others accommodate less. The eastern segment of primary deer range averages 

 about 3.6 hunters per square mile. As in the west there Is variation and some 

 areas such as the 46 square mile South Canonto deer study area supports an 

 average of about six hunters per square mile all of whom are of course not 

 operating at any one time. Hunter densities may build up locally much higher 

 than this but precise measurements are lacking. 

 Hunters Success: 



Information collected in recent years indicates that many factors 

 influence success rates of hunters and that abundance of deer is not 

 necessarily the most Important. 



Analysis o€ Information from highway checking stations and field 

 observations have indicated that success rates vary greatly with hunting methods. 

 The most successful hunters are those who hunt with guides or in well 

 organized parties in familiar country each year. They often use dogs and 

 operate from a camp or summer cottage. The least successful are those who 

 drive out for a day^s hunt in unfamiliar country. 



It was possible to analyse the data from the 1955 highway checking 



stations in the eastern segment of deer range to give a comparison of the 



success rates for these two groups. The differences are quite striking and 



should provide strong encouragement for those keen hunters who do not at 



present belong to an organized group with a camp to Join one or form a new group. 



Guided and Organized Local and Casual 



Camp Hunters Hunters 



Total Man Days Percent Total Man Days Percent 



1955 C hecked Per Deer Success Checked Per Deer Success 



- 58$^ - « 11^ 



30^ 509 - 135^ 



12,8 4856 334 22.6 20jg 



495^ 472 - 255^ 



20.4 245g 1,100 31.8 55^ 



Additional information on the success rates of organized parties of 



hunters is available from a mail survey of camps situated on crown land and 



authorized by a land use permit. Some of these figures include parties 



operating from summer cottages. 



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