in each District are summarized in Table No. 2. The calculations indicate 

 that 28, 6^-^ resident hunters shot 8,730 moose in northern Ontario for a hunter 

 success of 30.5/^ in I960. In the 1959 hunting season, there were only 

 2^,^81 hunters who shot 6,9^-9 moose for a hunter success of 28. ^^. Thus, 

 number of hunters, numbers of moose, and percent success increased. The 

 largest number of resident hunters was in Geraldton District where 3087 

 hunters shot II36 moose. The highest resident hunter success was the 

 60.5^ in Kenora District. Hunter success increased or remained nearly 

 constant in all Districts except North Bay, Sudbury, Fort Frances, and 

 Sioux Lookout. 



In southern Ontario, 1^00 hunters shot 711 moose in I960, compared with 

 1200 hunters who shot 565 moose in the last season in 1958. Hunter success 

 figures are not reliable for southern Ontario because the licences are often 

 used as camp licences and many more potential hunters are in the woods than 

 the licence returns indicate. The reported hunter success has remained at 

 about h7% for the last two seasons after a reported success of h2% in 1956. 

 This fact along with the increasing kill leads us to believe that the moose 

 are well able to support this kind of hunting and may be able to withstand 

 a season every year. The biggest share of the southern Ontario moose hunt 

 fell to Parry Sound District which catered to 60)^ of the hunters and supplied 

 about ^6% of the moose which wore shot. 



The non-resident hunters were more numerous than ever in I960, as 

 can be seen in Table No. 3. An estimated 3»963 hunters shot 2,617 moose 

 for a hunter success of 66. 1^^ in I960. In 1959 » there were only 3>233 

 hunters to shoot 1,976 moose for a hunter success of 61.1^. The highest 

 number of non-resident hunters hunted in Kenora District, where 97^ hunters 

 shot 712 moose. The highest non-resident success was the 80.5^ in Geraldton 

 District. As usual the non-resident success averaged over twice that of 

 resident hunters, the non-residents having 66.1^ success compared with 

 30. 5i^ for residents. 



The sex and age ratios of the moose shot by hunters in the I960 

 hunting season are shown in Table No. h. Since moose are known to have a 

 sex ratio close to 50:50 with only a few more bulls than cows under normal 



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