PHEASANT HUNT HARVEST REPORT, LAKE SIMCOE DISTRICT— 1964 



No. of Parties Checked in Field 



No. of Parties Using Dogs 



No. of Hunters Checked in Field 



No. of Man-hours Hunted 



No. of Cocks Bagged 



No. of Hens Bagged 



Total Pheasants Bagged 



Cock Pheasants per Hunter 



Hen Pheasants per Hunter 



Total Pheasants per Hunter 



Man-hours expended per pheasant 



Ruffed Grouse 



Again in 1964 Department staff collected ruffed grouse inventory and harvest 

 data required for proper management of this popular game bird. Tables following 

 this section show summaries of ruffed grouse brood counts (Table I), sex and age 

 ratios of grouse taken by hunters (Table II) and grouse hunter success (Table III). 



One of the prime objectives in gathering game inventory data is to predict 

 hunting prospects for each species. Grouse brood production statistics are most 

 important in this respect. June to September counts are detailed by districts in 

 Table I. Age and sex information (Table II), was determined from analysis of 

 wing and tail feather collections. 



The quality of ruffed grouse hunting may be assessed by annual comparisons 

 of birds shot and /or seen by hunters per unit time or distance travelled, (by 

 vehicle). In Ontario, grouse are usually hunted by one of two methods. In the 

 south, most hunters walk through likely grouse cover flushing birds. The use 

 of dogs increases the chances of success in this type of hunting. In the north 

 the usual practice is that of driving the bush roads searching for birds feeding 

 along the edges of the right-of-way. Grouse are less wary in the north hence can 

 be shot more easily. Data on hunting success comparing birds seen and shot by 

 the two hunting methods are presented in Table 3. 



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