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abandoned does on this area after the season closed. The method of finding them 

 was to follow fox tracks to the carcasses. This is at the rate of one abandoned doe 

 per 16 square miles, but there is no assurance of course that all the carcasses were 

 found. 



Peterson did not determine the total legal kill of bucks, but applying the usual 

 success ratio of about four hunters per buck, we may estimate that 300 hunters 

 divided by four equals 75 bucks killed, which indicates a ratio of one illegal doe 

 to each nine legal bucks. 



SEASONS ON DEER 



LCCfNO 



HUcpf/v "V SOMC COUNT/IS fflcioseo 



INDICATE SetSON BAK LIMlT^ 



d) 



SEASONS ON WILD TURKEY 



LCGCND 



INDICATE DAILY BAG LIMIT) 



CHART 12a AND 12b. Deer and Turkey Seasons 



BIG GAME MANAGEMENT 



Seasons. Chart 12 (a and b) gives the history of deer and turkey seasons. 



All of the deer States except Minnesota now restrict the kill to bucks. It 

 would be very enlightening to know whether the composition of the deer herd 

 with respect to sex and age is any different in Wisconsin, with her buck law, than 

 in Minnesota, where there is no sex restriction. 



Both Wisconsin and Minnesota have open deer seasons only in alternate 

 years. Table 41 indicates no radical differences in productivity as compared with 

 Michigan, with her annual season. 



