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Title:
SUMMARY OF SANDHILL CRANE SPORT HARVEST IN CANADA 1975-2006


Date: 2010


Authors:
ADRIANNA C. ARAYA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
KAMMIE L. KRUSE, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
KEITH D. WARNER, Canadian Wildlife Service

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Citation:
Araya, A. C., K. L. Kruse, and K. D. Warner. 2010. Summary of sandhill crane sport harvest in Canada 1975-2006. Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop 11:22-30.

Abstract:
Knowledge of harvest in all areas where the mid-continent population (MCP) of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) occurs is critical to managing the population in a sustainable manner. The harvest of MCP in the U.S. has been well documented; however, the harvest in Canada has received less attention. The Canadian Wildlife Service initiated a National Harvest Survey program in 1967, but all sampling variables were not directly comparable until 1975. In this paper, we summarize crane harvest in Canada during the 1975-2006 hunting seasons for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the 2 provinces with significant sport hunting harvest of sandhill cranes. There has been a significant decline over the last 3 decades in the number of potential resident hunters, a decrease in the estimated number of active non-waterfowl hunters, and a decrease in the estimated number of hunter days afield. Conversely, the number of potential non-resident hunters, active non-waterfowl hunters, and number of hunter days afield in Saskatchewan began to increase after 1995, the year sandhill crane hunting was opened to non-residents. An increasing trend in both the number of sandhill cranes harvested and success rate among non-resident hunters, particularly in Saskatchewan, occurred whereas the number of sandhill cranes harvested and success by residents has remained relatively stable.

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