Table 1.--Inventory figures of Canada geese in the 
14 states (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, Il- 
linois, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Ala-= 
bama, Arkansas, and Louisiuna) of the sieht Gn Flyway 
closed to hunting of these geese in 1946. 
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Year Number of Geese Year Number of Geese 
1939-40 102,409 1943-44 93,149 
1940-41 125,788 ~ 1944-45 72,270 
1941-42 144,788 1945-46 53,530 © 
1942-43 93,292 1946-47 63,140 (71,624) 
«x The figure of 63,140 resulted from the apse 
January inventory conducted during the January 7-17, 1947, 
period in the normal manner, with the estimates made chiefly 
by aerial observations, but in some areas from ground counts. 
Later in the month, Cecil S. Williams and Robert H. Smith, 
both of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, succeeded in tak- 
ing aerial photographs of all geese resting on Horseshoe Lake 
and the nearby river bars, which made possible a completely 
accurate count from enlarged prints. . The resulting figure was 
8,484 greater than the number estimated during the inventory. 
Influx of some birds during the few days between the inventory 
estimates and the aerial photographs may be responsible for 
some of the difference, but it is clear that, in large part, it 
is a reflection of the more accurate technique. The larger 
figure, therefore (71,624), is believed to be the more nearly 
accurate one for the January, 1947, population, but the smaller 
one is also shown because it is comparable with previous in- 
ventories taken in the same manner and at the same season. 
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