81 



NO. INDS./HOUR INTERVAL 



O' M' I r 'l r'P' P ' P ' F' pi F' F ' F'F 'F ' P 'F' F'p l M l niM i n 



00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ?? 



TIME OF DAY 



MAMMALS (N - 385) 



BIRDS (N - 199) 



Figure 3-7. Number of game birds and mammals taken per hour. 



Cliaracteristics of the Hunters and their Weapons 



Age and identification of hunters . The 1989 population of X-Hazil Sur was 950 residents, 479 

 males and 471 females in about 200 households (Dr. Juan Chi and Dr. Norbierto Ramirez Morales, in 

 litt.). A total of 86 hunters (84 men from about 70 households and 2 women from 2 households) 

 reported taking game. One woman was 16 y old and reported taking only one collared peccary, while 

 the other woman was 36 y old and reported taking only one agouti. The male hunters ranged in age 

 from 10 to 60 y old (J = 29.1 y, SE = 1.2 y, n = 84; median = 28 y) and constituted 18% of the 

 male population. 



The distribution of hunter's ages differed from that of the male population of X-Hazil Sur as a 

 whole. The age distribution of males at X-Hazil Sur was pyramidal in shape with relatively few men in 

 the older age classes and proportionally more in the younger age classes (Figure 3-8). However, the 

 age distribution of hunters at X-Hazil Sur was different in that 79% of the male hunters were in age 



