scotia
By Dave Hurteau
From the Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald:
Tuesday’s luckiest winner of a moose-hunting license is now among the more than 10,000 losers in Nova Scotia who won’t hunt this year.
Glen Marchand of Louisdale picked his own name and was declared a winner by provincial Natural Resources Department staff during a public draw in Sydney Forks, but he was told Wednesday that he had actually picked his similarly named neighbor as a winner.
The two men, who live near each other on Highway 320, were issued different numbers by the government after paying to enter the annual lottery for a chance to win one of 336 licenses to hunt moose in the Cape Breton Highlands.
"I’m pretty distraught," Mr. Marchand told The Chronicle Herald when he confirmed with Natural Resources staff on Wednesday that he was a loser. "There’s two Glen Marchands, in the same community, with the same address, and it ended up being him. I called them up and told them they have to rectify it."
During the public event attended by 150 or so hunters in Sydney Forks, government staff announced Mr. Marchand as a winner and media rushed to interview him on his good fortune, given that he was one of the few winners in the room. Neither staff nor Mr. Marchand checked the numbers to confirm he was a bona fide winner.
"The only way to rectify it is to give us a both a chance at this (hunt)," he said. "Everyone knows me. I’m an avid hunter . . . and he’s not a hunter, so what’s the chances of it being him? Today, to be let down, it’s been pretty upsetting. I’m still devastated. I’m not going to be very good for a while. I’m not going to put my name in anymore; many say they won’t because they figured it was me, as well. They see glitches in the system so if it happens to me, it could happen to anybody.
"For the sake of one licence, they could save a lot of heartache," he said.
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Comments (6)
That sucks very much for that guy, and to make matters worse the person who does get the tag, according to the article is not even a hunter. Sounds like the anti's are trying to accumulate the tags so hunters can not use them. If that is the case, it should not be allowed.
I never thought about anti's buying tags and entering for limited draw hunts just to tie up the tag.....don't give them any ideas......
Why would the other guy hold onto it... why not just give it to the guy that hunts if he is not going to hunt.... the real winner sounds like a a-hole
It's a bummer, but his name was not drawn. Sorry but better luck next year . . . Don't whine and stop applying. Every drawing has a disclaimer that results need to be validated before being official. He got over excited before it had been validated. Sorry man.
Well, I believ people should get their facts straight. The fact is that the real winner is an avid hunter. How do I know? He is my brother. we have been entering that moose draw for years and we have yet to get a tag.... Until this year. All I can say to the other Glen Marchand is to suck it up.
Same community, with the same address?
O"BROTHER!
Oh man that sucks... the real winner is a loser...
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That sucks very much for that guy, and to make matters worse the person who does get the tag, according to the article is not even a hunter. Sounds like the anti's are trying to accumulate the tags so hunters can not use them. If that is the case, it should not be allowed.
I never thought about anti's buying tags and entering for limited draw hunts just to tie up the tag.....don't give them any ideas......
Why would the other guy hold onto it... why not just give it to the guy that hunts if he is not going to hunt.... the real winner sounds like a a-hole
It's a bummer, but his name was not drawn. Sorry but better luck next year . . . Don't whine and stop applying. Every drawing has a disclaimer that results need to be validated before being official. He got over excited before it had been validated. Sorry man.
Well, I believ people should get their facts straight. The fact is that the real winner is an avid hunter. How do I know? He is my brother. we have been entering that moose draw for years and we have yet to get a tag.... Until this year. All I can say to the other Glen Marchand is to suck it up.
Same community, with the same address?
O"BROTHER!
Oh man that sucks... the real winner is a loser...
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