400 



RESULTS. 



When I used a spear none were lost that were struck. When shot- 

 gun is used nearly 50 per cent are lost; when 

 riiie is used a still larger percentage is lost. 



Martin Sing ay, p. 268. 



No seal were lost when struck with spear or arrow. Fully 50 per 



r z- «• t- or* cen * °*' sea * s ^ ot w ^h shotgun are lost and a 



Jack Sitka, p. -bS. much larger per ceut are lost wheu s]i0t witll a 



rifle. 



Always used a Hudson Bay gun to take seal with. A Hudson Bay 

 gun is a single-barreled shotgun. Sometimes I 

 lose one and sometimes two out of ten that I 

 shoot. 



Thomas Skoivl, p. 300. 



We used shotguns on that trip also, once in a while using a rifle for 

 long range. I think the average hunter gets 

 about one or two out of every five or six that he 

 kills or wounds. 



Jas. Sloan, p. 477. 

 Fred. Smith, p. 349. 

 Wm. H. Smith, pA78. 

 Cyrus Stephens, p. 479 



I think about one-third of the seal shot with 

 shotgun are lost. 



Very few are lost when struck with a spear. 

 About QG per cent are lost when shotgun is used. 



An ordinary hunter will not get more that one 

 out of four that he shoots at. 



Joshua stickiand, p. 350. About 25 per cent of seals shot are lost. 



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

 stroy in doing so; in other words, how many do 

 ^Gustave Sundvall, p. you actually get out those you shoot ?— A. I guess 

 we get hardly two-thirds of what we shoot. 

 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, destroy 

 a much larger proportion than you do now? — A. It is. 



Very few seal were lost when struck with spear or arrow, but when 



seal are shot with shotgun over 50 per cent are 



M. Thikahdaynahkee,p. lost> A much i arger per ceut are lost when seal 



" ' are shot with rifles. 



W. Thomas, p. 485. I have always understood that 33 per cent of 



seals shot with shotguns are lost. 



The hunters use shotguns and rifles exclusively for taking seal. I 

 think that from what I have beeen able to learn, 



Jno. C. Tolman,p. 222. about half the seal shot are lost, the hunters be- 

 ing unable to secure them before they sink. 



Peter Trearsheit, p. 271. 



John Tysum, p. 394. 



About GO per cent of the seal shot with shot- 

 gun are lost. A much larger per cent is lost when 

 rifle is used. 



I get most all the seals that I hit with the spear. 

 I lose one-half of those I shoot with a gun. 



