. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 108 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. To provide ponds for waterfowl often requires construction of levees on management areas. Such work requires the use of heavy equipment. GAME INVENTORY POLLS The same procedure that was used in 1948 to determine the state-wide game kill was used again during the past biennium. This process, as recom- mended by the Opinion Research Center of the University of Denver, consists of taking a 2 percent rando
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 108 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. To provide ponds for waterfowl often requires construction of levees on management areas. Such work requires the use of heavy equipment. GAME INVENTORY POLLS The same procedure that was used in 1948 to determine the state-wide game kill was used again during the past biennium. This process, as recom- mended by the Opinion Research Center of the University of Denver, consists of taking a 2 percent random sample of hunting license buyers and mailing each hunter selected a double post card questionnaire. The number of cards returned from this sample are divided into the number of hunting licenses sold to obtain the correction factor that is used to determine the state-wide kill figures. Listed below for comparison are the state-wide game kill figures for the years 1948-1950. 1948 1949 1950 Pheasants 586,100 388,700 398,100 Ducks 3,077,000 2,282,800 1,966,300 Geese 356,000 254,900 229,400 Quail 1,714,391 1,132,800 1,129,100 Doves 2,572,400 1,886,300 1,756,200 Band-tailed pigeons 314,800 88,300 178,400 ' Bears 2,112 2,950 5,700 Cottontail and brush rabbits 597,300 357,900 304,400 Jackrabbits 875,400 573,900 683,200 Tree squirrels 74,200 21,100 45,000 It will be noted that for most species the 1950 kill figures approximate those for 1949. Field reports indicated a better population of pheasants in 1950 than in 1949, but the kill was nearly the same for the two years, reflecting the unfavorable weather conditions that were experienced dur- ing the 1950 hunting season. The 1950 kill of band-tailed pigeons was double the 1949 kill, and reflects the larger pigeon flight that was noted in 1950. However, both the 1950 pigeon flight and resulting kill did not approach that experienced in 1948. Data on California's deer kill are obtained from the deer tag report cards which are mailed in
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