Apparently blind spacing, requiring that all hunting in the 2 p.m. zone 
be done from blinds, and elimination of right-of-way hunting have tended to 
spread the harvest over a wider area. With blind spacing as it was this 
year, it was possible for birds to move out of the refuge between blinds, 
thus escaping the "lead curtain" which so effectively drove them back into 
the refuge in the past. 
This trend for the kill to move into areas further removed from the 
refuge has increased the problem of conducting the kill surveys and will 
undoubtedly result in more intensive coverage in the outlying areas in the 
future. 
However, the 1961 mail surveys showed a comparable correlation with 
ground survey figures as was apparent in 1960 and indicates that the method 
in use can be adapted and refined to provide the necessary data. 
MATLED QUESTIONNAIRE--HORICON AREA* 
Purpose 
This work was carried out as an experiment in the development of an 
economical method of estimating the cumulative goose harvest in the vicinity 
of the Horicon National Wildj}ife Refuge in Wisconsin. 
Methods 
Preparation of Mailing Lists 
vious work with mailed questionnaires indicates that farmers have 
an intérest in wildlife conservation and are able to provide valuable infor- 
mation. In the case of this particular area, the goose harvest is of con- 
siderable interest because it also provides direct income to a number of 
farmers. 
The first step was to obtain a complete listing of all farmers in the 
area, involved. This was accomplished through cooperation of the State ASC 
office which had farmers catalogued by townships. The townships provided a 
basis for a rough stratification. 
The list was arbitrarily divided into three discrete samples. A name 
was chosen at random and each third name thereafter was used to make the 
first list. The second list was chosen by starting with the first name 
remaining and every third one following; and the third consisted of those 
remaining. 
Names were typed on perforated pages of gummed address labels with an 
original and two carbons. The original labels were separated and pasted on 
3- x 5-inch index cards to be used as a master list. The first carbon was 
used for the mailing label, and the second was held ready to sample from in 
the event that an extra mailing would be needed to cover the entire season. 

*Conducted by Charles W. Lemke, formerly Division of Research and Planning, 
Wisconsin Conservation Department; currently Wisconsin State Board of 
Health, Statistical Services Division. 
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