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When I 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 I 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 Stickland.) 



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 

 are lost. (W. Thomas.) 



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

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

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

 (John O. Tolman.) 



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

 larger 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 

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



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

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

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

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

 from the boat. (James Unatajim.) 



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

 gun. (George Usher.) 



I have learned from personal observation and from conversations 

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

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

 much greater. (Charles T. Wagner.) 



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

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



I have often conversed with the hunters relative to the percentage 

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

 five or six. (Elkan Wasserman.) 



