. The Canadian field-naturalist. 228 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 85 'm' >â ? 1^ " -^ nS '* 'f^. ,*.-^. Figure 10. One man holding the Caribou down while the other fetters it. .^y^S'^^^^"'^'' ^"^ Table 2. â Number of caribou captures yielded by varoius types of drives, Northern Quebec, March 1967. No. of Av. no. of Type of drive No. of caribou caribou cap- Drives captured tured per drive Air only 11 19 Air-ground (aircraft) 4 32 8 Air-ground (air- craft & over- snow vehicle) 1 8 (8) The most frequent reasons for failure of a capture attempt were: 1) improper dir
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 228 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 85 'm' >â ? 1^ " -^ nS '* 'f^. ,*.-^. Figure 10. One man holding the Caribou down while the other fetters it. .^y^S'^^^^"'^'' ^"^ Table 2. â Number of caribou captures yielded by varoius types of drives, Northern Quebec, March 1967. No. of Av. no. of Type of drive No. of caribou caribou cap- Drives captured tured per drive Air only 11 19 Air-ground (aircraft) 4 32 8 Air-ground (air- craft & over- snow vehicle) 1 8 (8) The most frequent reasons for failure of a capture attempt were: 1) improper direction of the wind; Site F, drive 9, 10, 11. 2) improper concealment of the set (or) of the attendants, or both; Site b, drive 3. 3) improper location of the set: too far away from the shore of the lake; Site (A), drive 1. 4) too few animals in the herd; Site (B) drive 3, Site (E) drive 8. Animals can be driven more than once to- wards one set. However, trampling and subse- quent hardening of the snow brought about by Table 3. â Comparison between the number of caribou captured by various types of set, Northern Quebec, 1965-1967. Total Av. no. of No. of No. of caribou cap- attempts caribou tured per captured attempt Horiz. net (layed flat on the snow surface) 2 0 0 Vertical net 27 71 Wooden corral 7 0 0 Snares in front of net 22 16 Net corral 2 40 20* Table 4. â Number of caribou caught per air-ground drive under favorable conditions. Northern Quebec, 1965-1967. *A1I escaped shortly after capture. Number of No. of caribou caught Drive caribou in herd Site in m nets snares Total H 13 100 5 5 (B) 2 75 5 â 5 (B) 4 80 9 5 14 b 5 75 9 4 13 e 14 50 6 0 6 e 15 50 9 0 9 e 16 15 60-65 4 0 4 Av './drive Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ot
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