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FIG. 10.-- Trend In the Individual dally bag of Canada geese, compared with 

 trend In number of hunters per week In the Horse Shoe Lake 

 region, Alexander County, 1942. 



bags, as might be expected, occurred during the first half of the season; almost twice as many 

 geese per hunter-day were bagged during the latter part of the season. In 1940, the highest 

 bags of honkers were made during the week of November 20-26; In 1941, the highest Individual 

 daily kills occurred during the week of November 13-19, and in 1942 during the week of 

 November 29-December 5. 



News travels fast among goose hunters; figures show that as individual hunting suc- 

 cess changed so did the ntmiber of hunters, although there was generally a slight lag in hunt- 

 ing intensity. In general, duck hunting Intensity declines with the progress of the season, 

 figs. 11, 12, 13; goose hunting intensity increases with the hunting success. 



MISSISSIPPI 



RIVER REGION 



Along the Mississippi River from East Dubuque in Jo Daviess County to Alton in 

 Madison County, there are innumerable sloughs, lakes and ponds, and there are islands in the 

 river which afford duck hunting. On the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, about 150 

 clubs obtained licenses to take waterfowl in 1941. Nine of these, according to a list prepared 

 by the State Department of Conservation, offered hunting on a dally fee basis. Other clubs 

 rented blinds for the season or sold restricted memberships for one season or longer. 



As figs. 5 and 6 Indicate, In 1940 and 1941, hunters at private clubs along the 

 Mississippi River were over twice as successful in taking ducks as were hunters in clubs in 



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