ANNUAL REPORT, 1940-41 



Farmers' Association to assist them in their endeavours to develop the fur farming 

 industry throughout the Province, $1,000.00 to the Ontario Federation of Anglers to 

 enable this organization to continue its campaign to secure better compliance with and, 

 observance of provisions of the Fisheries Regulations, and $1,900.00 to Messrs. Jack 

 Miner and Thomas N. Jones and Miss Edith L. Marsh to encourage their efforts along 

 the lines of providing a measure of protection for birds on sanctuaries maintained by 

 them on their respective properties in the Counties of Essex, Elgin and Grey. 



GAME 



The following table shows the comparative details of the various resident and 

 non-resident hunting licenses which were issued for use during the open seasons which 

 were provided during the year, together with information of a similar character for 

 the three preceding years. Details of the reduced numbers which were sold, to which 

 previous reference has been made will be noted, though some increase will be observed 

 in the following instances, viz: — resident "moose", non-resident "general" and non- 

 resident "bear (spring season)". 



Resident Deer 



Resident Deer (Camp) 



Resident Deer (Farmers) 



Resident Moose 



Resident Gun , 



Non-Resident Deer 



Non-Resident "General" 



Non-Resident Small Game 



Non-Resident Bear (Spring Season) 



1937-38 



18,672 



283 



6,503 



580 



90,756 



1,036 



1,043 



1,634 



30 



1938-39 



21,762 



307 



7,719 



471 



114,580 



1,329 



569 



1,618 



49 



1939-40 



21,416 



323 



7,722 



497 



113,992 



1,492 

 593 



1,567 

 108 



1940-41 



20,219 



310 



6,486 



536 



97,218 



1,291 

 755 



1,377 

 161 



The conservation of wild life is not something peculiar to that particular re- 

 source. It is common to every phase of our existence. It is the sensible practice of 

 making the best use of every resource with which we have been so lavishly endowed 

 by Nature, and by ensuring that these resources will not be wilfully dissipated as a 

 result of our own shortsightedness. Wild life is a public heritage, and the laws and 

 regulations which are now in effect to govern hunting within the Province embody 

 the results of years of practical experience and research. They afford protection dur- 

 ing the reproductive periods, provide for limited open seasons and restrict the sea- 

 sonal take to correspond with the available resources. These laws are quite com- 

 prehensive because the resources, territory and climatic conditions are extremely 

 varied, yet a moment of reflection will readily supply the reasons for every restriction. 



The following is a summary of conditions which apply to the various species of 

 game animals and birds which are prevalent in Ontario, and which summary is com- 

 piled from reports submitted by Game and Fisheries Overseers throughout the 

 Province: — 



DEER: — This species is quite plentiful throughout the northern portion of the 

 Province and in the more northerly districts of Southern Ontario, and in these sections 

 continues to provide excellent sport for interested hunters during the fall open season. 

 The protection of an entire close season which has been provided for the past several 

 years in certain southwestern and eastern counties has resulted in quite a noticeable 



