approximately $3,000, including manpower, or about $600 if time is excluded 
from the figure. 
Summary of 1961 Season 
During the 1961 season, the quota around Horicon Refuge. was divided, as 
follows: the quota for the entire area was set at 10,000 geese. Hunting 
was permitted in all of Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties until such time as 
the kill reached 8,500 geese. At that time, the 2 p.m. zone was closed and 
hunting allowed to continue to the outlying areas of those counties until 
the full quota was reached. Within 104 days of the season, the 8,500 level 
had been reached and the 2 p.m. zone was closed. Hunting continued for an 
additional 8 days in the remainder of the two counties. Total kill was com- 
puted to be 11,141 geese. 
A total of 5,118 hunters used the State-managed blinds during the fall, 
harvesting a total of 2,449 geese. 
Goose use of the refuge reached an all-time high, with birds peaking at 
98,000 and with a total of 6,252,665 days of goose use recorded for the season. 
The foilowing table indicates total harvest from the Horicon flock dur- 
ing the 1961 season. 
Table 8 - 1961 GOOSE HARVEST--HORICON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
Geese Bagged 
\..State-managed blinds (MGH) 2,453 
Brown Zone: 
Reported 2,029 
Correction 562 
Nonreporting farms 100 2,691 
Yellow Zone: 
Reported 1,865 
Correction 852 2,717 
Blue Zone (reported) 2,780 
Additional outside kill: 
State area 200 . 
Eldorado area 300 200 
Total Bag 12,141 
Crippling Loss 
MGH 902 
Brown Zone 851 
Yellow Zone 271 
Blue Zone 146 7 
Outside 26 2,196 
TOTAL LOSS TO FLOCK 13,337 
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