6 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES Nb. 9 (1946) 



In connection with this season the following regulations were provided 

 to govern, — 



That the use of dogs for such hunting would not be permitted; 



That hunters would be required to use shot-guns with either buck-shot 

 or S.S.G shells for ammunition; 



That the use of rifles would be prohibited; and 



That hunters would be permitted to take only one deer, either buck or 

 doe, over the age of one year. 



In addition to this a special open season for deer was provided, on the 

 recommendation of the County Council, in that portion of the county of Carleton 

 lying west of the Rideau River, from November 6th to 21st, 1944, and during which 

 open season the general provisions which apply to the hunting of deer were in effect; 



By an amendment to the Game and Fisheries Act provided by the Legis- 

 lative Assembly during the Session of 1944, and as a means of further protection, 

 the following additional counties and portions of counties were included in that 

 part of the Province in which an entire close season for deer prevails, viz: — the 

 Counties of Durham, Northumberland and Prince Edward, that portion of the 

 County of Ontario lying south of the north boundary of Scott and Brock Townships, 

 the Township of Howe Island in the County of Frontenac and the Township of 

 Cambridge in the County of Russell. 



In those portions of Ontario in which an open season for the taking of 

 deer is established by the general provisions of the Game and Fisheries Act it 

 may be stated that favorable conditions prevailed for the successful hunting of 

 these animals, and as has been indicated by reference made earlier in this report 

 this is substantiated by the fact that again thousands of resident and non-resident 

 hunters secured licenses to authorize them to partake of the privileges thus 

 available and enjoy the recreational pleasures which such hunting provides during 

 the period of the regular open season in the fall of the year. 



MOOSE:— The prevalence of these animals in numbers to warrant successful 

 hunting of the same is confined to scattered areas principally in the districts situ- 

 ated in that part of Ontario lying north and west of the French and Mattawa 

 Rivers and Lake Nipissing, and while such conditions do prevail the reports which 

 have been submitted do not indicate much improvement with a few local exceptions. 



Open seasons were provided for the hunting of moose: — 



(a) From November 13th to 21st, 1944, in the Townships of Alice, Buchanan. 

 Burns, Clara, Eraser, Head, Maria, McKay, Petawawa, Richards, Rolph and 

 Wylie in the County of Renfrew; and 



(b) From October 16th to 31st in the area east of the C.P.R. and C.N.R., 

 from Bigwood to Westree and south of the road from Westree to the Ontario- 

 Quebec interprovincial boundary in the vicinity of New Liskeard. 



These special seasons were in addition to the regular periods of open 

 season provided by the Game and Fisheries Act. 



As has been previously stated in this report there was a total of 1,528 

 licenses, resident and non-resident, issued for the hunting of moose and while 



