. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 138 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME to compare annual hunter success on PHAs (geese per hunter visit) versus state-wide success (geese per hunter day) estimated by USFWS waterfowl harvest surveys (J. C. Bartonek, pers. comm.)- RESULTS Statewide Harvest on Public Hunting Areas From 1950 through 1989, an average of 17,828 (range 558 to 46,404) geese were harvested each year on PHAs during 95,039 (range 9,657 to 166,646) hunter visits for an a
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 138 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME to compare annual hunter success on PHAs (geese per hunter visit) versus state-wide success (geese per hunter day) estimated by USFWS waterfowl harvest surveys (J. C. Bartonek, pers. comm.)- RESULTS Statewide Harvest on Public Hunting Areas From 1950 through 1989, an average of 17,828 (range 558 to 46,404) geese were harvested each year on PHAs during 95,039 (range 9,657 to 166,646) hunter visits for an average success of (range to ) goose per hunter visit. Overall composition of the harvest was: snow geese 38%, white-fronted geese 36%, cacklers 14%, other Canada geese 10%, and Ross' geese 2%. Characteristics of the harvest on PHAs changed in relation to abundance of geese, harvest regulations, and number of hunters visiting PHAs. These changes are described by summarizing each of the four decades from 1950-1989. 19505-Harvest, hunter success, and hunter visits were low during the 1950s (Fig. 3). Geese were abundant (Fig. 1) and harvest regulations were liberal, but hunter visits were low because many areas had not yet been established or opened to public hunting. In addition, harvest data were not collected at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath NWRs, where about half of California's PHA goose harvest occurs. Composition of the PHA harvest (Fig. 4) reflected wintering populations (Fig. 1), except white-front harvest increased (Fig. 5) while their abundance gradually declined. 0) â o § 150 (0 3 O w 100 > c 3 (0 > X 50 -⢠Hunter Visits -â Goose Harvest -A Geese per Visit. 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 Year Figure 3. Annual number of hunter visits, geese harvested and hunter success (geese per visit) on public hunting areas in California from Please note that these images are ext
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