11% of the total reported kill was taken during September while 56.5% was 

 taken in the first two weeks of October. 



In the northern moose management region, comprising Kapuskasing and 

 Cochrane Forest Districts, non-residents enjoyed better success than in 1961, 

 while 1962 resident success was lower in Kapuskasing and higher in Cochrane. 



Further to the south in the central moose management region from White 

 River on the west to North Bay and Sudbury Districts to the south, hunting 

 success for residents fell slightly in 1962. Non-resident success rose in three of 

 the seven districts, however, while it was lower in four of these districts. 



In southern Ontario, fewer licences were issued and fewer kills were reported. 

 Because of party hunting, success is difficult to evaluate. 



Table No. 4 indicates that resident hunter success across the Province has 

 varied only slightly during the past four years. Gains in hunting success for this 

 period have occurred in northwestern Ontario, and in Cochrane District in the 

 northeast. In Kapuskasing and in many of the districts in northcentral Ontario, 

 success has remained relatively stable or has declined slightly during these four 

 years. Table No. 4 shows that the harvest taken by residents in 1962 declined 

 slightly; this is somewhat misleading and the kill in 1962 probably equalled or 

 exceeded the harvest taken in 1961, since the 1962 estimate of total licences 

 used was over 2,000 short of actual licence sales. Errors inherent in the method 

 used to calculate number of licences used and kill are responsible for this 

 discrepancy. 



For seven of the twelve districts opened to non-resident hunting, non-resident 

 hunting success was lower than in 1961. At least some of this difference was due 

 to the new method of calculating kill and hunter success. Gains in non-resident 

 success over those for 1961 were registered by five districts, Kapuskasing, 

 Cochrane, Gogama, White River and Sault Ste. Marie. There is no question that 

 these districts had better non-resident hunting in 1962, since previous figures 

 were overestimated to varying degrees. 



The sex and age classification of moose, as reported by hunters, is contained 

 in tables Nos. 5 and 6. In Northern Ontario, every district indicated that hunters 

 had taken more bulls than cows. Resident hunters took 57.7% bulls while non- 

 residents were even more selective, taking 62.3%. These differences are signifi- 

 cantly different from a 50-50 sex ratio at the 5% confidence level. It is very 

 likely that the difference from an even sex ratio is due to the preference of 

 hunters for bulls. Evidently there are more trophy hunters among non-residents 

 since the ratio of bulls to cows has been consistently higher for non-residents 

 through the years. This selection for trophy animals also shows up in the proportion 

 of calves in the kill; calves comprised 16.4% of the kill taken by residents in 

 Northern Ontario and a very much lower 10.8% of moose taken by non-residents. 



It appears that Southern Ontario moose hunters are not selective, since the 

 percentage of bulls to cows was 47.2 to 52.8. Sample size is small and this 

 difference from an even sex ratio is not statistically significant. In 1961, the 

 proportion of adult bulls to adult cows was 52.0% to 48.0% which was not 

 significantly different from an even sex ratio. It is probable that hunters in 

 Northern Ontario have more opportunity to select their kill while in Southern 

 Ontario, the trend is to take the first moose seen. 



Access to hunting areas remains the most serious obstacle to the efficient 

 harvesting of moose in Ontario. Distribution of moose hunters is directly related 

 to the access provided by roads, waterways, and in some instances, railways. Very 



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