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WHO may hunt in Ontario If you hold a 1959 Ontario hunting license you may renew it this year at your neighbourhood licensing bureau, generally located at your favourite sporting goods and/or hardware store But, if you are a novice, something new and very important has been started, This year, for the first time in Ontario, new license seekers past the age of 15 years must show a certificate to the issuer, showing that he has passed an approved hunting safety training course, Fhe idea was started in 1958 by Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters: it's legislation this vear has been long-needed. The federation realizing that "if you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, then..." was so right, Some 5,000 "students" have already passed the neces- sary tests under the supervision of the 2,800 qualified instructors in service with fish and game clubs and Boy Scout troops throughout the provinge, So, if you have a teen-ager coming along who aspires to become a competent hunter someday, see that he enrolls right away with the hunter safety training class in your neighbourhood, And if your wife is bent on becoming a huntress, have her enroll, too, and make hunting-fun a family affair I'his new safety instruction idea makes terrific sense, WHAT you may hunt in Ontario Ontario is the happiest and most varied hunting ground in Canada, Here is a list of game under accepted classifications; BIG GAME Deer, moose, elk, bears and wolves SMALL GAME Fox, jack, snowshoe and cottontail rabbits, red, gray and black squirrels, raccoons, MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS -- Ducks, geese, rails, gal- linules, Wilson snipe and woodcock UPLAND GAME BIRDS -- Pheasant, grouse (partridge), Hungarian partridge, ptarmigan and quail, UNPROTECTED BIRDS AND GAME Crows, ravens, porcupines and groundhogs, WHERE. in Ontario you may go for recommended hunting For jurisdictional purposes Ontario is divided into 22 forestry districts, each named for its headquarters DEER -- Excellent in Fort Frances, Kenora, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Tweed and Lindsay. Your chances are also good in Sault Ste, Marie, North Bay and Kemptville, MOOSE Found in that great area north of the estab- lished French-Mattawa Rivers boundary, the Patricia portion excepted, and spilling south into Parry Sound, Pembroke, Lindsay and Tweed districts, BEAR Central and all Northern Ontario, ELK Classified as deer, they are found in small isolated herds throughout parts of the deer country mentioned above, : CARIBOU Forget them; there is no open season in Ontario, SMALL GAME Spread generally throughout Southern Ontario and may be hunted in season, and only then with the permission of private land owners in the settled areas, If land is posted NO TRESPASSING it is out of bounds to you, MIGRATORY BIRDS --Ontario lies within the broad over-lapping pattern of two major continental flyways, The Mississippi Flyway supplies western and north- western Ontario and the Atlantic Flyway routes the birds into south central and northeastern Ontario. UPLAND GAME BIRDS -- Ruffed grouse (partridge) and spruce grouse are to be found north of the French-Mattawa Rivers boundary and south of it in Georgian Bay, the Kawarthas and the Ottawa Valley, Pheasants are found in Ontario along the north shores of Lake Ontario and Erie, Hungarian partridge favour the Kemptville district, WHEN you may hunt in Ontario A tough question to answer, Hunting dates are up-dated by provingial and federal wildlife departments up to the last date possible for the correlation of scientific information, This is being pro- cessed by these departments constantly, Much of this information has already appeared in the daily press and is available now at each district office of the Department of Lands and Forests, I'he most unsatisfactory way you can obtain the rudi- ments of hunting dates and regulations is to listen to some "expert" sound off glibly about them. Send for your own official copy, study it and obey the rules to the letter, You may be surprised to find in perusing the regs that you may enjoy the hunting of some bird or game animal in Ontario the year "round, WHY you are privileged to hunt in Ontario Wildlife populations are increasing faster today than the hunting pressures put upon them due to long-range study, planning and enforcement by the provingial government, Man, now his a better understanding of how Nature functions, He is learning how to manage it successfully by bringing under control the amazing re-creative prop- erties of wildlife, for its own good and the good of man, Rigid programs and ample room in which to experiment have made this happy situation possible, Apart from the heavily-populated southern fringes, Ontario has become one of the most scientifically- controlled wildlife factories on the continent, Hunting is consequently liberally allowed throughout Ontario, In breaking the laws set up for control purposes the hunter is not "getting away with something' but robbing himself and upsetting Nature's man-managed balance, The cost of hunting Your hunting pleasure is determined only by the amount of your leisure time and the size of your pocketbook, If you aspire to hunt big game or geese in Northern Ontario, say, where air travel costs enter the successful hunting picture, you will naturally have to spend more than the hunter who drives only a few miles out of town to pot at groundhogs, While it is not possible to estimate closely what hunting will cost you, it has been determined over a long period that the individual deer hunter in an organized camp will spend from $75 to a $100 a week, Moose hunting in Northern Ontario, where long road travel and, possibly, air charter is involved, costs have been computed from a high figure of $80 for travel and $70 for equipment to the low figure of $45 and $30, respectively, for each hunter, Guns, ammunition, licenses, clothing, travel and your share of food and fun will probably add up to $200 for the first-time hunter with a considerable reduction from that figure each following season as he writes off capital costs, Suggestions for the hunter-to-be Buy your new gun from an established dealer and your second-hand one from a reputable dealer, getting from the latter the gun's history, Team up with a hunter who uses a well-trained dog for wildfow!l hunting. To see a good dog working in the field is one of hunting's many pleasures, and an added assurance that crippled and killed birds will not be left in the fields, Make a friend of the farn to hunt, Start off by aski through by keeping his fen finish by thanking him for hb return to hunt another day, Consider the possibility insurance policy for hunter: ance, 80 , , , Wear airy, loose-fitting vy caps, jackets and back pa fluorescent material in the ¢ flame colors should be wor is damp, dry, rocky, flat, ¢ footwear that will meet thes In case of emergencies tak matches in a waterproof ca rope; a sharp hunting knife topographical map of your learn first how to read it; s tape, pencil and paper; a fl Some hunting DON'TS DON'T pull the trigger unt shooting at, Last year 100 m thing from deer to ducks, DON'T shoot at a "sound,' water or any hard surface, ricochet; it could kill some DON'T shoot without havin' stop in the line of fire, A ,2 up to a mile away, a 30-3( JO-06 to three miles, even n DON'T leave your gun uni it first, on such occasions a smoke; when you approacl your hunting partners, Doi while carrying a loaded gun such a way that you can cont in case you stumble, DON'T lean on your gun, against a car body or any ¢ Keep your gun barrel fr other obstructions, Make su with your gun; your guns on this, DON'T keep loaded guns at truck, trailer or plane, Loa to hunt and keep the safety ( DON'T fail to puddle out yo light to keep warm on the g Use lots, Play sate, Come back alive, How to get in with the h Hunting for sport and reer be enjoyed in company with work in your office and. ap about this very special bras come friendly with them, 1 up a series of enjoyable eve by a trial field workout an congenial hunting companic Small hunt club organiza hunting, Lands or marshes built and equipped and men all to follow, But if you are an outsid such an organized club, yo to join; the club is a frate members will ask you to joi While waiting for them t¢ become a lone day hunter, his own and misses the whe able sport of hunting.