For comparison 



Post season population (based on questionnaire) lOM-81 



•• " " (hunter bag checks) 9989 



Difference k92 hens 



i-3.h% of July Estimate) 

 C!ock/Hen ratio 1: 13,3 



There was no crippling loss data collected on the hunter bag checks. 

 Statistics based on 



1. hunter questionnaires, and 



2. hunter bag checks 



are presented for comparison. Either method indicates a population at the 

 shoot which is reasonably close to the estimate made at the close of the 

 July survey. 

 Imported birds 



One thousand cocks were released on the Island about mid-October, 

 One hundred and fifty to two hundred adult cocks were released in the spring, 

 Number of hunters contacted in the field by Departmental officers was 22J^ 

 of the total during the two days. Two experienced officers supervised the hunt. 

 Sources of Error in the questionnaires 



One source of error was obvious this year. Ten percent of the 

 hunters reported shooting their quota the first day, and at the same time 

 reported hunting hours on the second day. This shows that the questionnaires 

 were not accurately completed or that the hunter shot for another member of 

 the party on the second day but did not report his success. 



Hours of hunting and the number of birds bagged are influenced 

 by the fact that thirty-six percent of the hunters cease hunting at noon of the 

 second day regardless of the number of birds shot or the weather. This year 

 some hunters with dogs reported good hunting on the afternoon of the second 

 day in some sections of the Island. 



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