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local events such as moonrise, sunrise, arrival of the village bus, or a television program that was on 

 when they departed or returned. Outing duration included travel time to and from the kill site, and any 

 additional time spent in activities such as resting, eating, or preparing a stand or platform while away 

 from home, but only during that specific outing. This definition may ^pear excessively inclusive, but 

 is justified for two reasons: One, due to the interspersion of roads, trails, gardens, and forest, game 

 animals potentially could be taken almost anywhere in the ejido. Two, game frequently was 

 encountered while the hunter was engaged in other activities. In those few instances when the hunter 

 indicated that he also engaged in nonhunting activities during the outing and definitely was not able to 

 hunt or pursue game, the duration time was adjusted accordingly. In those few cases when a hunter 

 wounded an animal, returned home, and resumed the search with additional help, the combined hunt, 

 travel, and search times were considered as a single outing. The determination of hunting outing 

 duration was facilitated by the hunter immediately reporting a game kill. 



Vegetation Tvpes and Land Uses 



According to aerial photograph interpretation and a ground survey conducted by foresters of 

 the Plan Piloto Forestal (now named Plan Estatal Forestal), there are six vegetation types and three land 

 uses on the ejido (Ing. Marcelo Carre6n Mundo, in litt.). In order to characterize the ejido and kill 

 sites for this study, these categories were condensed into four land use/vegetation types (Table 2-3; 

 Figure 2-5): 



One, the category identified as "Plots & Gardens" was composed of active gardens 

 (milpas), home gardens (huertos and hortalizas), and fruit and vegetable plots in the 

 special corridor along the highway (parcelas). These areas generally were located 

 near the village and along roads and trails in the forest. Gardens generally were ^ 2 

 ha in size, used 1-2 y before being abandoned, and were separated from one another 

 (see Chapter 6 for additional information about gardens). Plots were irrigated, 0.5- 



