DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



No. 9 



game birds and animals and $4,182.98 at the Experimental Fur Farm at Kirkfield 

 (Victoria County). Expenditures in connection with the payment of wolf bounties 

 totalled $27,474.24, while grants to various individuals and organizations amounted 

 to $8,400.00. The total amount paid out for capital expenditures was $50,554,53, 

 the greater proportion of which amount was spent on projects which were necessary 

 in connection with the expansion of our fish culture services. Some of the principal 

 items were as follows: — Manitoulin Bass Ponds, $12,911.92; North Bay Trout 

 Rearing Station, $15,811.04; and White Lake (additional ponds), $12,465.33. 



GAME 



The comparative table which follows will show in detail the various hunting 

 licenses, both resident and non-resident, which were issued during the year under 

 review, and such figures for the three previous years. While reference has already 

 been made to the increased revenue derived in 1937-38 from the sale of non-resident 

 hunting licenses, it will be of interest to state that the revenue derived from the 

 Bale of resident hunting licenses — deer, moose and gun, — in 1937-38 was in excess 

 of that collected from the same sources in the previous year by the sum of $19,419.65. 



The sportsman to-day is not so much interested in the kill as in the chase, 

 although his pleasure is increased when his efforts are rewarded. Meat, however, 

 is not the primary consideration. Health and "the pursuit of happiness" are the 

 lures which beckon the good sportsman from the artificialities of life to the soothing 

 influence and restful atmosphere of nature. Wild life is but a means to an end, 

 an incentive to physical and mental relaxation. 



The following pages contain a summary of conditions as they apply to the 

 game life of the province. — both animal and bird, and which information is com- 

 piled from reports submitted by the various members of the field service staff of 

 the Department: — 



DEER: — This particularly fine species of game animal continues to be fairly 

 plentiful in various sections of the Province and while the hunting of these animals 

 during the regular open season supplies an exhilarating brand of recreation for the 

 interested sportsman there is no doubt, notwithstanding the fact that there was 

 provision for some minor moderation of the regulations which had previously applied 

 to restrict the taking of does and fawns, that the preservation and possible improve- 

 ment of the existing deer herds depends very largely upon the protection which the 

 existing provisions of the Game and Fisheries Act provide and the observance of 

 such restrictions by all concerned. 



Reports submitted by members of the Field Service staff indicate that so far 

 as the northern and northwestern portions of the Province are concerned generally 

 speaking conditions are quite favourable, though there are various scattered sections 

 throughout this region where such is not the case. The northern districts in the 



