Your Commissioners recommend that five days and no more be allowed to 
dealers for the sale of their stock of game after the close season begins. The 
time at present allowed is too long, and allows of game being received after the 
close season begins. 
Your Commissioners recommend that the sale, or exposure for sale of Quail 
Snipe, Wild Turkey, Woodcock and Partridge be prohibited all over Ontario for a 
term of three years. 
Your Commissioners are of opinion that the law which forbids the spring 
shooting of Ducks should be strongly enforced, but as to Geese and Swan there is 
no reason why these birds should not be shot in spring. 
Your Commissioners are of opinion that duck-shooting from sail-boats and 
steam yachts should be strictly forbidden. 
Your commissioners find that the destruction of Ducks in some sections of 
the Province, especially where private preserves are established, is enormous, and 
recommend that no individual sportsman be allowed to shoot more than twenty- 
five ducks in any one day. 
Your Commissioners are of opinion that foreigners residing outside of 
Ontario should not be allowed to shoot birds in the Province except upon pay- 
ment of a license fee. 
Your Commissioners recommend that with a view to preventing the 
_ shooting of Game Birds and smaller animals in part of their close season, 
all shooting except Quail should begin on [5th September and end on 15th De- 
cember. 
The Quail season need not be interfered with, and can stand as at present. 
In the matter of the protection of birds, the establishment of a force of Game 
Wardens would also be very benefizial, and the indiscriminate slaughter now 
complained of could be much curtailed. 
Your Commissioners recommend that the burning of marshes, which inter- 
feres with the nesting of Game Birds and other animals should be strictly for- 
bidden. 
Your Commissioners recommend that the permits issued for so-called scien- 
tific purposes, should be strictly limited in number, and not given except under 
very stringent conditions, and to those who are known to be bona fide scientific 
men. 
Your Commissioners recommend that the present Trespass Act be amended 
so that persons found trespassing on farms or other private property where game 
_ is preserved, should be liable to a heavy penalty. 
Referring to Revised Statutes of Ontario, chap. 221, section 7, your Commis- 
sioners recommend that the words “and all other waterfowl ” be struck out. 
Your Commissioners recommend that shooting between sunset and sunrise 
should be strictly prohibited, as much damage is done to Partridges and other 
_ birds on moonlight nights by pot-hunters who, with the aid of their dogs disturb 
_ the birds and then shoot them in large numbers from beneath the trees. 
Your Commissioners unanimously and very strongly recommend that the 
open shooting season should include the first and last days specified. At present 
many hunters shoot and otherwise destroy game after the close season commences, 
_ excusing themselves for so doing, by the plea that they were not sure as to the 
correct interpretation of the law. 
; Your Commissioners unanimously recommend that the Wild Turkey should 
be closely protected for a period of five years. 
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