The duck bag of the glacial lakes region, broken down by species, table 1, discloses 

 that about four times as many mallards as pintails were taken In 1940, 1941 and 1942. About 

 50 per cent more green-winged teals than pintails were taken In 1940, about 20 per cent fewer 

 green-wings than pintails In 1941 and less than one-fourth as many In 1942. In 1940 and 1941, 

 fewer blue-wings than green-wings were taken, but In 1942 the blue-wings In the bag numbered 

 over twice as many as the green-wings. For the 3-year period, blue-winged teals formed a 

 smaller part of the bag than green-winged teals but a greater part than baldpates, gadwalls or 

 shovelers. Lesser scaups were the only diving ducks taken In numbers; for the 3-year period 

 they totaled more than baldpates but less than either of the teals. 



HORSE SHOE LAKE REGION 



The Horse Shoe Lake region, north of Cairo In Alexander County, Is the scene of one 

 of the greatest Canada goose concentrations In the nation. The concentration of 40,000 to 

 50,000 honkers at the peak of the fall migration Is due mainly to the 3,160-acre Horse Shoe 

 Lake Game Refuge maintained by the State Department of Conservation. Surrounding this refuge 

 are some 15,000 acres of farm land, much of which has been leased or developed for the purpose 

 of shooting geese. However, most of the goose hunting occurs on 6,500 acres owned by 14 dally 

 fee clubs and 4 private clubs. 



In 1940, 66 private clubs were organized for the purpose of shooting geese In the 

 Horse Shoe Lake area. In 1941, there were 77 such clubs and In 1942 there were 42. Only the 

 14 dally fee clubs and 4 private clubs mentioned above are of long standing. Other clubs are 

 more or less Impermanent organizations that kill In the aggregate comparatively few geese. 



Day-shooting fees range from $5 to $10; the latter sum Is the standard fee. Private 

 clubs are composed mainly of Individuals who band together to lease a farm tract for 1 or more 

 years. 



There are no generally recognized free-lance hunting grounds In the Horse Shoe Lake 

 area, although there may be a few tracts not posted against trespass. 



Figs. 5, 6 and 7 show graphically the average kill of geese and ducks per hunter per 

 day In Alexander County In 1940, 1941 and 1942. It Is Interesting to note that hunters at 

 private clubs averaged almost one-third more geese per hunter per day In 1940 and 1941 ( In 

 1942 the two types of hunters were not differentiated) than did shooters at dally fee clubs; 

 this m spite of the fact that. In 1941, 14 dally fee clubs killed 5,452 geese, while 17 

 private clubs reported only 622 geese. Evidently private clubs used their property much less 

 Intensively than did dally fee clubs. In Alexander County only a small number of ducks were 

 taken; more were taken at private than at dally fee clubs. In this region, goose hunting 

 greatly overshadows duck hunting. 



The seasonal distribution of the Individual dally bag of Canada geese and the hunt- 

 ing Intensity In the Horse Shoe Lake region are shown In figs. 8, 9 and 10. The lowest goose 



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