30 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



TABLE 3. WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT AREAS IN USE, 1948-50 



Imperial 



1948-49 



1949-.')0 . 



Ilonpy Lako 



1948-49 



1949-50 



Madeline Plains 



1948-49 



1949-50 



Totals- 



Area 



Acreage 

 open to 

 hunting 



3,580 



1,750 

 4,775 



10,105 



Number of 

 hunters 

 checked 



1,358 

 1,216 



586 

 558 



93 

 75 



3,886 



Number of 



waterfowl 



shot 



2,078 

 1,992 



425 

 518 



37 

 161 



Average 

 number of 

 waterfowl 

 per hunter 



5,211 



1.53 

 1.64 



.73 

 .93 



.40 

 2.15 



1.34 



GAME MANAGEMENT 



Duriiio' the bicmiiiiin the ininibei- of ^mwe manag'ement districts was 

 inereased from five to seven. This exi)aiisioii conipleted the state-wide 

 division into districts for better supervision of habitat development and 

 control of o-anie populations. These districts and the corresponding game 

 managers in charge were as follows : North Coast, Nathan Rogan ; North- 

 eastern California, Iiiissel] ^l. l>nshey. Sr. ; Sacramento, T.awrence TI. 

 Cloyd; San .loa(piin, David :M. Selleck ; Inyo, Arthur L. llensley ; South 

 Coast, dohn Laiigliliii; Southeast Desert, Fred Ross. It is the responsi- 

 bility of each game manager to investigate game problems and apply 

 coi-rective measures, also to administer bureau installations within his 

 district. Came Manager James 1). Stokes supervises the district game 

 managers, and coordinates their etforts into a common program. Roland 

 E. Curtis, who jdrnierly supervised tliis group is now on leave with the 

 Wildlife ( '()nser\a1 i(iM UojiimI. 



SPECIAL HUNTING SEASONS 



ANTELOPE HUNT 



The last antelope liunting season was held in 1045. From 1!)4() 

 ihriiugli l!l4rt aerial surxcys showed that the number of adult male ante- 

 hipe was not suflieieut to wari-ant a hunting season. However, in 1949 

 the antelope popidatiou had again iuci'eased and a conti'oUed hunt for 

 bucks only was held Auiiust 27tli through September 5th in INIodoc, 

 Lassen and Shasta ('ounlii's. .\s in previous hunts, permits selected by 

 lotter\- wei-e issued to 5(H) hunters. A check <il' all hunters revealed that 

 iUft antelope wei'c shot duriu'j this season, l/isted in Table 4 are the 

 results of recent aMtelo|ic hunts, and the annual anteloi)e i)opulation as 

 tallied I'roiii ai'rial surN'eys. 



