Again there was a substantial Increase In the number of moose 

 licences sold in 1955. 



1952 1953 195^ 1955 

 5196 7502 8958 

 637 735 lUl 



Resident 36 20 



Non-resident 



Total 3620 



5833 8237 10099 



Deep snow coming during the early part of the season cut off 

 access to remote areas and tended to concentrate hunters. In spite of this 

 hunter success was generally higher than in previous years and ran at 28j6 

 compared to 25^ in 195^ • 



Table 2 gives the licence sales, returns, and hunter success for 

 each district in which the season for moose was open. 



Table 3 gives the reported kill of bulls, cows and calves for 

 each district and the estimated total kill for the province. 



TABLE 2. 



Chapleau 



Cochrane 



Fort Prances 



Geraldton 



Gogama 



Kapuskaslng 



Kenora 



North Bay 



Port Arthur 



Sault Ste. Marie 



Sioxox Lookout 



Sudbury 



Swastika 



White River 



Totals 



SUMMARY OP MOOSE LICENCES SOLD, 

 RETURNS MADE AND HUNTER SUCCESS 1955 



8,958 



5,065 



1,141 



783 



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