Table 1 - CANADA GOOSE POPULATIONS AND KILL DATA - 1955-62 
Mississippi Valley Flock 
| cy a ig6l 1962 
‘udwinter Survey 
| Population: 
| a4nois* 173,534 190,943 227,825 149,815 204,123 111,209 162,887 158,684 
| Indiana 4,065 7,612 1,869 12,917 1,173 9,203 3,180 784 
| ome 2,647 1,954 2,089 2,470 TH8 = 1,566 =, 476 1,568 
| Michigan 18,275 10,580 8,650 7,947 5,068 8,958 6,601 6,728 

Wisconsin 64 2 2,60 4,176 20,28 L316 
| Total ao ae 21 pert 5036 177,325 ae oe Site Tete 19h, 392 Te 280 
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‘Wisconsin 7,500 9,000 11,000 19,400 29,600 14,000 14,100 
, TLlinois*** 24,400 41,000 62,500 45,500 24,700 18,200 23,000 
Indiana i 800 1,000 1,000 1,200 600 1,200 1,000 
Hichigan¥* 2,500 2,500 3,000 2,800 3,100 3,600 2,400 
Ohio aes en she Be 1,700 1,800 2,300 
Total 35,200 53,500 77.500 68,000 59,700 30,800 Te, 550 

‘Includes all Illinois areas and southeast Missouri. Ballard County, Ky., data included 
for 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960-62. (Estimate only for 1956-57; 35,000 present in 1958; 
8, 000 in 1959 but not included in midwinter survey data above; 7,280 in 1960; 2,500 in 
1961; and 6,100 in 1962.) 
‘Includes 20 percent crippling loss. (Actual crippling loss in Illinois may not run 
this high.) Reflects kill in vicinity of major concentration areas, not state-wide. 
) HHT cludes Crab Orchard, Horseshoe Lake, Union County, I11.; southeastern Missouri, 
and Ballard County, Ky. 
‘HH pper peninsula and southwestern Michigan. 
