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CHAPTER PAGE 



MISCELLANEOUS LIFE HISTORY 181 



Foods; Disease; Symptoms associated with mortality; Per cent mor- 

 tality; Fire and accidents; Species ratios. 



CHICKEN MANAGEMENT 185 



Seasons on chickens; Need of refuges; Need of index areas; Summary 

 of findings. 



VIII. BIG GAME. 



WILD TURKEY 189 



Original distribution; Comparative persistence of turkey and deer; 

 Turkey populations, present distribution; Census and kill, idle range; 

 Plants, refuges, forests; Quality of planting stock, Wild weights; Wild 

 turkey study. 



WHITETAIL DEER 193 



Original distribution, Northward shift; Early deer populations; Present 

 populations and kill; Plants, trend; Doe killing. 



BIG GAME MANAGEMENT 197 



Seasons ; State refuges and public shooting grounds ; Need of a deer study. 



IX. WATERFOWL 200 



Explanation of map; Trends in waterfowl; Restoration projects; Food 

 restoration, Comeback of Koshkonong; Idle marshlands; Breeding 

 grounds; Cooperation in law enforcement; Shooting practices; Practice 

 as to limits and hours; Cripple-kill ratio; Charges and land value; 

 Rentals and sale values of duck lands; Distribution of refuges and 

 clubs; Composition of duck hill; Decline of jacksnipe; Seasons on ducks. 



X. PREDATORS 217 



Need of density data; Explanation of Map 18. 



FOXES 217 



Findings on species ratio; History of red-gray ratio; Foxless areas; 

 What governs the fox ratio? Fox-quail ratios; Controls of species ratio; 

 Fox hunting practices, phenology, weights. 



HOUSECATS 226 



Do housecats breed in the wild ? ; Drift from cities ; Sex ratio of wild 

 housecats; Cruising radius of the housecat. 



CROWS 229 



Distribution and migration; Abundance and trend; Crow roosts as an 

 index to abundance; Stability of roosts; Radius of roosts; Size of roosts; 

 Disease; Crow control. 



XL GAME LANDS AND GAME ADMINISTRATION 234 



Financing of State game departments; Per capita expenditures; Function 

 of State game administration; Organization of conservation departments. 



CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 240 



Law enforcement; State refuge policies, Public shooting grounds; Classi- 

 fication of refuges; Analysis of leased refuges; Public lands available for 

 management; Fire control; Erosion control. 



