' Table 5 shows kill records from the check stations on the State-managed 
public hunting area. Note that the State asked all its hunters to report 
observed bag behind State blinds. This gives some indication of zone 1 
harvest, but includes only a portion of the kill taking place in that zone. 
Note, too, that cripples reported by hunters in the State blinds are fewer 
than those actually observed by sector personnel. Table 6 shows determina- 
tion of kill on adjacent private lands. Table 7 summarizes estimated total 
harvest of the flock in the Horicon vicinity. 
Table 5 - 1960 RECORDED KILL--STATE MANAGED BLINDS 
Kill reported BEHIND 
State blinds by State 
Daily Accum. State-~blind cripples blind hunters 
Date kill kill Daily Accum.total Daily Accum.total 
Oct. 7 OT oo 1 ae 54 54 
8 358 k55 66 80 Lok 458 
9 392 847 Th 154 95 553 
10 312 1,159 56 210 184. 737 
11 286 1,445 59 269 195 932 
12 278 1,723 51 320 302 1,234 
13-332 2,055 68 388 OTT 1,511 
14 386 2 Aka 47 435 282 1,793 
15 342 2,783 TO 505 303 2,096 
16 219 3,002 56 561 198 2,294 

Note: Crippling loss reported by State-blind hunters amounted to 
15.7% compared with actually observed loss of 22.5% in the 
State blinds. This is easily explained, because the State 
hunters were asked, "How many geese did you KNOCK DOWN that 
you did not retrieve?" Thus, they were not reporting on 
"sailers" that eventually dropped. Observers watched numer- 
ous geese set their wings and sail off, only to drop some 
distance from where they were hit. All parties concerned 
with the Horicon hunt agree that the observed loss is more 
accurate and should be used. | 
Kill from the private lands surrounding the refuge was determined as 
follows; 
Table 6 - DETERMINATION OF KILL ON PRIVATE LANDS 
Zone 1 
Kill reported from 
Sector farms and clubs ) 
A 339 Reported kill 4,020 
B 583 Unreported 325* 
Cc 1,739 Correction 751 (from observa- 
F 682 tions as pre- ' 
G OTT viously explained 
1,020 Total zone 1 kill 5,096 | 
Note: No zone 1 in sectors D and E. 
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