used for controlled duck shooting and three other areas, Sibbald's Point Park, 

 Presqu'ile Park and 120 acres at Darlington Park were used for controlled 

 pheasant shooting. 



The use made of these five areas was not considered to be high, because 

 the areas were not advertised; few news releases were issued to explain the ex- 

 periment. As a result, many hunters did not take advantage of the areas. The 

 use of the pheasant hunting at Darlington was highest since hunters had used 

 the area for ducks in the previous year. 



The following are statistics of the hunting, 



1. Darlington Waterfowl Unit. 

 247 blind-days of use @ $2.00 

 420 hunters 



141 ducks shot 



0.33 birds per hunter 



2. Long Point Waterfowl Unit. 



Controlled Zone Free Zone 



833 blind-days of use @ $4.00 



1,544 hunters 434 hunters 



811 ducks bagged 205 ducks bagged 



164 ducks crippled 15 ducks crippled 



0.58 ducks per hunter 0.54 ducks per hunter 



3. Darlington Pheasant Unit. (12 hunters per day) 

 171 permits issued @ $5.00 



408 pheasants released 



318 pheasants killed 



1.9 birds per hunter 



75.5% of pheasants released were bagged. 



4. Presqu'ile Pheasant Unit. 

 74 permits issued @ $5.00 

 200 pheasants released 

 162 pheasant killed 



2.2 birds per hunter 



81% of pheasants released were bagged. 



5. Sibbald's Point Pheasant Unit. 

 134 permits issued @ $5.00 

 210 pheasants released 



132 pheasants killed 

 0.98 birds per hunter 

 63% of pheasants released were bagged. 

 In addition to the controlled shooting areas, three areas (parks) were used 

 as public shooting units where hunters paid an annual fee of $4.00 for water- 

 fowl shooting. No limit was placed on the number of hunters per day, nor the 

 number of permits issued. The use is indicated by the permits issued as follows: 

 Rondeau Park marsh unit — 248 permits 

 Holiday Beach — 290 permits 



Presqu'ile Park — 263 permits. 



At Presqu'ile hunters bagged 1.5 ducks per day per hunter. No facilities 

 were provided at these latter three areas. 



The results indicate excellent hunting and excellent returns on stocked 

 pheasants. It is rarely possible in our pheasant stocking program to account 



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