The Struck-and-Lost Factor in Alaskan Walrus Harvests, 1952–1972
from year to year. On average, 42 % of the animals struck by bullets were lost (i.e., not retrieved). About 55 % of the struck-and-lost animals died immediately; the rest were wounded. Apparently, most of the wounded died soon after they were struck. The sex-age composition of the struck-and-lost an...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.552.4587 2023-05-15T14:19:33+02:00 The Struck-and-Lost Factor in Alaskan Walrus Harvests, 1952–1972 The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1994 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.552.4587 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic47-4-368.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.552.4587 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic47-4-368.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic47-4-368.pdf Key words walrus Odobenus rosmarus Alaska harvests struck-and-lost text 1994 ftciteseerx 2022-03-20T01:25:44Z from year to year. On average, 42 % of the animals struck by bullets were lost (i.e., not retrieved). About 55 % of the struck-and-lost animals died immediately; the rest were wounded. Apparently, most of the wounded died soon after they were struck. The sex-age composition of the struck-and-lost animals was about the same as that in the harvest, and the proportion lost did not vary with the size of the group encountered. Claims of reduction in loss rates in recent years, based on improved firepower, are open to question. Considerable improvement in weapons took place also during the 21-year period of this study, but it merely increased the proportion of outright kills among the struck-and-lost animals. It did not reduce the proportion lost of the animals that were struck. Text Arctic Odobenus rosmarus Alaska walrus* Unknown |
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from year to year. On average, 42 % of the animals struck by bullets were lost (i.e., not retrieved). About 55 % of the struck-and-lost animals died immediately; the rest were wounded. Apparently, most of the wounded died soon after they were struck. The sex-age composition of the struck-and-lost animals was about the same as that in the harvest, and the proportion lost did not vary with the size of the group encountered. Claims of reduction in loss rates in recent years, based on improved firepower, are open to question. Considerable improvement in weapons took place also during the 21-year period of this study, but it merely increased the proportion of outright kills among the struck-and-lost animals. It did not reduce the proportion lost of the animals that were struck. |
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