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Table 2. Results of searches for quail and prairie chicken nests, Bogota Study 
Area, May - August, 1 963 • 
Tota 1 
Acres 
Sea rched 
Leased 
Acres 
Sea rched* 
Nests Found 
Qua i 1 s 
Prairie Chickens 
Redtop, harvested 
43.2 
0 
0 
0 
Redtop, unharvested 
89.5 
0 
1 
8 
Red clover, harvested 
125.0 
0 
0 
0 
Red clover, unharvested 
204.9 
179.9 
0 
2 (2)** 
Timothy, harvested 
30.0 
0 
0 
0 
Timothy, unharvested 
45.0 
13.3 
2 (2) 
0 
Alfalfa, harvested 
46.4 
0 
2 
0 
Wheat, harvested 
56.0 
0 
0 
0 
Rye, harvested 
12.0 
12.0 
0 
0 
Sweet clover, unharvested 
28.7 
28.7 
0 
0 
Grass pasture, grazed 
120.0 
0 
0 
0 
Strip cover 
50.0 
0 
7 
0 
TOTALS 
850.7 
233.9 
12 
10 
* All lands leased for quail and prairie chicken nesting cover were searched. 
** Numbers in parentheses indicate nests found on leased lands. 
5. Rabbit Management W. R. Edwards, D. A. Casteel 
During October, a total of 241 rabbits were trapped, marked and released at 
their points of capture on two state-owned areas in south-central Illinois (Wayne 
County Lake and Forbes (Marion County) Lake). This work is preliminary to a 
study of cottontail ecology on intensively managed public hunting areas. During 
the upland game season, hunter checking stations will be operated on these areas 
so that population estimates, harvest rates, and hunting pressures can be deter- 
mined. 
Based on frequency of capture, preliminary estimates in pre-hunt populations 
are 850-1,250 rabbits for the Wayne Lake area, and 3^000-4,000 rabbits for the 
Forbes Lake area. More precise estimates will be obtained following the hunting 
season on the basis of marked-to-unmarked cottontails bagged by hunters. 
