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LIST OF TABLES 



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1 Chouteau County land use and ownership 12 



2 Mule deer winter surveys - Missouri River 19 



3 Winter mule deer surveys - Marias River 20 



4 Winter production ratio - mule deer 21 



5 Number of deer harvested and hunters 21 



6 Winter mule deer classification by hunting district 24 



7 Total deer harvest from hunter questionnaires ... 24 



8 Antelope classification ^1 



9 Summer antelope surveys ;^^ 



10 Antelope harvest ^^ 



11 Beaver cache counts - Missouri River ^^ 



12 Beaver cache counts - Marias River 42 



13 Nongame species list ' ' ' ' 



Beaver cache counts - Missouri and Judith rivers . 4 5 



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15 Sage grouse strutting grounds 



16 Fort Benton check station f' 



17 Maximum numbers of male sage grouse 50 



18 Sharptail dancing ground count 54 



19 Maximum numbers of male sharp-tailed grouse .... 57 

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Hungarian partridge covey size, winters 61 



Pheasant crowing route - Loma . . 



Vegetation types - pheasant crowin 

 2 3 Waterfowl surveys - Missouri River 

 24 Canada goose breeding ground surveys 



21 Pheasant crowing route - Loma ^2 



22 Vegetation types - pheasant crowing route 54 



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 2 5 Canada goose production surveys "^0 



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27 Canada goose nest survey 



28 ^^..- — ^ ... - 



29 1979 Canada goose nest fate '^ 



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Chouteau County waterfowl harvest 7 



Canada goose nest survey ^1 



Canada goose breeding population survey /3 



Canada goose nest fate for known fate nests .... 74 



Canada goose egg success, successful nests .... 75 



32 Frequency distribution of clutch sizes 75 



3 3 Canada goose brood survey • ^^ 



34 1979 nest material and nest site vegetation .... 77 



35 1979 nest site vegetation height 78 



36 Distance of nest site to water 78 



37 Height of nest sites above water - 1979 79 



38 Vegetation types of nest site islands 80 



39 Number of islands and nests by frequency of nests . 81 



40 Numbers nests and percent islands used 81 



41 Nests and islands/river mile 82 



42 Canada goose breeding population surveys 83 



4 3 Duck and Canada goose reproduction data 8 5 



44 Waterfowl harvest in Fergus County 85 



45 White pelican survey - Missouri River 87 



45 Great blue heron rookeries 87 



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