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When 1 used a spear none were lost that were struck. When shot- 

 gun is used nearly 50 per cent are lost; when rifle is used a still larger 

 percentage is lost. (Martin Singay.) 



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

 cent of seal shot with shotgun are lost, and a much larger per cent are 

 lost when shot with a rifle. (Jack Sitka.) 



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

 gun is a single-barreled shotgun. Sometimes 1 lose one and sometimes 

 two out of ten that are shot. (Thomas Skowl.) 



I think about one-third of the seal shot with shotgun are lost. (Fred 



Smith.) 



Very few are lost when struck with a spear. About 66 per cent are 

 lost when shotgun is used. (William H. Smith.) 



An ordinary hunter will not get more than one out of four that he 

 shoots at. (Cyrus Stephens.) 



About 25 per cent of seals shot are lost. (Joshua Sticklaud.) 



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

 in doing so; in other words, how many do you actually get out of 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, 

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



I have always understood that 33 per cent of seals shot with shotguns 

 re lost. (W. Thomas.) 



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

 link that from what I have been able to learn about half the seal shot 

 e lost, the hunters being unable to secure them before they sink, 

 oh 11 C. Tolman.) 



About 60 per cent of the seal shot with shotgun are lost. A much 

 rger per cent is lost when rifle is used. (Peter Trearsheit.) 



I get most all the seals that I hit with the spear. I lose one-half of 

 ose I shoot with a gun. (John Tysum.) 



When the spear was used all seal speared were secured. About 50 

 ;r cent of the seals are lost when shot with shotgun. Whenever I 

 ive used a rifle for shooting seal a much larger proportion of those 

 lied have been lost on account of shooting them at a longer distance 

 om the boat. (James Unatajiin.) 



I think I generally lose about 75 per cent of the seals shot with shot- 

 in. (George Usher.) 



I have learned from personal observation and from conversations 

 ith parties that they lose in killed and wounded at least two out of 

 very three obtained. Other sealers have told me that their loss is 

 uch greater. (Charles T. Wagner.) 



About 50 per cent are lost when shot with shotgun. When rifle is 

 *ed a much larger per cent is lost. (Rudolph Walton.) 



I have often conversed with the hunters relative to the percentage 

 * the loss of seals to those taken, and some tell me they get one out of 

 r e or six. (Elkan Wasserman.) 



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