. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. OCT. NOV. DEC. DABBLING DUCKS. MALLARD 1—I—I—I—I—r—i—I—I—r J h DABBLING DUCKS V WIGEON \ yy*—• N. SHOVELER \\ /A ( \a \\ / \^ 1 1 1 (O CD ^ OCT. NOV. DEC. FIGURE 1. Seasonal distribution of nine species of waterfowl bagged at Tule Lake NWR, 1936-41. Northern Pintails, Mallards, American Wigeons, A. americana, Northern Shovelers, and, to a lesser degree, Canvasbacks followed similar harvest pat- terns. They were most frequently shot du
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. OCT. NOV. DEC. DABBLING DUCKS. MALLARD 1—I—I—I—I—r—i—I—I—r J h DABBLING DUCKS V WIGEON \ yy*—• N. SHOVELER \\ /A ( \a \\ / \^ 1 1 1 (O CD ^ OCT. NOV. DEC. FIGURE 1. Seasonal distribution of nine species of waterfowl bagged at Tule Lake NWR, 1936-41. Northern Pintails, Mallards, American Wigeons, A. americana, Northern Shovelers, and, to a lesser degree, Canvasbacks followed similar harvest pat- terns. They were most frequently shot during the period 16 to 23 October, with a lesser peak occurring in early or mid-November when the final contingent of northern migrants arrived. Most Redhead harvest also occurred in mid-October, declining thereafter as birds left the area. Most White-fronted Geese were harvested in mid-October when maximum populations were present in the Klamath Basin. Peak harvests of Cackling Can- ada Geese and Snow Geese, C. caerulescens, were later in the season with a more gradual buildup and decline in the harvest. This pattern reflected numbers of these geese present in the area. Distribution of the percentage of total waterfowl killed each 7-6 period was plotted for each year (Figure 2). The 1937 hunting season was unique. It began very late (27 November) and over 76% of the harvest and 72% of the hunter- visits occurred during the first 7 d of the 30-d season. Harvest and hunter activity dropped off abruptly in subsequent weeks. Intense activity at the beginning of the season was to be expected as hunters tried to take advantage of optimum waterfowl populations before birds moved southward as a result of heavy storms (unpub. refuge reports; Bartonek, Regenthal, andChattin 1980). This pattern was. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrat
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