The number of sportsmen cooperating in reporting on the success of their 

 hunt improved this year when 11% returned the questionnaires. The important study 

 of the age of moose shot was continued but the collection of Jaws upon which the 

 project depended was disappointing. Only H-93 jaws were received from over 2000 

 moose known to have been killed* The results of this study are summarized in Table 



TABLE 3 . 



AGE DISTRIBUTION OF MOOSE SHOT IN 195^- > 



Northern 

 Region 



Central 

 Region 



Mid-Western 

 Region 



Number % 



Western 

 Region 



Number 



125 



Ikh 



136 



88 



The study of moose reproductive rates was also hampered by the receipt 

 of only 66 genital tracts, some of which were incomplete. 



Table h summarizes the moose kill by resident and non-resident hunters 

 for each District, the yield per 100 square miles and the percentage of the estimat 

 population which was removed. 



The 195^ season was the first in which the killing of cow and calf moose 

 was permitted in an extended area south of the Canadian National Railway tracks. I 

 will be seen from these figures that the kill was very light in most Districts and 

 was not excessive anywhere. 



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