Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for fiscal year ending March 31, 1951 Page 42 



Hunting deer without licensed guides in Allow dogs to run at large 13 



Kenora and Rainy River Districts 39 Hunting with unlicenced dogs 10 



Hunting with unplugged shotguns 68 Hunting pheasants and migratory birds 



Hunting ducks from a power boat _. 3 with rifles 12 



Jacklighting deer _ 26 Obstructing an officer IS 



Illegal possession of game in closed season 112 Taking hen pheasants 1 



Commercial fishing w-ithout licences 32 Killing wild native birds 3 



Filleting fish for export 1 Trapping without licence 52 



Allow fish or game to spoil 10 Illegal possession of furs 48 



Importing live minnows 3 Trapping during closed season - 13 



Illegal possession of female deer or fawns 12 Set traps in muskrat and beaver houses... 3 



Trespassing 2 Trap in Game Preserves and Provincial 



Killing moose or elk in closed season 11 Parks 2 



Antedating licences 4 Molesting ducks 5 



Transporting unsealed deer 24 Killing swimming deer 1 



Setting snares illegally 1 Operating Tourist Outfitters' Camps with- 



Transferring hunting or fishing licences... 8 out licences 5 



Loaded firearms in motor vehicles 138 Violation of fur buyers' licences 6 



Illegal possession of firearms in Crown Breaking beaver dams 1 



Game Preserves or Provincial Parks 73 Setting nets without tags or buoys - 2 



Illegal possession of firearms in lumber Shooting fur bearing animals 6 



and mining camps, etc. 106 \'iolating terms of licence 6 



Firearms not encased or dismantled at Selling game fish 1 



night 16 Using ferrets for hunting rabbits 7 



Shooting across highways or from motor Using poison bait 1 



cars 14 2,728 



Charges were laid in a total of 2.930 cases for infractions of the legislation and 

 regulations. In 2.728 cases convictions were registered. Charges were dismissed in 116 

 cases. Charges were withdrawn in 86 cases for various reasons, such as where two or 

 more charges were originally laid against an individual or for lack of evidence when 

 investigation completed. 



GENERAL 



The Game and Fisheries Act provides that articles "used in violation of this 

 Act and found in the possession of any person suspected of having committed an offence 

 against this Act shall be seized, and upon conviction, be forfeited to and become the 

 property of the Crown in the right of Ontario and sold by the Department." 



In cases of violations of a minor nature the persons from whom seizures were 

 made are given the opportunity, on application, to redeem the articles seized upon 

 payment of a fee fixed by the Department. This arrangement applies principally to 

 firearms and fishing tackle. The amount realized from such sales amounted to 

 $7,899.70. 



In cases which are sufficiently serious to warrant confiscation to the Crown, 

 such articles are disposed of in annual public sales. 



Three such sales were conducted by the Department during the period under 

 review, as follows: 



April fishing tackle sale $1,072.82 



April fur sale, confiscated furs 4,554.73 



September sale of firearms and miscellaneous equipment 4,123.11 



Total $9,750.66 



Fines collected during the fiscal year amounted to S46,442.41. 



Conservation officers assisted in distribution of fish and pheasants. They also 

 devoted considerable time, working with organized groups in the interest of 

 conservation. 



