394 RESULTS. 



losses occur during the earlier part of the season. More fur-seals are 

 lost in proportion which are killed by means of a shotgun than with a 

 rifle. 



Q. What percentage of seals are taken compared to those you 

 destroy in doing so; in other words, how many 



Andrew J. Hoffman, p. do you actually get out of those you shoot? — A. 

 447 - We get about 75 per cent of them. 



Q. Is it not a fact that when you first started in the business and 

 was inexperienced in hunting, that you, like all other beginners, 

 destroyed a nmeh larger proportion than you now do? — A. Yes, sir; 

 it is. 



E. Hofstad, p. 260. I think that 60 per cent of the seals shot with 



shotguns are lost. When rifles are used, a still 

 larger per cent is lost. 



The shotgun was exclusively used by our hunters. I can form no 



idea as to the amount of seals lost. Some hun- 



0. Holm, p. 368. ters lost more and some less. It ranges all the 



way from 10 to 75 per cent, according to stories 



told by hunters. 



Alfred Irving, p. 386. We used shotguns, and secured about two 

 seals out of five that we shot. 



Q. According to your experience, what percentage of animals that 

 Gnstave Isaacson, p. ?re shot at are actually taken by the boats !-A. 

 439, I think about one-third is lost. 



The Indian hunters with spears would not wound or lose but very 

 few seals that they struck, but the ordinary white 



Jas. Jamieson,p. 331. hunter will, on an average lose over half that he 

 kills and wounds. 



Q. According to your experience, what percentage of animals that 

 are shot at are taken by the 

 a third to a quarter, we lose. 



, T , ... are shot at are taken by the boats'? — A. About 

 Frank Johnson, p. 441. _ ^...j x _ _, ^ „ m .,'i. ..„ 



J. Johnson, p. 331. About 40 per cent shot with shotgun are lost. 



When the rifle is used, a larger per cent is lost. 



Have always used shotgun and rifle for taking seal. I never lose 

 T , . T . ,. 000 any seal when I shoot them, because I always 



Johnnie Johntin, p. 282. , J , ,, , , 



shoot them close to. 



The spear and arrow was used to take seal when I was a boy, but 

 now I use the shotgun and rifle. At least 50 per 



P. KaHktday, p. 261. cent are lost when shot with shotgun. When 

 rifle is used a larger portion of seal are lost. 



Philip Kashevaroff, p. About three seals are secured out of every ten 



2fc '- shots. 



King Kaslcwa,p. 295. I always use the shotgun for killing seal. I lose 



about four out of ten that I shoot. 



