THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



Minister of Game and Fisheries says: 'Tlenty 

 of moose and deer are reported in that part of 

 the Province lying north and west of the French 

 and Mattawa Rivers [/.^., north of 46°], and 

 generally satisfactory in the other parts of the 

 Province w^hich are inhabited by these animals." 

 ^{See Appendix, pages 361-364.)^ 



Quebec. — The number of licenses issued to 

 non-residents in this Province in 19 18 for hunting 

 big game v^as 512. No data are gathered by the 

 Provincial officials, hov^ever, to shov^ the amount 

 of game taken each year. (See Appendix, pages 

 362, 364.) 



Saskatchewan. — "The moose is by far the most 

 plentiful of our big-game animals," w^rites the 

 Chief Game Guardian in his annual report for 

 1918. Prior to 1918 each licensed hunter w^as 

 entitled to kill two moose in a season, but the bag- 

 limit w^as reduced that year to one bull moose. In 

 1917, 2261 big-game hunting licenses were issued; 

 in 1918 the epidemic of influenza reduced the 

 number of resident license-holders to 1788, and 

 of non-resident to three. The smaller number 

 of hunters, the reduced bag-limit, and unfavor- 

 able weather conditions caused the number of 



