Hungarian Partridge 



Huntable populations of "Huns" are available only in the eastern counties 

 and in some local areas of Lincoln, Welland, Haldimand, Wentworth and Elgin 

 Counties. 



The eastern colony made a very rapid recovery from the low levels which 

 prevailed in 1964. Coveys were large, many ranging from fourteen to twenty-five 

 birds, and the only major factor limiting the kill was the extremely wet conditions 

 which prevailed during the fall season. 



Kemptville District staff checked hunters who had taken 403 partridge 

 during 136 days of hunting for an average daily bag of 3.0 birds. This compares 

 with 2.2 and 1.0 birds per gun-day in 1963 and 1964, respectively. Good 

 reproduction was evident from the 257 partridge inspected; over 81.7% were 

 young of the year, the highest proportion since 1959. 



During the winter months twenty-eight Hungarian partridge were live-trapped 

 in Carleton County and introduced into apparently suitable habitat in Tecumseh 

 Township, Simcoe County. Further introductions using larger numbers of partridge 

 will be made in future depending upon availability of birds for stocking and suit- 

 ability of conditions for trapping. 



Quail 



Bobwhite quail continued to increase in extreme southwestern Ontario and 

 four counties enjoyed a short season from November 1 to 3. 



A Bobwhite quail propagation program was continued at the Normandale 

 Game Bird Farm. This program is designed to provide native hardy quail 

 stock to commercial game farm operators for further propagation and subsequent 

 release. 



Waterfowl 



Continental duck populations remained at rather low levels in 1965, 

 although Ontario's duck production which provides a large part of the harvest 

 taken in the Province, was reasonably good. Below is a table showing opening 

 day duck hunting success for some districts. 



Table 10 



OPENING DAY DUCK HUNTING SUCCESS 



No. Hunters Checked Ducks Killed Ducks/Hunter 



Kemptville 599 629 1.0 



Tweed 1,216 1,293 1.1 



Pembroke 91 144 1.1 



Lindsay* 89 278 3.1 



Simcoe 956 607 0.6 



Hespeler— Central 892 682 0.8 



Zone 



Hespeler— Southern 1,882 1,533 0.8 



Zone 



Erie* 569 786 1.3 



Erie 72 108 1.5 



Parry Sound 92 133 1.4 



North Bay 157 464 3.0 



Fort Frances 126 174 1.4 



TOTAL 6,741 6,831 1.0— Prow 



Avg. 



*Public waterfowl hunting areas. 



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