for more than 50% of the adult birds stocked or more than 20% of the poults 

 released. 



The results also Indicate that our consideration of using older birds in re- 

 stricted areas in Ontario is well justified. 



In addition, the controlled waterfowl areas offer a high quality of duck 

 hunting (not bag of ducks) and we can expect future improvement in the average 

 bag of waterfowl as the units become better established and hunters become 

 acquainted with the proper method of hunting. 



The added figures of hunters checked, licences sold and percentages shown 

 above indicate that if all licencees hunted pheasants in the townships involved, 

 the harvest produced from this year's planting would be considered fair in the 

 District. 



Pheasant Hunting Preserves 



The number of licenced preserves in this Province continues to increase 

 and has doubled from 22 licenced preserves in 1959 to 44 in operation during 

 1961. 



The increase in the total number of hunters on these preserves from 1,777 

 on 31 preserves in 1960 to 4,115 hunters on 44 preserves in 1961 is due to a 

 variety of factors. The public is becoming increasingly aware that this type of 

 hunting is available and as the operators gain experience the type of hunting 

 being offered to the public is improving. 



A large factor in the increase of hunters was due to the new non-resident 

 hunters licence which is sold solely to allow hunting in private hunting preserves 

 at a fee of $5.00. Whereas previously the non-resident was required to purchase 

 a non-resident hunting licence at $21.00 and proved to be rather restrictive. 



The following table indicates the activities of the Pheasant Hunting Pre- 

 serves operating in the various administrative districts throughout the province: 



Totals 



44 



15,741 



23,909 



28,944 



15,772 



4,115 



Total 



3,811 



98 



