CONTENTS 
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BORULATION URENDS, eiulcovscisascewawsehasaceongpourganbditeaudabee 
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METHODS FOR OBTAINING CUMULATIVE KILLsesscsccosseccccccceesccce 
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MODIFICATION OF THE QUOTA SYSTEM--EASTERN PRAIRIE POPULATION... 
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TABLES 
Table 1, Canada Goose Populations and Kill Data - 
1955-62 Mississippi Valley Population..... 17 
Table 2, Peak Fall Populations of Canada Geese and 
Hunter Kill = Swan Lake National Wildlife 
Refuge and VRCINL Cie w saad Sane We Bee Wiese ss 18 
Table 3. Peak Populations of Canada Geese on the 
Missouri River, South Dakota.c.sceoscoecsscce 19 
Table , Peak Fall Goose Populations and Kill in the 
Vicinity of the Sand Lake National Wildlife 
Refuge, South DARO bass 6S dah Woe 6 6H ee Oe HOw 20 
FIGURES 
Figure 1 Ranges of Canada Goose PopulationsS..cccoscee 21 
Figure 2 Canada Goose Populations (January- 
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