Fox and Raccoon 



Hunting foxes with hounds has been a highly popular sport for 

 many years, partlcul£u?ly In the area south of Ottawa. 



Raccoon hunting Is becoming popular In the fo\ir southernmost 

 districts of the Province. License sales have risen from 233 In 1950, the 

 year they were first Instituted, to 755 In 195^ - 55. Table No. 10 gives 

 the raccoon kill and average seasonal bag per hunter for four southern 

 districts. 



waterfowl 



There was a better flight of waterfowl through Ontario In the fall 

 of 1954 than In the previous year. The results of checks carried out on the 

 opening day of the season on various marshes In the southern part of the 

 Province are summarized In Table No, 11. The species composition of the bag 

 Is summarized In Table 12, 



Various districts cooperated with the Canadian Wildlife Service 

 In breeding season counts and the midwinter waterfowl Inventory. Table No, 

 gives the results of this. 



