Age and Sex Composition of the Kill: 



Summaries of the age and sex data collected In 1955 are presented 

 In table 5» 



In his 1955 report for North Bay, Mr, c,0. Bartlett draws attention 

 to a shortage of 1^ year old deer in the kill from the Marten River and 

 Tlmagaml areas. He points out that this shortage was not apparent in the 

 samples obtained in the southeastern and southwestern portions of the District 

 adjoining the French and Mattawa Rivers. He concludes that they suggest a 

 more than normal mortality in the 195^ fawn class and that a more thorough 

 analysis of the data by townships and an analysis of snow conditions in the 

 District during the winter of 195^-55 should help to Isolate the factor or 

 factors responsible for this Increased mortality, A similar situation existed 

 In seven townships in northeastern Tweed District where hunters success was 

 well below that of 1954 and neighbouring areas in 1955. Mr. P,A. Thompson 

 reporting on this situation wrote that snow depths recorded at the Dacre 

 snow station show an average of 28.7 inches of snow with a "B" crust on the 

 ground from 24 January to 28 March, 1955 • Over the same period the average 

 snow depth at Bancroft was 24,8 inches. When data from the checking stations 

 of the area are compared we find that the Dacre area had a 28^ hunters 

 success, a fawn: doe ratio of 66:100 and a 22?^ fawn kill, while the Bancroft 

 area had a 32^ hunters success, a fawn: doe ratio of 110:100 and a 365^ fawn 

 kill. 



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