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He thinks that both partridge and duck are fair]}^ plentiful, for on his last 

 trip from Dacre to Lake Clear he saw quite a number of partridge, and also two 

 nice flocks of duck on Lake Clear. The people of that district are all getting down 

 to observe the law better than a few years ago. They either have not time to hunt 

 game, or they are afraid of the law. 



He knows where there are a fair number of mink about two miles down the 

 Bonnechere Eiver since last spring, and he supposes there are a few more down 

 the river further, and as there are no hunters or trappers around there, they are 

 therefore multiplying. 



Russell County. 



Overseer J. B. Bourgon, of Roddand, reports that the catch of fish during the 

 season of 1912 averaged about the same as in 1911. About the same number of 

 licenses have been issued. Bullheads and cat fish were taken in the Ottawa River. 

 During the summer three parties were fined, two for fishing without licenses, and 

 one for fishing with a hoop-net near Petrie's Island, between Orleans and Cumber- 

 land. 



Xo anglers' permits were required during the season. As this district is well 

 settled, there are no fur-bearing animals to any extent. 



SiMCOE County. 



Overseer John Beatty, of Midland, reports that there were very few violations 

 in regard to the Game and Fishery Laws. 



A great number of black and yellow bass was taken out of the Little Lake 

 during this season. 



There were some very large maskinonge caught in the Wye River and Bay, 

 some weighing as high as thirty pounds. 



Ducks are plentiful. 



Partridge not as good as last year. 



Mink are about as plentiful as in former years. 



There was a great number of muskrats taken out this year on account of the 

 high water. 



Overseer Samuel Coulter, of Gilford, reports that during the past year the 

 game law has been well observed in his district. There was no illegal fishing that 

 he knows of during tlie winter and spring seasons. Quite a number of trout were 

 caught during the winter season. The bass fishing was fair, but the maskinonge 

 seemed to be very scarce. The Bradford Fishing Company during the fall of 1911 

 had some grand catches of carp, catching as high as 30 tons at the start. He had 

 no trouble with the anglers, as the people who follow this sport seem to know the 

 law. 



Ducks have been more numerous this year than they have been for a number 

 of years past. He has seen a few flocks of geese this fall. 



Black squirrels do not seem so plentiful as they were a year ago. Raccoons 

 are quite numerous in those parts, but the muskrat and mink continue very scarce. 



Overseer B. A. Dnsang, of Wauhaushene, reports that angling has not been 

 quite as good, one reason, he thinks, being the cold season. Bass kept outside where 

 they found shoals in the open lake. They had good fishing. The anglers lay the 



