Game Management

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF TABLES 14. Breeding Habits and Breeding Potential of American Game Birds in the Wild 30 I~. Breeding Habits and Breeding Potential of American Game Mammals in the Wild 3~ ~. Classification of Species tor Breeding Potential 35 3· High Nesting Densities 57 4· Yearly Mobility of Bobwhite Quail, Georgia 75 .. Comparative Mobility of Game Species 76 ) 6. Flight Limits 79 7· Mixed Stands of High Density 85 8. Success of Game Bird Transplantation 90 9· Classification of American Game Birds as to Domestication 95 10. Sex Ratios at Birth 105 II. Bag Tally of Sex Ratio in Bobwhite, Southern States 108 12. Bag Tally of Sex Ratio in Bobwhite, North Central States 108 13· Sex Ratio of"Shined" Pheasants 110 14· Sex Ratios of Banded Ducks III IS· Census from Jackrabbit Drives 155 16. Age Classes of Michigan Whitetail Bucks by Antler Diameter Classes 167 17· Crippling Loss 175 18. Area: Kill Ratios for Deer 178 19· Release: Kill Ratios 180 Xlll XlV LIST OF TABLES 20. Hypothetical Population and Yield Table for Quail 181 21. Life Equation for Quail 183 22. Suitability of,upland Species for Public Refuges and Shooting Grounds ~3 23. Hunting Controls So Far Developed 24. Big Game Success Ratio 25. Individual Success Ratios 26. Average Bag, J93J, Wisconsin 27. Average Annual Bag, Minnesota 28. Number of Yearly Hunting Accidents in Pennsylvania 225 29. Abundance Table, Santa Rita Range Reserve, Arizona 233 30. Types of Depredation 245 31a. Publications on Predator Food Habits 248 3Ib. Publications on Control Technique 251 32 • Kinds of Food Found in 1659 Bobwhites by Stoddard 254 33. Palatability Sequence of Winter Foods 261 34. Weight and Volume of Grit in Birds 265 35. Tentative Classification of Values and Palatability in Game Foods 270 36. Food: Weight Ratio of Bobwhite 2.72. 37. Crop: Weight Ratio 2.73 38. Winter Feeding Characteristics of Upland Game Birds 2.81 39. Publications on Aquatic Game Foods 2.82 40. Publications on Game-Food Habits 284 41. Tentative Summary of Minimum Water Requirements of Upland and Big Game 2.98 LIST OF TABLES XV 42. Properties of Typical Plants Suitable for Es'cape-Coverts for Upland Game 316 43· Some Publications on Game Disease 340 44· Biological Distribution of Accident Mortality in Game 344 45· Publications on Artificial Propagation 359 46. Nesting Habits 362 47· Seasonal Decline in Clutch, Bobwhite, Wisconsin 363 48. Nest Mortality 370 49· Live-Trapping Technique 373 50. Range Composition Tally 377 51. Habitability of Quail Range 379 52. Habitability by Routes 380 53· Effect of Land-Tenure on Game Costs per Acre 401 ...