GAME AND WILD-FUR PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION 



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Table 1. — Habitat classification o 



f American game species 1 







Estimated composition of optimum range 



Land 

 value per 



Species 



Culti- 

 vated 

 land 



Grass- 

 land 



Brush- 

 land 



Wood- 

 land 



Marsh- 

 land 



Water 



acre of 

 present or 

 prospective 



range 2 



1. Farm game: 

 Bob white 



Percent 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 70 

 30 



15 



Percent 

 20 

 20 

 10 

 30 



Percent 

 40 

 40 

 25 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Dollars 

 10-100 



Cottontail 









10-100 



Ring-neeked pheasant 



Hungarian partridge. _ 





25 





25-100 

 50-100 



Fox squirrel. ... __ _ _. 





70 



35 

 20 

 40 







10-100 



2. Forest and range game: 



White-tailed deer __ ... _ . 



15 

 20 



~~~30~ 

 40 



35 

 60 

 45 

 45 

 60 

 60 







2-10 



Mule deer and black-tailed deer 







0-36 



Wild turkey 



15 



25 







2-25 



Pinnated grouse.. _ _ _ _ _ _ 







2-10 











2-10 



Ruffed grouse .. 





40 







2-10 



Sage hen 





100 



25 







0-4 



Western quail . 



25 



50 

 40 



25 









0-100 



Black bear . _ . 



60 







2-10 



Antelope. ... ... 





75 







0-4 



Gray squirrel 





100 

 40 







4-50 



3. Wilderness game: 



Elk .... 





20 

 100 



40 







2-4 



Bison.. _ ____... 









0-4 



Grizzly bear ... 





60 

 40 

 35 



40 

 40 







0-4 



Moose 







20 





2-4 



Mountain sheep _ . 





65 

 100 



50 



0-2 



Mountain goat 











0-2 



4. Migratory game: 









50 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 20 



"""40 



60 

 40 





Woodcock. __ _ . . 





40 



20 





River ducks _ ... __ . . . 



20 





All values 



Sea ducks 









Geese.. _ _ ... 



20 



75 



20 









Doves . _ ... 





25 

















1 Data adapted from Transactions of the Seventeenth American Game Conference, p. 309, 1930. 



2 Land value based on agricultural value. 



Table 2. — Habitat classification of American fur-animal species 





Estimated composition of optimum range 



Land 

 value 



Species 



Culti- 

 vated 

 land 



Grass- 

 land 



Brush- 

 land 



Wood- 

 land 



Marsh- 

 land 



Water 



per acre 

 of present 



or pro- 

 spective 



range ' 



1. Farm fur animals: 



Opossum _ . .... 



Percent 

 20 

 20 

 30 

 20 

 20 



Percent 



"16" 

 10 

 10 



Percent 

 35 

 40 

 40 

 50 

 40 



40 

 50 

 40 

 35 

 30 



Percent 

 45 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 30 



60 

 50 

 40 



Percent 



Percent 



Dollars 

 10-100 



Red fox.. 







5-100 



Skunk 







0-100 



Civet cat. ..... _ _ 







0-100 



Weasel _ ... ... ..... _ 







0-100 



2. Forest and range fur animals: 







2-10 



Bobcat 











0-25 



Cougar. _ . .... 





20 

 50 

 20 







0-10 



Coyote.. ._ ._ ... 



15 







2-50 



Wolf. 



50 







0-25 











0-50 



3. Land and water fur animals: 







20 





20 

 80 

 40 

 30 

 20 



60 

 20 

 60 

 70 



0-10 



Muskrat 







0-10 



Mink.. _ .... ... .. 











0-10 



Otter 











0-10 



Raccoon 







20 



60 



60 



40 

 100 

 100 

 100 



80 



4-25 



4. Wilderness fur animals: 

 Grizzly bear 







0-4 



Lynx .. ... . . _ _ .... 











- 0-4 



Fisher 













0-4 



Marten . _ .. 













0-4 



Wolverine 







20 







0-4 



5. Marine fur animals (not considered) 





























Land value based on agricultural value. 

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