DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1944) 



General: — County of Essex. 1000 birds; County of Kent, 700 birds, County of Lambton 

 (excluding Plympton Township), 405 birds; County of Leeds, 30 birds; County of Peter- 

 borough, 45 birds; and the County of Wellington, 20 birds. 



Miscellaneous: — Ontario Bird Dog Association — 129 birds, 24 of which were adults, 

 for Niagara, St Catharines, Toronto and London trials. 



The favourable conditions which resulted from a satisfactory natural hatch and the 

 intensive re-stocking previously outlined encouraged the provision of special regulations for 

 the shooting of pheasants in certain areas, as detailed herewith : 



U) On Pelee Island the dates provided were October 28th, 29th, and 30th, 1942, with 

 a limit of four birds per day, one of which was to be a hen. Hunters participating, in 

 addition to having the regular hunting license as provided by the Game and Fisheries Act, 

 were also required to be in possession of the special hunting license which the municipality of 

 Pelee Island was authorized to issue for such hunting. 



(b) In the Township Regulated Game Preserve Areas, other than the Townships of 

 East Oxford and Plympton, pheasant shooting was permitted on October 23rd and 24th, with 

 an additional day, October 28th, being made available for such shooting provided this last 

 mentioned date was approved by the Controlling Organization in each respective Township 

 area. The date provided in the Township of East Oxford was October 24th, and in the 

 Township of Plympton, October 31st. Special hunting licenses were also required of 

 sportsmen participating in this shoot in these Township Regulated Game Preserve Areas. 

 Bag limits were three cock birds per day. 



(c) In the Counties of Essex and Kent such shooting was permitted on October 29th, 

 30th and 31st, and in the County of Lambton on October 31st. In these counties the bag limit 

 was three cock birds per day. 



QUAIL: — These birds are not at all plentiful, and in a great proportion of the Province are 

 practically non-existent. Their prevalence is restricted to the more southerly counties, and 

 the conditions pertaining thereto have been such that it has been impossible to permit 

 hunting of this species in any areas except the counties of Essex and Kent. The Regulation 

 which was provided in 1942 permitted such shooting only in the aforementioned counties for 

 three days, October 29th, 30th and 31st, with a bag limit of four birds per day. 



DUCKS: — Conditions applicable to ducks continued to be quite satisfactory. In most areas 

 they are reported to be fairly plentiful with some improvement noticed in various sections. 

 The several varieties which cross Ontario in their southerly fall migration provided excellent 

 opportunities for recreation for the goodly number of hunters to whom this branch of the 

 sport of hunting has an especial appeal. The regi:'iati©ns which are in effect for their pro- 

 tection are provided under the Migratory Birds Convention Act by the Federal Government 

 with the co-operation of the various Provinces of the Dominion, and conditions were suffi- 

 ciently satisfactory to warrant an extension of fifteen days in the period during which they 

 could be legally taken in the year 1942. 



GEESE: — The areas in which favourable wild goose shooting is available in this Provmce 

 are extremely few and scattered The best, sections possibly are those along the western shore 

 of James Bay and in the extreme southwestern counties. Hunting of this species is regulate) 

 by provisions of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, and as in the case of wild ducks the 

 period of open season was extended in 1942 for fifteen days, except in the Counties of Essex, 



