Annual Changes in Distribution of Kill 
Early in the history of the managed goose hunt at Horicon Refuge, it 
was considered that at least half of the total kill came from the MGH blinds. 
In 1959 when we started our own kill surveys, information suggested 
that about one-third of the kill came from the MGH blinds; another one-third 
from the area immediately behind them; and the remaining one-third from 
outside. 
The kill survey was intensified in 1960, and it was found that only 
28 percent of the kill came from the MGH blinds; 48 percent from the brown 
zone; and 24 percent from the outlying areas. This still showed 76 percent, 
of the kill in the 2 p.m. zone as opposed to 24 percent outside that area. 
In 1961 blind spacing was increased further, and all hunting in the 
2 p.m. zone had to be done from blinds. It was hoped that this would help 
move the kill more to the outside areas. Whether this was the reason or 
not, it was found that this year the kill was almost evenly divided between 
the 2 p.m. zone (which included the MGH and brown zone areas) and the por- 
tions lying outward of the 2 p.m. zone. Kill occurred this fall in areas 
away from the refuge where no kill had occurred before. Examination of the. 
data indicates the following distribution of kill this fall: 
MGH 22% of total kill ) 
) 2 pem. zone: 46% of total kill. 
Brown zone 2h% of total kill ) 
Yellow zone 24% of total kill ) 
) 
Blue zone 25% of total kill ) 
) outside 2 p.m. zone: 54% of total. 
State and ) 
other 5% of total kill ) 
The following table shows how the distribution of kill has changed over 
the past 3 years. 
Table 9 - PERCENT OF TOTAL KILL 
Area 1959* 1960 1961 
MGH 33.00 28.45 22.02 
Brown zone 33.00 47.91 24.15 
Yellow zone 33.00 12.08 24.39 
Blue zone (inel. in yellow) 8.72 2h .95 
State area & other 1.00 2.84 hig 
TOTAL 100.00 100.00 100.00 
2 p.m. zone 66.00 76.36 46.17 
Outside 2 p.m. zone 4.00 23.64 53.8 
*Rough estimate, based on data at hand. 
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