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Deer Options Enterprise
Lethal Strategy
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ARCHERY WOUNDING RATES
AND SHOTS PER KILL
Bow-Hunting References
1. Aho, R.W. 1984 "Deer Hunting Retrieval Rates." Michigan
Pittman-Robertson Report. Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Lansing, Michigan. 11pp.
58% wounded
2. Anonymous. 1970 "Chincoteague Narrative Report, 1965-1970"
Refuge Manager"s United States Government Memorandum to Regional
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Atlanta, Georgia. 3pp.
52% wounded, 15 shots per kill
3. Boydston, G.A. and Gore, H.G. 1987 "Archery Wounding Loss in
Texas." Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Austin, Texas. 16pp.
50% wounded, 21 shots per kill
4. Cada, J.D., 1988 "Preliminary Archery Survey Report." Montana
Department of Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
Helena, Montana. 7pp.
51% wounded.
5 & 6. Causey, M.K., Dennamer, J.E., Logan, J. and Chapman Jr., J.I.,
1978
"Bowhunting White-tailed Deer with Succinylcholine Chloride Treated
Arrows." Wildlife Society Bulletin 6(3): 142-145
50% wounded in Alabama (without
succinylcholine chloride).
50% wounded in
South Carolina (without succinylcholine chloride).
7. Croft, R.L. 1963. "A Survey for Georgia Bowhunters."
Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish
commissioners. 17:155-163
44% wounded.
8. Downing, R.L. 1971. "Comparison of Crippling Losses of
White-tailed Deer Caused by Archery, Buckshot and Shotgun Slugs."
Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish
Commissioners. 25:77-82
50% wounded
9. Garland, L.E. 1972. "Bowhunting for Deer in Vermont: Some
Characteristics of the Hunters, the Hunt, and the Harvest." Vermont
Fish and Game Department.
Waterbury, Vermont. 19pp.
63% wounded
10. Gladfelter, H.L. and Kienzler, J.M. 1983. "Effects of the
Compound Bow on the Success and Crippling Rates in
Iowa." Proceedings of the
Midwest Bowhunting Conference. Wisconsin Chapter of the
Wildlife Society. Edited by Beattie, K.H. and Moss, B.A. pp215-219
55% wounded
11. Gladfelter, H.L., Kienzler, J.M. and Koehler, K.J. 1983. "Effects
of Compound Bow Use on Hunter Success and Crippling Rates in Iowa."
Wildlife Society Bulletin 11(1):7-12.
49% wounded
12. Hansen, L.P. and Olson, G.S. 1989. "Survey of Archery Hunters,
1987." Missouri Department of Conservation. Columbia, Missouri. 17pp.
52% wounded
13. Hofacker, A. 1986. "On the Trail of Wounded Deer: The Philosophy
of Waiting." Deer and Deer Hunting 10(2):65-85, 104
56% wounded
14. Jackson, R.M. and Norton, R. 1982. "Wisconsin Bowhunter Study."
University of Wisconsin. Lacrosse,
Wisconsin. 36pp.
44% wounded.
15. Langenau, Jr., E.E. and Aho, R.W. 1983. "Relative Impact of
Firearms and Archery Hunting on Deer Populations." Proceedings of the
Midwest Bowhunting Conference. Wisconsin Chapter of the
Wildlife Society. Edited by Beattie, K.H. and Moss, B.A. pp 97-121
55% wounded, 13 shots per kill.
16. Langenau, Jr., E.E. 1986 "Factor Associated with Hunter Retrieval
of Deer Hit by Arrows and Shotguns Slugs." Leisure Sciences
8(4):417-438
61% wounded.
17. McPhillips, K.B., Linder, R.L. and Wentz, W.A. 1985. "Nonreporting
Success, and Wounding by South Dakota Deer Bowhunters--1981." Wildlife
Society Bulletin
12(4)395-398
48% wounded, 14 shots per kill.
18. Moen, A.N. 1989. "Crippling Losses." Deer and Deer Hunting
12(6):64-70.
68% wounded.
19. Stormer, F.A., Kirkpatrick, C.M. and Hoekstra, T.W. 1979,
"Hunter-Inflicted Wounding of White-tailed Deer." Wildlife Society
Bulletin 7(1):10-16
58% wounded.
Fractions rounded to nearest whole number:
55% overall wounding rate from 19 reports
(two cited by Causey et all);
17 shots per kill, average.
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