INDISCRIMINATE SLAUGHTER. 377 



The sex of seal can not be told in the water. No discrimination is 

 used in seal hunting-; all seal are killed that come 



near the boat. The only seal that can be distin- Michael Wooskoot, p. 

 guished in the water is an old bull. 274# 



I can not distinguish the sex of a seal in the 

 water, but kill every seal that comes near the miy Yeltac1i y> P- 303 - 

 canoe, if possible. 



I can not tell the sex of a seal in thewater,anduseno discrimination, 

 but kill everything that comes near my canoe „ . ^ , 

 in shape of a seal. Hastin( <> 8 Yet ^w fP . 302. 



We use no discrimination in killing seal, but Alf ^ Yo Tiansen p. 369. 

 shoot everything that comes near the boat. 



What seals we have seen this year are very wild and hard to get 

 at. The cause of their being wild is the indiscriminate shooting of 

 tli em in the water. 



I use no discrimination and kill everything that Paul Young, p. 292. 

 comes near the boat in shape of a seal. 



I can not tell the diiference between a male and female in the water. 

 Use no discrimination, but shoot everything that Walker Young p. 303. 

 comes near the boat. 



We fired at all the seals we could, regardless Ge0> Zammett 507 . 

 of their sex. We got one out of every six or seven 

 we shot at or killed. 



ATTITUDE OF SEALS WHEN AIMED AT. 



The seals are shot under any conditions in which A. B. Alexander, p. 355. 

 they may be found, provided they are in range. 



Q. Are the seals you shoot at mostly asleep on the water or awake; 

 and, if awake, do you shoot at them while breach- 

 ing 1 ? — A. Mostly they are asleep, especially while Geo. Ball,p.i82. 

 they have their pups; but there is a good deal of 



shooting done while they are awake and breaching, but with less chance 

 of getting them, to be sure. 



We always tried to slip up on them and shoot Bernhardt Bleidner, p. 

 them while they were asleep. 315- 



Q. Are the seals you shoot at mostly asleep on the water or awake? — 

 A. Asleep. 



Q. If awake, do you shoot at them while breach- Daniel ciaussen,p. 412. 

 ing? — A. We shoot any we can get. 



Q. Are the seals you shoot at mostly asleep on the water or awake? — 

 A. Mostly asleep. 



Q. Do you shoot at them while breaching? — Luther T. Franklin, p. 

 A. Yes, sir. 425 « 



