PROVINCIAL PHEASANT HUNTING AREAS, 1968 



Sibbald Earl Point 



Presqu'ile Darlington Point Rowe Farms 



Hunting Area (acres) 



Hunters 



Pheasant Released 



Pheasants Released/Hunter . 



Pheasants Harvested 



Pheasants Harvested/Hunter 



415 

 372 

 708 



1.9 

 552 



1.5 



380 



910 

 1525 



1.7 

 1337 



1.5 



450 



904 

 1425 



1.6 

 1263 



1.3 



425 



685 



1016 



1.5 

 898 



1.3 



600 



178 



92 



.5 



78 



*.4 



*Bird/hunter low because of the experimental, limited release of pheasants at Point Farms Provincial Park this year. 



ber of pheasants were stocked in good cover at Tiny Marsh 

 In Simcoe County and the Brighton property in Northum- 

 berland County to provide opportunities to hunt pheasant 

 outside its natural range. 



PROVINCIAL WATERFOWL 

 HUNTING AREAS 



Five waterfowl management units within Provincial Parks 

 were in operation again this year to provide the public with 

 reasonably good hunting opportunities for ducks and geese. 



Only minor changes in the hunting regulations were in 

 effect this year. For example, shooting hours at Long Point, 

 Rondeau and Darlington were changed from 7:00 a.m. to 

 5:00 p.m. to permit hunting only from one-half hour before 

 sunrise to one hour before sunset. This earlier closing of 

 the management unit permitted hunters leaving the marsh 

 to do so before dark. 



PROVINCIAL WATERFOWL 

 HUNTING AREAS, 1968 



Name of Area 



Acres 



Daily Permits Seasonal Permits 

 Sold (Zone A) Sold (Zone B) 



Long Point 1,750 



Rondeau 9,200 



Darlington 380 



Presqu'ile 2,170 



Holiday Beach 262 



Name of Area 



No. of Seasonal No. Waterfowl 

 Hunters Checked Harvested 



Average Bag 

 per Hunter 



Long Point . . . 



Rondeau 



Darlington . . . . 



Presquile 



Holiday Beach 



244 



188 



4,136 



1,419 



170 



1,131 



341 



736 



.7 



.7 



1.2 



1.8 



.2 



*Bird/hunter low because sportsmen are concentrating on harvest- 

 ing Canada geese. 



WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNITS 

 UNDER DEVELOPMENT 



Of the many land acquisition projects underway in Ontario 

 for various purposes, 12 parcels of land, totalling 15,624 

 acres, are being actively developed to meet wildlife needs 

 of adequate food and cover. 



Aylmer Provincial Hunling Area, Elgin County. This 555-acre 

 property was purchased from the Federal Department of 

 National Defence in 1962. The Ontario Police College was 

 established on 100 acres leaving 455 acres open to public 

 hunting. The farmland was leased to local landowners who 

 grew agricultural crops and kept the land under cultivation. 

 In 1965 and 1968, small game management practices were 

 started by constructing brushpiles for cottontail rabbits. 

 Other habitat management techniques included planting 

 650 wildlife shrubs and 25,000 evergreen trees as a three- 



Wlldlife Management Units Under Development 



1 . Fingal Airport, Elgin County. 



2. Aylmer Airport, Elgin County. 



3. Puslinch Tract, Waterloo County. 



4. Luther Marsh, Dufierin County. 



5. lohnston Harbour, Bruce County. 



6. Tiny Marsh, Simcoe County. 



7. Wye Marsh, Simcoe County. 



8. Holland Marsh, Simcoe County. 



9. Nangnon River, Ontario County. 

 10. Brighton, Northumberland County, 

 n. Cananoque, Leeds County. 



12. Winchester Bog, Dundas County. 



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