Pheasant Hunting Preserves 



The puhlic interest is steadily increasing in the operation of 

 privately operated pheasant hunting preserves throughout the Province 

 under O.Reg. 16 3/59. 



While there was in 1959 a total of 2,286 hunters on twenty- two 

 preserves, in I960 only 1,777 hunters hunted on thirty-one preserves. 

 This decrease in the total number of hunters on an increase of preserves 

 is due, in the opinion of the operators, to the $21.00 non-recident 

 hunting licence fee which is required for a nonr-resident hunting on 

 a privately owned preserve. This factor, along with the operators fee 

 proved to "be restrictive where prospective non-resident hunters are 

 concerned. . . 



The following table indicates the activities of the Pheasant 

 Hunting Preserves in the various administrative districts throughout 

 the Province:- 



94 



