258 SEAL LIFK ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



My hunters use shotgun exclusively. They carry a rifle with them 

 in the boat, but have not used one this season to my knowledge. I 

 think, as near as I can estimate, about 33 per cent of the seals shot 

 are lost. (P. iS. Weittenhiller.) 



From my knowledge and experience in the business it is my convic- 

 tion that within the last few years, since the sealers have become so 

 numerous in the Pacific and Bering Sea, that not more than one out of 

 three are secured. (Michael White.) 



I always use the shotgun for taking seal. I think I lose about five 

 out of every ten that I shoot. (Billy Williams.) 



That for every three sleeping seals killed or wounded in the water 

 only one is recovered. For every six traveling seals killed or wounded 

 in the water only one is recovered. (Theo. T. Williams.) 



Sometimes I lose one and sometimes two out of ten that I shoot with 

 a shotgun. (Fred. Wilson.) 



When the spear was used very few seal were lost. About 50 per 

 cent are lost when shot with shotgun. A larger per cent are lost when 

 killed with a rifle. I use the shotgun for taking seal, and lose about 

 two out of ten that I shoot. (Billy Yeltachy.) 



Sometimes I lose one and sometimes two out of every ten that I 

 shoot. I always shoot the seal close to the boat, so I don't lose many. 

 (Hastings Yethnow.) 



The shotgun is used altogether for taking seal. About 33 J per cent 

 of the seal shot are lost. (Alf. Yohausen.) 



Always use shotgun for taking seal. I lose but very few seal, as I 

 always shoot them very close to the boat. (Paul Young.) 



Have always used the shotgun for taking seal. Think I lose about 

 three out of ten of those I shoot. (Walter Young.) 



In hunting with spears I capture nearly all that I hit. (Thomas 

 Zolnoks.) 



Wounding. 



Those only wounded, whether fatally or otherwise, dive and escape 

 capture. The less severely wounded may, and in many cases doubtless 

 do, recover from their wounds; but, in the nature of things, many 

 others must die of their injuries. There is a wide range of chances 

 between an instantaneously fatal or disabling shot and a slight wound 

 from which the victim may readily recover, with obviously a large pro- 

 portion of them on the fatal side of the dividing line. (Dr. J. A. Allen.) 



A good many of the seals that I have caught in the last three or four 

 years have shot in them and some have been badly wounded. I have 

 seen white hunters shooting seals out in the sea, and they lose a great 

 many more than they get, and we sometimes capture some of those that 

 they have badly wounded. (Bow r a-chup.) 



Have caught a great many seals that had shot in them. (Peter 

 Brown.) 



We often take seals that have been wounded with a rifle or shotgun r 

 and in their bodies there are a large number of shot. (James Clap- 

 lanhoo.) 



