established quotas to each State and that Federal regulations would 
not attempt to incorporate any further divisions of these quotas 
within the states concerned. 
As a result of a lag encountered in compiling cumulative kill 
data and legal procedures involved in effecting closure, the 
Wisconsin quota was exceeded by approximately 3,500 birds, with a 
total recorded kill of 10,500 occurring in 94 days of hunting. In 
Illinois, the goose hunting was closed in the four counties con- 
cerned after 44 days of hunting when a kill slightly over the 
14,000 quota was reached. When calculating the total loss from the 
population in the five major States concerned during 1960, it was 
estimated that approximately 38,000 geese were killed including 
erippling losses, somewhat greater than the 30,000 quota agreed 
upon, but considerably less than the 60,000 kill experienced in 
1959. 
Similar procedures were employed in 1961 to establish the har- 
vest quota for the major States concerned. Since the midwinter sur- 
vey in January 1961 showed an increased population level, a propor- 
tionate increase in the harvest quota was provided. Using the mini- 
mum reproduction levels and assuming that management should be 
directed toward maintaining an increased population trend following 
the 1961 hunting season, it was concluded that the stateside harvest, 
crippling loss, and natural mortality should not exceed 50,000 birds. 
A previous allowance was also made for Indian kill of approximately 
9,000 geese annually along the west side of James Bay and Hudson Bay 
in Ontario (personal discussion with Harry Lumsden, Ontario Department 
of Lands and Forests, and Hanson, Illinois Natural History Survey). 
In removing allowable percentages for natural mortality and 
crippling loss, it was agreed that the harvest in the Mississippi 
Flyway States concerned should not exceed 40,000 geese. Assuming 
that not more than 8,000 geese would be killed in Michigan, Ohio, 
and Indiana, it was agreed that approximately 32,000 geese could 
be taken in Illinois and Wisconsin. It was further agreed that 
this kill would be divided on the basis of 20,000 for Illinois and 
12,000 for Wisconsin. Hunting of Canada geese in Dodge and Fond du 
Lac Counties surrounding the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge wes 
closed after 18 days of hunting with a calculated actual kill of 
approximately 11,000 geese. The kill in the vicinity of the Necedah 
National Wildlife Refuge was about 800; thus, the 12,000 quota (actual 
kill, exclusive of crippling loss) for Wisconsin was not exceeded. 
The kill in the four counties concerned in Jllinois was approximately 
18,000. The harvest in the remaining States involved was somewhat 
below normal; therefore, the total harvest for this population dur- 
ing 1961 remained within the quota established. 
