Table No. 1 - CANADA GOOSE POPULATIONS AND KILL DATA - 1955-62 
Mississippi Valley Populations 
: - 1955 
Ci” 
{1linois* 173,534 
Indiana 4,065 
ohio 2,647 
| Michigan 18,275 
Wisconsin 5,564 
Total: 204,085 
| #Ineludes a11 Illinois areas and southeast Missouri. 
1956 
190, 943 
7,612 
1,954 
10,580 
22227 
216,616 
“1997 
227 ,825 
1,869 
2,089 
8,650 
2,605 
243,038 
included for 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960-62. 
1960; 2,500 in 1961; and 6,100 in 1962.) 
Kill ; + 
Wisconsin $4300 
Illinois#+* 2h 400 
Indiana 800 
| Michi gant 2,500 
Ohio - 

Total: 35,200 
##Includes 20% crippling loss. 
9,000 
42,000 
1,000 
2,500 

93900 
11,000 
62,500 
1,000 
3,000 

17,500 
1958 
149,815 
12,917 
2,470 
7,947 
| 4,176 
177,325 
1959 
204 ,123 
1,173 
748 
5,068 
4,065 
215,177 
1960 
111,209 
9,203 
1,566 
8,958 
—22909 
136,445 
(1961 
162 , 887 
3,180 
1,476 
6,601 
20,248 
19h , 392 
1962 
158,684 
784 
1,568 
6,728 
4,316 
172,080 
Ballard County, Kentucky data 
(Estimate only for 1956-57; 35,000 present 
in 1958; 8,000 in 1959 but not included in midwinter survey data above; 7,280 in 
19,400 
45,500 
1,200 
2,800 

68, 900 
29, 600 
24,700 
600 
3,100 
1,700 
99700 
14,000 
18,200 
1,200 
3,600 
1,800 
38,800 
23,000 
1,000 
2,400 
42,800 
(Actual crippling loss in Illinois may not run this 
high.) Reflects kill in vicinity of major concentration areas, not state-wide. 
*HtIncludes Crab Orchard, Horseshoe Lake, Union County, Illinois; southeastern 
Missouri, and Ballard County, Kentucky. 
HHHtUpper peninsula and southwestern Michigan. 
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