When the abundance of cottontails on each of the two areas is compared with 
equivalent data from previous years (Table 2), it is apparent that rabbit numbers 
this spring are little different from what they were a year ago. Hunting on the 
4-H Area in the fall of 1 963 did not result in a major decrease in the spring 
population in 1964 in relation to the number of rabbits on the area the previous 
spring, which followed a year when the area was not hunted. Similarly, the absence 
of hunting on the Sanctuary Area in 1963 did not result in any apparent increase 
in rabbit numbers in the spring of 1964. 
Table 2. Summary of cottontail abundance and harvest on study areas at Allerton 
Park, fail 1956 - spring 1964, as determined by color-marking and drive censuses. 
1956 
1957 
1958 
1959 
i 960 
1961 
1962 
1963 
1964 
Sanctuary Area 
Spring 
— 
-- 
60 
42 
64 
54 
128 
54 
55 
rai 1 
— 
238 
120 
171 
125 
141 
71 
80 
-- 
Harvest 
— 
/V 
42 
35 
/» 
-- 
4-H Area 
Spring 
— 
47 
31 
132 
56 
161 
24 
61 
58 
Fal 1 
333 
259 
324 
239 
309 
363 
107 
132 
— 
Harvest 
113 
92 
109 
85 
167 
it 
36 
* Areas not hunted. 
