Table 5 



RESIDENT & NON-RESIDENT MOOSE HARVEST DATA FROM 

 HUNTER SURVEYS, 1965 



Calculated Calculated % 



Licences Used* Kill Hunter Success 



Non- Non- Non- 



Forest District Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident 



Sioux Lookout 



Kenora 



Fort Frances 



Port Arthur 



Geraldton 



Kapuskasing 



Cochrane 



Swastika 



Gogama 



Chapleau 



White River 



Sault Ste. Marie 



Sudbury 



North Bay 



Parry Sound 



Pembroke 



Lindsay 



Tweed 



TOTAL 



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

 hunter survey is 3,104- lower than total licence sales. 



Sound management of a big game population requires information on all 

 phases of the hunt including hunt success, hunting effort and the current status of 

 the wildlife population. After the season closes, District Lands and Forests staff 

 collect hunter success and hunting effort statistics from a sample of hunters. Of the 

 51,481 hunters who bought moose licences in 1965, a sample of 22,200 was mailed 

 questionnaires concerning their moose hunt last fall. Information derived from 

 this sampling survey was augmented by collection of data at highway checking 

 stations, deep freeze lockers, hunter contacts in the field and through the excellent 

 co-operation of United States Customs officials. 



By means of the technique whereby moose can be aged through knowledge 

 of the pattern of replacement and wear on the teeth of the lower jaw, staff of the 

 Department of Lands and Forests aged over 1,700 moose in 1965. Thus, the age 

 structure of the present moose population was determined. Age structure, harvest 

 and inventory records are essential in planning full and wise use of this valuable 

 natural resource. 



The Western Moose Management Region consists of the mixed forests of 

 western Ontario lying in the Forest Districts of Fort Frances, Kenora, Sioux 

 )okout and most of Geraldton. In this region, hunter success and total moose 

 larvested were the highest in the Province. 



Resident and non-resident hunters enjoyed higher success rates in 1965 than 

 1964 throughout the western region with the exception of the Fort Frances 

 7 orest District. A decrease in hunter success from 45.7% in 1964 to 31.3% last 

 ill occurred in the latter area which is open only to resident moose hunting. Cool, 

 /et weather in October and poor ice conditions toward the end of the season appear 

 have depressed the kill. Non-resident hunters in the Sioux Lookout Forest 

 )istrict had the highest hunter success in the Province at 75.5% while resident 



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