16 THE REPORT UPON No. 14 



Muskrats and mink are scarce. 



Beaver becoming plentiful; one can see quite a lot of fresh work on some 

 little lakes. 



I would recommend tliat open season for partridge be from Nov. 1st to 15th, 

 and for deer from Nov. 15th to 30th, for as a rule the weather from Nov. 1st 

 to 15th is rather warm to save venison, and furtherijaore, there are quite a lot 

 of deer wounded and get away and die, whereas if the season was changed there 

 is generally snow about the 15th Nov., and any wounded deer could be tracked 

 and found. 



Wolves are plentiful in the northern part of my territory. 



Algoma District. 



From Overseer J. R. Bradbury, of Blind River, for the District of Algoma. 

 There was considerable falling off in the pickerel catch, especially in connec- 

 tion with winter fishing. In fact, the winter catch was almost nil in the eastern 

 part of this district except in the small inland lakes for which some small licenses 

 were granted for gill nets. In these some fine pickerel were caught and the 

 privilege was a source of profit and assistance to the settlers. The catch of 

 whitefish was fair' though perhaps not quite up to the average, still, as these fish 

 are much in demand, especially the Jumbo size, four to five pounds and upwards, 

 for the New York market shipped in the round, they bring fancy prices. The 

 trout catch was normal near here, but extra good, I understand, in the deep 

 water fished with tugs. 



Very few pike are caught in the channel waters. The smaller fish, perch and 

 herrings, do not show much change from 1914 and very little attention is given 

 to catching them. 



The catch of mullets has dropped off forty per cent. 



The American fish buyers speak very highly of the class . of fish shipped 

 from this district and the fine condition in which they reach the markets of 

 New York, Chicago and Detroit. 



Bass seem quite numerous though there has been very little angling, and 

 there has been practically no interest shown by the very limited number of tourists. 

 Red deer appear to be plentiful in some localities, but the wolves are becom- 

 ing so numerous and bold that they are in a fair way to exterminate the deer 

 in this district and are slaughtering them so fast that the deer must either migrate 

 to some other part or become exterminated by the wolves. I very strongly 

 recommend that the bounty on wolves be increased to $20 to further encourage their 

 destruction. 



Moose are numerous in the far-back townships and some splendid specimens 

 are seen from time to time. The fact that such large animals are very difficult 

 to bring out of the woods hinders many hunters from shooting them. 



Mink and muskrats appear scarce and not much attention has been given 

 to trapping on account of the low prices for furs. 



Partridge are very scarce as a general thing though some small bags are 

 secured in some localities. 1 have travelled for several days in likely places and 

 have not seen a bird all day. The wet season and the unusual number of owls 

 have had something to do with killing off the young birds. 



I wish to urge on the Department the advisability of changing the hunting 

 season for deer and moose to read November 10th to November 30th, particularly 

 on account of the fact that a large percentage of the meat killed during the 



