HUNTING VULNERABILITY OF LOCAL AND MIGRANT CANADA GEESE - A REPLY

Leafloor et al. (1996) accurately identified the assumptions that were described or implied in our study (Lindberg and Malecki 1994) of hunt ing vulnerability of Canada geese (Branta canadensis). We acknowledge that future studies based on more complete datasets may challenge or r efute our assumptions. However, Leafloor et al's. (1996) approach left room for error and failed to convince us that our assumptions were un reasonable or that our results were not valid. We contend that their c onclusions about vulnerability of Canada geese in northwestern Pennsyl vania are poorly founded and potentially misleading.