Table 5 



RESIDENT & NON-RESIDENT MOOSE HARVEST DATA FROM 

 HUNTER SURVEYS, 1964 



Calculated Calculated 



Licei 



Forest District Resident 



Sioux Lookout 986 



Kenora 1113 



Fort Frances 784 



Port Arthur 3902 



Geraldton 2811 



Kapuskasing 3717 



Cochrane 3823 



Swastika 4012 



Gogama 2036 



Chapleau 1404 



White River 1837 



Sault Ste. Marie 2651 



Sudbury 2402 



North Bay 2339 



TOTAL 33,817 



% 



* — Total calculated licences used by residents and non-residents as indicated by the 

 hunter survey is 2,875 lower than total licence sales. 



As usual, non-residents enjoyed better success than Ontario hunters. With a 

 higher stake in licence fees, and with limited time to hunt, most visitors to the 

 Province hunt harder and often engage the services of guides and use charter 

 aircraft for transportation. This results naturally in better success. m Hunting effort 

 and expense is much lower for the resident hunter who often hunts only on the 

 weekend. 



Data on the moose hunt was obtained by mailing questionnaires to over 

 15,000 hunters. A systematic sample of names was selected from licence book 

 covers and over 90% of the hunters contacted by mail returned the completed 

 survey form. Essential information required for management purposes was collected 

 at highway check points, deep freeze lockers, from hunter contacts in the field and 

 through the co-operation of U.S. Customs officials. District staff aged over 1,500 

 moose, by noting the pattern of replacement and wear on the teeth of the lower 

 jaw. This information provides the age class composition of the kill which is very 

 useful when collected every year and compared with other harvest and inventory 

 information. 



Northwestern Ontario again led the Province in hunter success and in total 

 moose harvested. Success rates for resident hunters in Fort Frances Forest District 

 rose from 37.8% in 1963 to 45.7% last fall. Although the total kill was not large 

 compared with other districts, it appears that moose are both extending their range 

 and increasing in numbers per square mile in this area. Resident hunters enjoyed 

 somewhat better success last year in Kenora while non-resident success fell almost 

 8 % . This situation was reversed in Geraldton where resident success declined about 

 5% while the non-resident success rate rose almost 12%. 



Bad weather across the northern and central moose management regions de- 

 pressed the harvest and consequently success rates dropped in most districts. Swas- 

 tika, Gogama, Chapleau, White River and Sault Ste. Marie Districts enjoyed resi- 

 dent success rates of between 21% and 24% since 1963. These districts had suc- 



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