88 



Table 3-4. Mean prey body weight (kg) by type of weapon for game species taken at X-Hazil Sur. 



Prey 

 Type of weapon weight (kg) SE n 



12 gauge shotgun 21.4 18.65 2 



16 gauge shotgun 5.9 0.73 130 



20 gauge shotgun 10.4 1.06 110 



22 caliber rifle 1.8 0.17 226 



Traps 0.6 0.14 51 



Other/unknown 5/7 1_31 57 



Total 2700.1 576_ 



r 4.7 0.34 



The number of game animals taken per outing generally was low. During about 75% of the 

 outings, only a single mammal or bird was taken (Table 3-6). The greatest number of mammals taken 

 in a single outing was seven (all coatis), while the greatest number of birds taken in a single outing was 

 four (all plain chachalacas). Mixed bags, containing both mammals and birds, were reported for only 

 nine outings. 



Kill site locations and vegetation types . Game birds and mammals were not taken in the four 

 vegetation types in the proportion in which these types occurred (Appendix G). For five of the eight 

 mammalian taxa and all of die avian taxa, take was primarily in a single vegetation type, while the 

 remaining three mammalian taxa frequently were taken in two or three vegetation types. 



When analyzed descriptively, several generalizations were noted. For mammals, the white- 

 lipped peccary (100.0% of kill sites), collared peccary (58%), and brocket deer (50%) were taken 

 primarily in sites categorized as Late Secondary Forest (Appendix G). Sites categorized as Plots & 

 Gardens were the main kill sites for two taxa, the white tail deer (63%) and agouti (49%), but die coati 

 (47%), pocket gopher (42%), and paca (34%) also were frequently taken in these areas. For birds, the 

 great curassow (92%) and thicket tinamou (77%) were taken primarily in sites categorized as Late 

 Secondary Forest, while the plain chachalaca (87%) was taken primarily in sites categorized as Early 



