Gregory W. Wigtil

In 1981, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation provided 8 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) to the LeFlore County Fox and Wolf Hunter's Association for experimental stocking. On 1 September 1981, 4 wild foxes and 4 pen-reared foxes were released into LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Six of the foxes were equipped with radio-transmitters. By the end of the study, 2 November 1981, 5 of the 6 radio equipped foxes had died. The radio-transmitter of the sixth fox failed, and the fate of this fox is unknown.

Age and growth data pertaining to particular year-classes of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), white crappie (Pomoxis annularis), bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), white bass (Morone chrysops), gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), blue catfish (Ictalurus (urcatus) , and channel catfish (L punctatus) from particular Oklahoma impoundments were tested for consistency of backcalculations at particular annulus formations among sampling years. A compilation of the results showed that there were significant differences (a = 0.10), among what should have represented the same...